How many calories do/did you eat at 3 months out?

[ms.sss 15,788]

I am wondering how many calories you folks out there are/were eating at 3 months?

A couple weeks ago at my 3-month followup, my nutritionist seemed to be more concerned about volume and wants me to eat x ounces of Protein, fats, grains, etc...or at least strive to, since I am apparently not eating close to what she wants me to yet. Now today, my lab work came back and the nurse called to say I'm all good across the board, so I figure I've been eating/doing ok. My body seems to be satisfied with the amount of food/number of calories I've been getting in these days and I don't feel like eating any more than that.

Soooo....how many calories where you getting in at 3 months out? Also, if you are/were exercising to offset that amount.

[Ed_NW 684]

I have to stay around 600 - 800 calories per day until my 6 month check up. It's not much of a challenge because I'm never hungry. I think the first 6 months is when your best weight loss takes place. You have awhile before you have to really start looking at calories. At least that's what I was told.

[Avery's Mom 315]

lol so many forums, so little time. my doc recommends between 800-1000 and always have more Protein than carbs in whatever I eat.

[Myhorseisfattoo 387]

I am at 800 to 1000 and am 8 weeks out.

[SteveT74 360]

I am seven weeks out and I am eating between 1000 and 1200 calories a day. I also still feel hunger, so I do measure out my food and track everything I eat carefully. I don't really focus on the calories, but more on hitting my macros (which for me is very low carb, less than 20net carbs a day). I do exercise a LOT so that may also have something to do with my hunger and caloric intake. The weight is coming off--a little slower now--so, I am not going to overthink it.

[YeahOkay31 652]

If I look back at MFP app, it seems I was in the 700-850 range at that time, sometimes spilling into 900 calories.

[FluffyChix 17,418]

16 hours ago, ms.sss said:

Now today, my lab work came back and the nurse called to say I'm all good across the board, so I figure I've been eating/doing ok. My body seems to be satisfied with the amount of food/number of calories I've been getting in these days and I don't feel like eating any more than that.

This is actually NOT a true statement. It takes a while for nutritional deficiencies to show up in your lab work. Most of us have beautiful labs at 3months...

I was eating around 500-700 cals at 3months and eating about 1 cup of food.

[beingdina 64]

Today I just had my 4 month follow-up and asked about macros... basically she told me that at this stage, I don't need to worry about counting calories and carbs and fats. Just Protein. She told me to aim high for protein (for me. 100+g) and unless my weight stalls for a month or I gain, we won't worry about that. She DID focus on the volume being no more than 4oz ever. So what fits in a 1/2c serving container. I've been about that, depending on if it's soft foods or something really chewy, etc. So I'm going to straighten up and focus on that. I have been eating about 1000 calories a day, with 50% of my macros as protein, 25% as fat, and 25% as carbs and have been losing about 15-20 pounds a month. So I'll button down and see how it goes. They want me to lose another 45 pounds by May 8. I'm going to work my butt off to hit that goal!

[Lolo 2020 236]

Useful info ! I am eating between 800-1000 calories at 7 weeks out , mostly the Protein Drinks bump up calories , not so much the real food . Getting 80g of Protein a day which helps with all my exercise