I understand how much protein I am suppose to have and I know that on pre-op I was suppose to keep my calories at 800 per day - but post-op how may calories are you eating and how much exercise do you do? I had my surgery on Monday the 15th and I walked for about 30 minutes (in one walk) yesterday. In tracking my calories I had about 500 yesterday - all liquid diet. Thank you for your advice and can I say what a great board this is and how much I have learned from it! Everyone is so responsive and helpful! Thanks again!!

On liquids I was between 600-850. Once on regular foods again, I stayed at the 800-1000 range and stopped losing weight. I bumped up the level to 1000-1250 and have been losing steadily ever since.

I try to stay around 1200 calories per day. Anything less than that I don't lose weight. I don't gain either, I just stay put. I walk 30 minutes every day and try to do my aerobics at home (gotta love Richard Simmons!) 2-3 times per week.

I was not really given a calorie level. The calorie amount would be individual (depending on your activity level, your current weight, your metabolism, etc.).

I am just supposed to eat when I am hungry and stop when I am satisfied. If I am not losing weight by following the rules then I am eating too much and I get a fill. I eat around 900-1000 calories when I am where I want to be with weight loss and restriction.

Edited September 18, 200817 yr by Jodi_620

I got the same advice you did. Don't count calories or fat, just quit eating when you are full. And of course..excercise!

my dr "suggested" 800-1000 calories in the beginning & on most days that's where i floated. but i also didn't lose much. i started working out early on, and started the c5k program in jan - also getting a trainer. i wasn't losing because my calorie intake was not enough, so my dr suggested i work towards eating 1100-1250 calories per day & sure enough the weight really started to come off - much more so than early on.

i think you have to play around with your calories to find that number that results in weightloss, and that might mean increasing the cals...

Banded in June. I try to stick to 1200 hundred calories, but I allow myself up to 1400 on "hungry" days which is once a week or so. I find I have to journal everything I eat because I have serious food amnesia.

I was banded on 6/30/08 and my doctor has me on 1500 per day. 1500 seemed high at first but I was loosing so they kept me at that level. I began to be difficult not to go over until they got my band tighten to a point where I had restriction.