1,200 calories.

I was told to eat ever two hours that I do not eat enough. I should be eating 1,200 a day. I have been trying to eat like this for a month so far. It is very hard to eat when your not hungry and hard to eat something every 2 hours but I have been doing it.

I have noticed I am loosing weight faster than I was when I ate 800 a day. I am also back in the gym 7 days a week which helps me. I was reading on the starvation mode and was reading that it is not true so than why am I loosing weight now faster???.

I don't know, but I'm sure one of the veterans on this website do.  I just wanted to say what a nice problem to have.  Me on the other hand have been eating about 1000 calories a day and have been in a stall and I've been exercising more than before (but I'm not in the gym 7 days a week like you).  Keep up the good work :-)

EAting that often keeps your metabolism going and going...

I was just reading about the metabolism I guess that is why I am able to loose. I see my doctor tomorrow I am going to ask him about his. And see if he tells me yes that is why he wants me to eat like this.

I am in a study group I was number 3 sleeve for him wonder if he is just trying out new ways with me so his other sleeves can be told how to eat and exercise.

 This all confuses the **** out of me. I just bought an app to track calories from food and calories burned from exercise. After putting in yesterday info I was at -47 calories for the day… **** ME… Ill never figure this **** out!

 You were at -47?  I average -1000.  And I EAT...  You have to have a 3500 calorie deficit to lose 1 lb...  I wonder if your calorie burn tracker is off...

 So yesterday I had 2 protein shakes (one for bfast and one for lunch) and like 10 almonds for dinner. Then ran 3 miles… I don't know man… Its so tough in some ways. I have no desire to eat at all… none so it makes it hard to make myself eat when I can just get in protein and water but I wonder if this is ******g with my loss. Im 45 pounds down in 11.5 weeks and wonder if I am on track

 So what was that?  400 calories?  That's not nearly enough...  I know Dr's have different guidelines but 400 is REALLY low...

 I didn't get a calorie limit or expectation from the doc but he does want all my calories coming from food so Im sure he would expect me to be eating a lot more. I don't see him again for 3 months! 
Im sure I should eat more it just feels so pointless sometimes cause of the little amounts i end of eating so lots of the time just focus on water and protein and make sure I meet those everyday. I actually had some steak for dinner today… Ill have to plug that into my lil app and see how that goes.

I personally feel that after a while of staying at the same caloric intake our bodies do go through some phase. Starvation mode? IDK? But during my losing phase when I would stall, I would up my calories by a couple hundred and I would start losing again. My nut had me at 1200 calories by the time I hit goal. I'm honestly not trying to lose anymore but I still stay between 1200-1400 calories on most days. Occasionally it's only 1000 but very rarily. I would keep doing what your surgeon and/or nut recommends. For some reason it always seems to work!! Apparently most know what they are talking about because most of us do make it to goal!!

Debby