5 weeks post-op, How many calories should we be eating?

[Wonder WomanNJ 119]

So I was sleeved on 12/21 - I am now in phase 3 of my diet. I find that I'm hungry often and my capacity definitely is allowing me to eat more food. I am really good about tracking my food to make sure I am getting my Protein in take but have to wonder, am I eating too much? I am taking in between 600-800 a day. Never reaching 1000. What is everyone else doing?

[mylighthouse 782]

I am 10 weeks post op.

When I was at 6 weeks post, I saw my nutritionist and at that time, I was getting in just under 600 calories a day. She told me that under 600 was too low, and it just so happened that at that time, I hadn't lost any weight in a couple of weeks. She told me to shoot for 650-800 a day at the 6 week mark. She also told me that keeping my calories in that range should help me drop some weight. So, I followed her advice and was able to start losing a little weight again.

I think you are good where you are for 5 weeks out. I don't think you're eating too much for where you are.

At 10 weeks now, I am getting in just over 900 calories a day.

[Wonder WomanNJ 119]

thank you very much!

[JamieLogical 8,727]

I was never given calorie targets by my nutritionist, but I pushed pretty hard to get up over 800 calories a day so I could start doing more intense exercises than just "brisk walking" I would say I was probably around 800 a day at 5 weeks and pushed up to 1100 pretty soon after that, once I was cleared for running and strength training. I spent the majority of my weight loss phase around 1400-1500 calories.

[SeattleSleever 23]

I was also sleeved 12/21 and am eating between 600-800 cals a day. I feel like from what I've seen from others, this is pretty typical for this stage. My NUT said not to worry about calories and to just focus on getting at least 80g Protein per day. She said I am burning 2,300 cals per day resting (based on my MedGem analysis) so even if I consumed double the calories I am now I'd still be at a good deficit for weight loss. I only lost .5 lbs last week which is a bummer, but I am chalking up to "that time of the month."

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[greatladyanna 11]

I was sleeved 12/2 and eat about 600-800 calories per day.

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[erica_ozzy73 241]

I was never told how many calories to have ... but that's good cause i hate calorie counting. Have learnt that it's useless for me. So I keep an eye on my Protein, fat and carbs. Keeping the fats high , Protein high and carbs lowwwwwww.

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[greatladyanna 11]

I have been using an app called Baritastic to log my food, Protein, Water, weight, exercise, etc. it's pretty handy.

[Wonder WomanNJ 119]

Thanks everyone! I appreciate all the tips. My nutritionist never gave me a calorie count, but I was just wondering. I am also using the Baritastic app and it helps to keep track of my Protein. My fat and carb intake are kept low and my Proteins I'm trying to keep between 80 and 100. They want me at 100 and sometimes I reach 90. Not so much other days.

Thank you all for your help.

[Tufflaw 465]

I was sleeved the same day as you and eat around 1000 calories a day, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less. Don't worry about a few cals here or there - Even at 1200 calories a day which is double what you're doing you're still going to lose weight, probably even faster since your body won't be in starvation mode. It's still substantially less than what your body will naturally burn during the day just to maintain itself.