I am making this poll, because it's something I struggle with. Let me know how many calories you eat, and it may guide me!

I have heard of people stating they eat anywhere from 600-1500 calories and lost weight, so I am thinking of doing 1200... what about you?

I found the poll helpful!! I upped my calories so 1200 (but often came under) and lost 4 pounds this week!! I hadn't lose in 3 weeks, so I was probably in "starvation mode."

How did you guys decide how many calories you should have?

I tried the calculator at Livestrong and it was like 2200! I struggling to get the 1,000! Any suggestions?

Sweetz I see you are still in your first month right?If you are still on liquids and or mushies I would suggest Muscle Milk 2 times a day that would give you 60gms of Protein and 600 calories,you should be able to get in the other 600 in what ever you are allowed to have.As to how do we decide it is trial and error.

I agree with BamaGirl, trial and error is best. If you don't know where to start 1000-1100 is as good a place as any.

I know I could never hope to lose on 2200 per day though, that is wayyy too high.

How did you guys decide how many calories you should have?

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I track my daily calorie intake and it ranges between 1,000-1,200 with a fill/restriction. I didn't decide that was the number for me. It's just what I am consuming right now. This is kind of amazing to me, because before I was banded I was eating 3,000 to 3,500 calories a day....Huge portion control issue.

Same here, it was just where I sort of landed with the right restriction for me.

Mind you, I was a relatively "slow" loser, it was always about a pound a week. I didnt have spectacularly fast weight loss, but from this point of view, 3 years down the track, I dont really care, lol. Its gone for good now, however fast it came off.

I'm with Aubrie on this one. My calorie intake is highly variable on many factors. I may eat 1000 one day and 1800 the next. So I would say 1400 on average.

Brad

I eat between almost 900- almost 1200. It's rare that I'm consistant every week except right after a fill. I've now been the same for 2 weeks with no loss. This seems to be a pattern with me. I went 3 weeks b4 with no loss then suddenly 5lbs came of within 3 days. I hope that's the case this time. It's frustrating when u put in the work and not see resultls weekly. It's like working a full time job and not getting paid at the end of the week. I don't know if it's bcuz I'm not getting enough calories everyday or what. Is there ever a magic solution?:sneaky:

I've been steadily increasing my calorie intake and I'm have an average of 2099 per day over the past 5 weeks. It breaks down 36% Carbs, 31% Protein, 30% fat (which is 7% saturated - 5% poly - 8% Mono)... Consistantly losing 3 pounds a week, but with LOTS of intense cardio exercise.

Brad

I try hard to eat at least 1,200. Sometimes if I eat less than that one day I up it the next. I don't eat more than 1,400 calories.

I have yet to have a fill and am losing about a pound a week while eating 1000-1200 calories a day.

Well my body is...strange and horrible then. I only lose weight if I eat under 900-1000 calories a day. If I eat around 1200-1500 I start gaining... damn.

Well my body is...strange and horrible then. I only lose weight if I eat under 900-1000 calories a day. If I eat around 1200-1500 I start gaining... damn.

Everyone is different when it comes to how they lose weight, so your body is neither strange or horrible!!!

Remember not all calories are created equal. When I eat cheese too many days in a week as part of my cal count, I stop loosing. Some proteins have more fat then others...

Currently eating around 500 cal/day, and losing about 3#/wk, with 30-80 minutes of walking about every other day.

is stoch a good filler??