& How far out are you?

I know many WLS plans (including mine) encourage not counting calories and instead focusing on the macros... but I'm wondering if I'm eating too few calories and if its negatively impacting my weight loss 1.5 yrs post op and I'm generally eating 600-900 calories. Today I'm at 638, and I have a hardboiled egg if I get hungry later so I'll probably wrap up at 700 for the day. I was traveling over the weekend and did a pretty good job of sticking to my plan and tracked absolutely everything I ate (I promise! every single bite!) but ate 1186 and 1204 calories on Saturday and Sunday respectively and gained 3.6lbs! Hoping it's bloating or something because that seems really excessive, especially when if I were "normal" for my height/weight I could probably be eating around 1500 calories and still be losing weight. So yeah. Just wondering if my caloric intake is normal, and what you guys are at.

Things look different as time passes. No way you can eat like a bariatric patient if you are have an above normal fitness level.

Absolutely. But my point is that being at a very low calorie level for 6 months or a year or 18 months doesn’t necessarily cause your metabolism to slow down permanently. Even during the periods of time (2-4 months a few times) I had to stop for an injury or plastic surgery I still ate in the 1800-2400 range and didn’t gain.

AND I ran 15-20 miles per week and did yoga while I was eating 800-1000 and losing. Never had low energy. So my point is we are all different just like all plans are different