HOW MANY CALORIES DO YOU EAT IN A DAY?
I am 3 1/2 weeks out for RNY and my scale hasn't budged since June 9th (13 days). I am taking in between 550 and 650 calories per day and averaging 65g of protein. I get my 2L of water in per day and am walking about 4km about 4-5 days per week. My total lost so far, including pre-op is 30 lbs.
Am I eating too much, not enough? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Am I eating too much, not enough? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Like Leanne says, each centre is different.
I was "done" at HRRH, and what you're eating sounds a tiny bit more than what I was ingesting at the same time.
BUT my friend Wendy had her surgery at St Joe's Hamilton and what you'er eating sounds like a lot more tha what she ate at that stage.
Call the NUT - most reliable source of info.
If they're not willing to answer your question, they're not doing their job right.
But I know they will.
I was "done" at HRRH, and what you're eating sounds a tiny bit more than what I was ingesting at the same time.
BUT my friend Wendy had her surgery at St Joe's Hamilton and what you'er eating sounds like a lot more tha what she ate at that stage.
Call the NUT - most reliable source of info.
If they're not willing to answer your question, they're not doing their job right.
But I know they will.
talk with your dietitian. Remember stalls are normal. (do a search in the upper right, i'm sure someone's posted about when they usually occur).
Don't sweat it. Do the things you're supposed to be doing. REmember that you'll lose as long as you keep your calories under what your body needs to function (it takes calories to breathe, keep your heart beating, keep yourself upright, walking normally). Stalls occur when your body says WTF is going on, what have you done to me???? and it tries to hold on to its stores. You'll lose when your body says it will let you. It's mathematically impossible for you not to lose, when you're taking in less than a third of what your body needs to function on a daily basis.
Breathe. Put the scale away. Weigh yourself once a month, if you can handle that. It will happen No doubt, that scale will move.
Don't sweat it. Do the things you're supposed to be doing. REmember that you'll lose as long as you keep your calories under what your body needs to function (it takes calories to breathe, keep your heart beating, keep yourself upright, walking normally). Stalls occur when your body says WTF is going on, what have you done to me???? and it tries to hold on to its stores. You'll lose when your body says it will let you. It's mathematically impossible for you not to lose, when you're taking in less than a third of what your body needs to function on a daily basis.
Breathe. Put the scale away. Weigh yourself once a month, if you can handle that. It will happen No doubt, that scale will move.
Hi! I'm 6 weeks out and am eating the same amount of calories that you are... I had a stall in week 2.... so annoying, but very common. WTG on getting in your protein and water - I have been super vigilant with this too!!! Sounds like your doing great - Talk to your RD (assuming he/she isn't a tool like mine is). :)
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No worries on what you are eating. What you need to know is that you are doing everything right but the stall you are experience is normal.
Here's a post from my blog that you might find helpful:
When I was going through surgery, I was ready for and expecting the inevitable 3rd to 7th week stall. I often forget that some newbies don't know to expect it. They should. You should be expecting it when it happens so you know that it is coming and you are mentally prepared for that period when the scale doesn't budge early out.
(and don't forget to take your measurements every week early out too so that you have something else to measure yourself by other than the scale).
When your body first goes into surgery, it knows shortly afterward that it is starving. It needs food but you are taking in such little nutrition after surgery that it tries to sneak your glycogen stores. Glycogen stores are the "quick energy" stores that allow you for instance to run out quickly if a mouse is on the floor. It's your "instant energy" in your body.
So your body thinks "hmmm...it's just a little hurdle, I'll get my energy from the glygogen stores".
Well after a few weeks of this, your body realizes that this is not a short term thing anymore. It realizes that using energy from your glycogen stores isn't very efficient and very long term. So it has to THINK a bit.
(This is where the stall comes in).
Then it says "A-hah!!!!". It realizes that it has a lot of fuel on your body - your fat stores, so it's going to start burning some energy from there and shrink those fat cells.
Then the body will resume into full burning mode and guess what? The scale will start moving again.
This is a GREAT things when it happens. Although it sucks that the scale doesn't move, it means that is going to start burning the stored fat you have (especially the stuff in your butt! LOL!).
So be happy about that inevitable stall - it's fat burnin' season!
Dawn
Here's a post from my blog that you might find helpful:
When I was going through surgery, I was ready for and expecting the inevitable 3rd to 7th week stall. I often forget that some newbies don't know to expect it. They should. You should be expecting it when it happens so you know that it is coming and you are mentally prepared for that period when the scale doesn't budge early out.
(and don't forget to take your measurements every week early out too so that you have something else to measure yourself by other than the scale).
When your body first goes into surgery, it knows shortly afterward that it is starving. It needs food but you are taking in such little nutrition after surgery that it tries to sneak your glycogen stores. Glycogen stores are the "quick energy" stores that allow you for instance to run out quickly if a mouse is on the floor. It's your "instant energy" in your body.
So your body thinks "hmmm...it's just a little hurdle, I'll get my energy from the glygogen stores".
Well after a few weeks of this, your body realizes that this is not a short term thing anymore. It realizes that using energy from your glycogen stores isn't very efficient and very long term. So it has to THINK a bit.
(This is where the stall comes in).
Then it says "A-hah!!!!". It realizes that it has a lot of fuel on your body - your fat stores, so it's going to start burning some energy from there and shrink those fat cells.
Then the body will resume into full burning mode and guess what? The scale will start moving again.
This is a GREAT things when it happens. Although it sucks that the scale doesn't move, it means that is going to start burning the stored fat you have (especially the stuff in your butt! LOL!).
So be happy about that inevitable stall - it's fat burnin' season!
Dawn
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