I'm scheduled for my sleeve on my birthday July 10. Anyone else scheduled for July?

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Question for the group- do any of you track calories? If so, how many calories a day are you consuming on average? I feel like I’m eating more than I should now that I can tolerate mostly anything. My weight loss has definitely slowed down. I try to reach over 60 grams of protein a day, but sometimes eat more carbs than I should. Roughly taking in anywhere from 850-1300 a day.

I'm taking in between 500-850 per day. I usually eat two eggs with some type of cheese for breakfast, A shake for my 2nd meal, 2oz of some type of protein for and veggies for 3rd meal than another shake in the evening. If I have a snack it's either a SF ice pop or pickle spears. I get about 90-120+ grams of protein a day and drink at least 126oz of water including what I mix into my shakes.

Edited October 15, 20187 yr by J San

Bypass on July 10th
Down 66 lbs and 15+ inches
3 month follow up is next week : )

Thanks @jsan sounds like you are doing great! Keep up the good work!

Question for the group- do any of you track calories? If so, how many calories a day are you consuming on average? I feel like I’m eating more than I should now that I can tolerate mostly anything. My weight loss has definitely slowed down. I try to reach over 60 grams of protein a day, but sometimes eat more carbs than I should. Roughly taking in anywhere from 850-1300 a day.

I’m shooting for 1000 calories a day but sometimes eating more like 1200. I’m losing 2-2.5 pounds a week.

I was sleeved 7/11, have lost a total of 57 pounds since pre op and surgery. I would guess I eat about 900-1100 calories a day. Still working on getting in all my water.

Thanks for your responses! I see my md this week and plan to ask her the same question. Will let you know what I find out. Keep up the good work all:-)

Thanks for your responses! I see my md this week and plan to ask her the same question. Will let you know what I find out. Keep up the good work all:-)

I look forward to hearing what you are told. My nutritionist is positively coy about what I should be eating. She only wants to talk about habits like chewing each bite 25 times and getting enough water. I’m supposed to aim for 75 grams of protein daily but no guidance on other macros or calories. For me, I know tracking works, so I want numbers! Good luck.

1 hour ago, libbyleeb said:

75 grams of Protein daily but no guidance on other macros or calories. For me, I know tracking works, so I want numbers!

After a lifetime of counting numbers, that was important for me, too. Otherwise I have no sense of "where I am." My NUT said initially I should get 300-600 cal per day, leaning toward the 600 end. Then as more real foods were introduced, 600-900 cal per day. Now, 12 weeks out, 900-1200 cals and 65-80g protein is the range, but I should try to stay at 1000 cals & 65g protein...at 70, I probably need less protein than younger people. When I get to Maintenance Level I'm going to try this ratio and see how it goes:

Protein - 26%, 65g, 260cal. Carbs - 38%, 95g, 380cal. Fats - 36%. 47g, 428cal It will really boil down to tweaking the fat and carb numbers if necessary since I want the protein level to be the constant.

Thank you for sharing those recommendations. I feel better about what I've been eating.

On 10/21/2018 at 16:04, libbyleeb said:

I look forward to hearing what you are told. My nutritionist is positively coy about what I should be eating. She only wants to talk about habits like chewing each bite 25 times and getting enough Water. I’m supposed to aim for 75 grams of Protein daily but no guidance on other macros or calories. For me, I know tracking works, so I want numbers! Good luck.

So my MD told me that there really isn’t a calorie range recommendation because calories are so different, i.e. 100 calories of chicken is different than 100 calories of simple carbs- crackers, chips, etc. She said to focus on quality calories, protein and veggies and not worry about calories. Not much help but it does make sense. She said to eat 4-5 small meals and try to hit 65-75 gms protein daily. Hope this helps :-)

Congrats to everyones successes....keep up the great work!!! I was sleeved 7/16.... when i started process in April I was 265. Last few days i'm stuck at 201 and just dying to be under 200 for the first time in I can't remember. Didnt feel well last week - so goal this week is to really hit the gym in addition to walking as much as possible during the day (I am blessed to work in a super large building that allows me to get those steps in!).

7 hours ago, Leanbean said:

So my MD told me that there really isn’t a calorie range recommendation because calories are so different, i.e. 100 calories of chicken is different than 100 calories of simple carbs- crackers, chips, etc. She said to focus on quality calories, Protein and veggies and not worry about calories. Not much help but it does make sense. She said to eat 4-5 small meals and try to hit 65-75 gms protein daily. Hope this helps :-)

Same here my NP and NUT told me I shouldn't be worried about calories as of now and probbly not until about 6 months out. Just stay focused on Protein intake and water. I am hitting around 800 as of right now but it's mostly from adding things like PB2, banana or yogurt to my protein shakes.

Also I'm supposed to be hitting around 80 grams of protein and 80 ounces of water minimum but I'm getting 100+ protein and 125+ of water daily.

2 hours ago, J San said:

Also I'm supposed to be hitting around 80 grams of Protein and 80 ounces of Water minimum but I'm getting 100+ protein and 125+ of water daily.

Somewhere I read that too much protein can lead to issues with gout. Have you ever heard anything like that?

Also, JSan, I am intrigued by your avatar - can you share where you found that? It's pretty cool.