How much food are you guys eating between 5 and 8 months?

At five months I was still eating less than 500 calories per day. From that point I went up about 100 calories per day per month. By the end of month 7, I was at goal and exercising a lot, and trying NOT to lose anymore weight. I was up to about 1,000 a day by then.

I ate in the 600-800 range then - and did for several months. After about the first year, I was pretty consistently in the 1000-1200 range.

I’m 6.5 months out, my nutritionist wants me in the 800-1,000 daily to preserve metabolism, have enough energy to be quite active, avoid burnout and boredom. I’m losing slowly, like only 1-1.25 lbs per week and may try to mix it up a bit. Maybe a few days day at 700, then a few 950, back to 700, etc. and see what happens.

Edited October 3, 20205 yr by Lily66

I don't know. My program I didn't count calories. Or anything else but meals (3) and meal composition (3oz protein, 1oz veggies). Even I could manage counting to 3 more often than not.

Good luck.

Tek

I'm 9 1/2 months out and still doing approx. 600 calories per day. Sometimes I go a little over if I eat out, etc. I'm nearing goal, but still in weight loss phase for now!

I am just about 3 months out and my labs show I have not been getting enough protein, even though I have been pretty consistently getting 60-70 g per day with 600 kcals per day. I need to bump up protein to 80 + g per day, so my kcals are going to be around 700-800 per day. I am working out pretty heavily, so we will see how this goes with my weight loss. I have been averaging around 15 pounds per month since surgery, and lost 15 pounds on the pre-op diet. While I don’t want to slow my weight loss, I also don’t want to trade my obesity related health issues for malnutrition issues.

I was around 600 per day then when I started exercising 5 days per week, I bumped up to 800. I'm about 4 months out. Even with the increased calories and a bmi of 24, I'm still losing.

At that stage, I was eating about 650 calories per day. It fluctuated a bit but that was the average.