I am one year and three months post gastric sleeve. I have lost and maintained a total of 60lbs. Once I hit this 60 lbs mark, it wouldn't budge, no matter what I did. I ate right, exercised, and drank my Water appropriately. Like most people I was unable to eat and exercise like I should over the holidays. Now that the holidays are over, I am ready to get back on track and see if I can get rid of a little more weight. For the past week, I have done straight, all Protein and hot yoga for 3 X's. while it has only been 5 days, I stepped on the scales and I had not lost a single pound. I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. So please help me, by giving me the "rules / guidelines" for post gastric sleeve.

1. How many grams of protein per day?

2. When choosing a food item, how many grams of carbs and/or sugar per serving should I be looking for?

3. How many calories should I be intaking?

Just any and all advise is welcomed!

Thanks!

Me too....except 2-1/2 years old and havent lost a pound since about 6 months out.

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Protein: minimum 75 grams per day

Carbs: maximum 60 per day

Calories -- varies depending on how much you weigh and how fast you want to lose. Basically, as a starting point, take your current weight. Multiply it by 10. Then subtract 500. Use that as your resulting calorie limit to lose approximately 1 lb per week. So, if you weigh 180 lbs, try eating 1300 calories per day to lose 1 lb per week. If you want to lose 2 lbs per week, eat 800 calories per day. If you weigh 190, then those numbers would be 1400 and and 900, respectively. Every time you lose 10 lbs, readjust your calorie intake in order to keep losing at the same rate. If these numbers don't work for you, then play around and get them to a place where they do work. These are just rules of thumb to use as a starting point.

A couple more ideas that you may find helpful:

--make sure you are weighing virtually all your food portions, no guessing or estimating

--don't drink liquid calories other than a max of one protein shake per day

--focus on eating unprocessed meat and green veggies in order to stay satisfied and keep cravings for junk at bay

--do not attempt to count calories burned or "eat back" exercise calories.

Good luck!