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Feedback on my nutritionis'ts guidelines

Surgery was June 14th

I got my surgery outside of Los Angeles which is where I live and therefore I cannot see my nutrionist in person. She suggested:

1,000 calories/day

35 grams of carbs max

70 grams of protein minimum

15 gm of sugar max

86 ounces of fluids

I wanted to see how this compared to other people. Please tell me what you think. It just seems like the fat is awfully small for the carbs to be so low. I am only at stage 2 where I am having protein shakes and nonfat greek yogurt mostly until Wendesday when I can eat soft foods. Let me know. Thanks!

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I didn't move up to 1,000 calories until I was about 3 months post op. I had a hard time getting in 600-700 at the start. My goals at your stage were pretty straightforward - 60-90 grams of protein daily. 64 ounces of water daily. 30 minutes of exercise daily. If it had more than 10 g of sugar in a serving, don't eat it.

My diet at that point was mostly Oikos Triple Zero yogurts, shakes and soups. When I added soft foods, I averaged under 25 grams of carbs a day. If you're not eating bread or wheat based products, you aren't going to wind up with many carbs.

I am 10 months out. I eat 1,000 calories a day. 70-90 grams of protein and 64 ounces of water minimum. I still keep my sugar under 10g per serving unless it is fruit - I get one fruit a day. Today, I will probably be closer to 90G protein because I'll be fencing for 2.5 hours tonight.

Count your protein and water/fluid - and you'll be in pretty good shape until you get to eating all foods.

Yeah that seems difficult to get in so early. I was sleeved May 31 and today I got like 32 oz fluid, 1/2 yogurt and a 1/4c of refried beans. Today was one where a third meal would not have agreed with my tummy so I didn't push it.

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The 1,000 calories is a bit much. I'm six and a half months out and I don't get 800 calories. But I do get in at least 134 oz of fluids, most of which is water, and over 100 grams of protein a day. So I'm fueling my body, which is the most important thing. The other suggestions are good, especially the more active you get.


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