I am jus curious if this varies

How many calories do you eat per day, and how far out are you?

I'm 2.5 years out and consume between 2000 and 2300 calories daily.

I should also mention that I'm a small framed, mid-30s female with a body weight that fluctuates between 118 and 122 pounds. I stay active via running and weightlifting.

I'm 5 months and I get 800 to 1000.

I'm three weeks post-op and get fewer than 500 a day--more like 350 to 450 a day. The MyFitnessPal site tells me every day I'm not eating enough!

59 minutes ago, XYZXYZXYZ1955 said:

I'm three weeks post-op and get fewer than 500 a day--more like 350 to 450 a day. The MyFitnessPal site tells me every day I'm not eating enough!

Haha! Me too! I start week two (post) tomorrow and it's a struggle to get the calories in. All my sleeve sisters keep telling me to relish this while it lasts!

3.5ish weeks and I limit my macros/calories to about 900. Occasionally more or less. NUT said it's perfectly fine as I'm mostly on track losing a pound a day. When I start my heavy workouts I'll probably increase to 1000 or 1100 so I don't pass out.

I emailed my fitness pal and said I understand your whole thing saying I'm not eating enough is for those purposefully restricting unhealthily but I didn't find it fair to favor one essentially sick group over another. Anorexia and obesity both kill.

3.5ish weeks and I limit my macros/calories to about 900. Occasionally more or less. NUT said it's perfectly fine as I'm mostly on track losing a pound a day. When I start my heavy workouts I'll probably increase to 1000 or 1100 so I don't pass out.

I emailed my fitness pal and said I understand your whole thing saying I'm not eating enough is for those purposefully restricting unhealthily but I didn't find it fair to favor one essentially sick group over another. Anorexia and obesity both kill.

I'm going on 5 months out. Mine is around 330-700 calories a day. Depends on what I have to eat and what I'm in the mood for.

Hw-273
Sw-226
CW-165
GW-130
Size- 4 or 6, Small in sweats. Not sure of my shirt size yet.

Surgery Date- April 26th, 2017
RNY
"Only those who try will become" FFX

My doctor isn't having me count calories. My surgery was august 29th
And at my week appt he said just make sure I get my protein. I'm confused

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I'm about 3 months post RNY. I usually eat about 500-700. Usually in the 600's somewhere. I aim for 65+ grams of protein so if I'm low, I'll have a shake to add protein which bumps up my calories towards the end of the day. I'm consistently losing.

3 hours ago, 46w4kds said:

My doctor isn't having me count calories. My surgery was august 29th
And at my week appt he said just make sure I get my Protein. I'm confused

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I don't count either. Not one bit. I just try to get my protein in, and as a rule I try to make sure I'm doing about 100 calories for 10g protein...

Great idea, thank you so much:0)

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4 hours ago, 46w4kds said:

My doctor isn't having me count calories. My surgery was august 29th
And at my week appt he said just make sure I get my Protein. I'm confused

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My doctor told me not to even worry about how much I lost at this point, just to focus on water, protein, vitamins, and exercise. It makes sense (alhtough of course I'm weighing myself!): I use MyFitnessPal to keep track of what I eat and drink, and at this stage, there's almost no way to get too many calories unless you eat or drink totally wrong things. It's useful that MyFitnessPal tells me the calorie count, as I'm sure I'll be much more aware of that down the line, but as it is I spent the first couple of weeks getting maybe 350 to 450 a day and now that I'm on pureed it's more like 600 or so--in any case, far less than even normal eating would give me.

Anyway, don't worry about your calories now! That's another thing for the future . . .

5 hours ago, 46w4kds said:

Edited September 25, 20178 yr by XYZXYZXYZ1955
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5 hours ago, 46w4kds said:

Edited September 25, 20178 yr by XYZXYZXYZ1955
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On 9/17/2017 at 9:36 AM, Myaiku_Kuraitani said:

I'm going on 5 months out. Mine is around 330-700 calories a day. Depends on what I have to eat and what I'm in the mood for.

Hw-273
Sw-226
CW-165
GW-130
Size- 4 or 6, Small in sweats. Not sure of my shirt size yet.

Surgery Date- April 26th, 2017
RNY
"Only those who try will become" FFX

Wow amazing. Congrats. How do you manage 330 in three meals. Can I have an idea what the plan is of food.