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How many daily calories were you/are you eating 4 mo post-op?

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Hey...

I had my VSG on 4th April, 2022 (so nearly 4 months ago)

For the last month, I've been eating around 1100 to 1200 calories a day.

The weight is still coming off at approximately 1lb to 3lbs each week.

Including my 2 week pre-op diet I've lost 66lb so far... I've got another 45lb to go.

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17 minutes ago, bestdecisionmade said:

For the last month, I've been eating around 1100 to 1200 calories a day.

I'm at 1100 to 1200, as well. The weight loss has slowed down to about 1 lb. a week, but anything less than 1100 calories and I am ravenously hungry now.

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Exactly the same!

I was worried about this initially - especially on reading so many accounts of people 3 months post-op only being able to eat 700 to 800 calories a day.

But my surgeon put my mind at rest on this.

And so did this guy on YouTube

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back when I had surgery seven years ago, most people were eating about 600-800 calories a day at that point, but it seems like a lot of surgeons now want you higher than that.

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8 minutes ago, catwoman7 said:

back when I had surgery seven years ago, most people were eating about 600-800 calories a day at that point, but it seems like a lot of surgeons now want you higher than that.

600-800 calories? Yikes. I can't imagine.

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I was a low calorie intake - barely 900 at 6 months & at goal. I eat about 1400 now. But I was not actually ever told a calorie goal. Just portion size, Protein & fluid goals & of course food choices recommendations. Plus I worked at establishing new eating behaviours & eating only what I needed not what I wanted. I just checked my calories now & again out of my own interest.

Best is to ask your dietician for guidance because we all have our own needs. Like you’ll need more if you’re very active. I’m short, pretty finely built & not very active so my caloric needs will be very different to yours. I could never have been physically able to eat more than I was while losing either.

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My team keeps you at 1000 calories or less until you hit maintenance.

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I'm 2 months post-op and my teams recommends 800-1000 calories a day with the intent to work up to about 1200 calories a day which is apparently the "sweet spot" for weight loss. I will be at about 1200 calories a day until I get to goal.

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I was consuming 600-800 calories at that point but I am a very short person and my maintenance calories are only 1350. It's important to pay attention to the height and gender of the people giving this information out; the "correct" number is going to be very, very individual.

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