I have started to use my fitness pal to log most of my food intake. Lately my scale is saying that I have gained 8 pounds in the last week ( you know scales its prob wrong).

According to my fitness pal I have to eat the calories that I also excersise off. Okay I get that. But yesterday I had to eat almost 1700 calories which seems to be alot for a person with lap band. I felt totally full and today almost feel bloated.

My question is should I stick to 1200 calories to lose weight, and excersise and not eat the excersise calories or should I eat the excersise calories. I would love to get a nutritionist but money is tight right now. Any advice would help

Its just really hard to get in all those calories when I am only supposed to have 3 meals a day at 4 ounces.

Edited September 19, 200817 yr by dreamsize8

How tall are you and how much do you weigh now? That will make a difference in how many calories you need each day to keep losing....I don't know "my fitness pal" but am VERY familiar with calorie counting LOL

i'm 5'4 and was 192. now the scale says 200. :[ How many calories am I supposed to have now knowing I have the band?

Stay under 1200 to lose 1 to 2lbs a week..

ok...the basic metabolic rate calculator I found on line (love google) says just to maintain, at rest, you get 1700 cal a day. So with NO exercise, eating 1200 cal a day, you'd lose 1 pound a week (500 cal a day times 7 days = 3500 cal, = 1 pound of fat) I think honestly you're eating too much. I'd keep my calorie intake to a max of 1400-1500 on days i exercise and 1200 on days I don't, if I were you, and try that for a week. See where it gets you.

Our bodies are funny; if it is almost your time of month, you may be retaining Water. If your muscles are sore, ditto you are retaining water.

SO Only weigh once a day MAX (once a week is better) weigh at the same time same clothes (you probably know all this) and try to keep the cals to 1200 w/no exercise, 1400-1500 with, and see how you do.

JMO...not a trainer. Also see how you feel....and make sure your calories are Protein first, then veggies, then fruits, and then breads etc. It should start coming off again for you.

i was eating around 900-1200ish and it stopped working. I was thinking i was in starvation mode.

How long did you give it? At your height/age/weight 1200 a day should NOT put you in starvation mode unless you are exercising like a maniac every day. But you know your body best. You tried eating all the calories from your exercise and that wasn't working.

I gave it a 4 month try. I lost alot of weight at first. then for almost 6 weeks I lost nothing and began eating more. Then I went in for a fill and after the fill lost 11 pounds in the first 2 weeks. then now a week later i've gained 8 pounds back. I am begining to think its my scale partly maybe giving me the wrong weights. But my scale had been right when I went in for a fill. it matched what the Dr. had. So thats why I started to eat more calories and well I think I am eating to much now.

I dont excersise all the time maybe 4 or 5 days a week. and depending how much Time I have I burn 200-600 calories a day. And excersise is something I had just started to do. My first 50 pounds I did nothing but be lazy. So i'm just frustrated on just trying to find something that really works. I Don't want to starve and then I am scared to eat alot.