Can you help me with my intake #'s?

Hi all~~ I was just wondering if you can tell me the range of calories, fat grams, carbs, and protein grams that you shoot for in a day? My doctor has not really given me a specific range and I want to guage what I am doing against where everyone else is.... Also, as a followup to my post about having issues with vitamins, I got a suggestion from someone with the same dr I have. She says the dr loves these vitamins and she has had great success with them. The ones that she is taking is "GNC WOMENS -- ULTRA MEGA BONE DENSITY". She splits it in half and takes one a day. Is anyone else drinking "diet" fruit juice? How are you doing with them? I have been drinking the Tropicana Lite OJ -- half calories and sugar. Love mixing it with crushed ice for some extra H2O!! Also, there is a Lite Apple Juice that I am also loving. Also, I am addicted to pickles (kosher dill) -- anyone else?? Everyone is doing so well!! I am really happy for everyone!! I just want this darned stall to pass. It's been 2 weeks now so I am ready for the scale to start moving again! Best Wishes and have a great day!! ~~amber

Hi Amber, Im not sure really any intake #s. I know I still stay under 1000 calories. If I even come close to that many. But with anything else, forget it. I do drink that smae tropicana. I love it too. I drink the sugar free Applejuice. I do ok with it, but I still water them both down. Just way to strong if I dont. I havent had pickles yet. I use to love them. Just no desire yet to have one. But I did just post a recipe for pizza. Try it. It is so good! Best of luck on your stall.. Im sure it will pass soon! Michelle

Hey there Michelle!! thanks for responding to my post!! the pizza recipe sounds delicious and I did write that one down!! I have not been watering down the juices so much but I am going to start.... get in some more water is going to be the key! thanks for the best wishes! Hope all is going well for you too! ~amber~

Hi Amber, I am plugging everything I eat into fitday.com. I'm not counting calories yet but they give them to me. It seems that I eat around 700 a day. I am focusing on the protein and fluid intake. I try and get minimum 60grams of protein and 64oz of fluid a day and most days do it. I have tried the lite juices and really like the lite white cranberry juice. I can't have too much cause it does raise my blood sugar levels. Haven't tried pickels yet, but I love them! Regards and hugs, Ronna

My doctor says that for the first 6 weeks I should try to get at a minimum 40g of protein per day. Then there is a chart that I must look at that gauges how much protein a person needs based on their sex and height. For me, 5ft 10in., I need to get in about 65g per day. Currently I fall somewhere between the 40 and the 65. Also, I am being told that I should be getting 64 oz of liquid in per day, including any liquids I drink or eat and the juices and water. I am not getting in 64 oz daily, but at my 2 wk post op appt. she said as long as I don't fall below 32 oz I'm still okay. As for what I am drinking, I like the plain apple juice, no sugar added, just juice, also, lite cranberry juice (most cranberry juices have some type of sweetener), and white grape juice. I like mixing the apple and the grape with the cranberry to sweeten up the cranberry and tone down the apple. I really don't need it mixed with water though, I haven't had any issues with the natural sugars. I have yet to try any OJ because I thought we were supposed to avoid citrus. Anyone having problems with citrus? Emily 347/315/160