I got my band 12/3/08 and as of today I am down 45 lbs. I have hit a plateau the last two weeks. Well today I signed up for www.fitday.com and entered in all that I ate today and boy was I mistaking. I thought i was well below the 900-1000 calories per day. Man my eyes were opened today because the calories really stack up!!!!! below is what I ate today. I got to cut back. I have been exercizing and i guess i was just burning off the extra calories.

food Name

Amount

Unit

Cals

Fat (g)

Carbs (g)

Prot (g)

Delete

Total

1,428

72.9

126.8

66.5

banana, raw

cupcup, mashedcup, slicedoz yieldsslicesmall (6" to 6-7/8" long)extra small (less than 6" long)medium (7" to 7-7/8" long)extra large (9" or longer)large (8" to 8-7/8" long)linear inchgramskglboz105

0.4

27.0

1.3

White potato

cuplarge (3" to 4-1/4" dia, raw)medium (2-1/4" to 3" dia, raw)small (1-3/4" to 2-1/4" dia, raw)gramskglboz129

3.0

24.2

2.1

Beef, rib, whole (ribs 6-12), separable lean and fat, trimme...

ozlbgramskglboz403

35.9

0.0

18.3

Corn, yellow

cupgramskglboz103

1.3

21.1

2.7

Tortilla, flour (wheat)

surface inchlarge tortilla (approx 10" dia)medium tortilla (approx 8" dia)small tortilla (approx 6" dia)tortilla (approx 12" dia)tortilla (approx 4" dia)tortilla (approx 7" dia)gramskglboz318

7.9

52.4

8.5

chicken

cup, cooked, dicedoz, boneless, cookedoz, boneless, raw (yield after cooking)oz, with bone, cooked (yield after bone removed)oz, with bone, raw (yield after cooking, bone removed)cubic inch, boneless, cookedlarge piece (yield after cooking, bone removed)medium piece (yield after cooking, bone removed)medium slice (approx 2" x 1-1/2" x 1/4")small piece (yield after cooking, bone removed)thick slice (approx 2" x 1-1/2" x 3/8")thin slice (approx 2" x 1-1/2" x 1/8")gramskglboz202

11.5

0.0

23.0

cheese

cupcubic inchslicegramskglboz168

12.9

2.3

10.7

Total

1,428

72.9

126.8

66.5

Edited February 19, 200917 yr by ksill18

Is 1,428 the amount of calories you ate? I really don't think that's so bad, especially for a man. How much weight do you have left to lose?

I should also point out that right after my last fill, I lost about 20 lbs and promptly plateaued for about a month. Since then, I've lost consistently about 10 lbs a month.

Also, I plateau about 2 weeks out of every month. That's just how my body works.

How many calories does your doctor suggest you eat? What kind of exercise do you do? How many fills have you had?

Lol, I guestimate my calories and I can guarantee I understate it. I *think* I maintain on 1800 or so a day but I'd be willing to bet money its really more like 2000 or even a bit more.

But near enough was good enough for me to lose the weight and it's been good enough to maintain 18 months. So what does it matter really?

Have you lost? Do you really need to eat less or is 1400 -1500 doing the job - its a perfectly reasonable amount to be eating.

Knowledge is power.

If you know what you are eating you can make a better decision about how much or how little to cut back on.

Good you for tracking your calories. I do it here and there so as not to get too comfortable assuming I'm eating the right amounts.

It does pull me back to regular and helps me stop eating mayo. (My new drug.)