Hello everybody I am new to this forum ...however I've had gastric sleeve in 218 and last year I lost my insurance so I'm not updated on guidelines for how many calories intake and protein can someone share with me the guidelines? Back when I got the surgery I was to consume 800 calories a day and 75 grams protein. Is this still correct help I've gained some weight back!!!

you can increase your calories after you hit maintenance, but by how much is going to be very individual, depending on your age, height, weight, metabolic rate, activity level, etc. So it's sort of hard to advise you. It's going to take some trial and error to determine what your sweet spot is. How many calories a day are you averaging now? Are you happy with your weight? If so, you're probably fine at your current level. If not, try cutting about 100 calories a day. If a couple weeks go by and you haven't lost anything, try cutting 100 more. Rinse and repeat until your weight starts going down again (but keep in mind if you're within 20 lbs or so of a normal BMI, that weight is going to come off R-E-A-L-L-Y S-L-O-W-L-Y....)

Edited June 4, 20206 yr by catwoman7

2 hours ago, jewl said:

for how many calories intake and Protein can someone share with me the guidelines?

There are no guidelines that provide fixed numbers on e. g. calories intake. There can't be. TDEE varies a lot depending on the factors catwoman already listed.

As for protein the old 1 g protein per 1 kg of normal weight is still what the dieticians in the hospital I got surgery at recommend as a rough guideline, a bit more when you're exercising a lot. So if your normal weight is 70 kg you should aim for about 70 g of protein a day unless you're very active.

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Back when I got the surgery I was to consume 800 calories a day and 75 grams protein. Is this still correct help I've gained some weight back!!!

Unfortunately the information you provide is a bit scarce here. In general I agree with catwoman. Best strategy is to ease down your daily intake until you start losing weight again and then let it level off so you don't have to change gears again.

You can do this by counting calories as was already suggested or you can do it by simply reducing the amount of food you eat a bit and/or changing the type of food you eat if you abhor counting calories (like I do). Exercise can also help.

Edited June 4, 20206 yr by summerset