calling on the veterans
*Solise* 2 years, 3 months out from my RNY
Your nutritionist probably used some similar formula to give you the 1600 number.
High 250/Consult Weight 245/Surgery 205/Now 109
Height 5'4.5" BMI 18.4
In maintenance since June 2009 
A very general rule of thumb -- but which does not take personal metabolism into account -- is that the average person with an "average" activity level uses 12 calories per pound each day. For someone 150 pounds, that would be 1800 calories. I am just under 150 pounds, however, and would be gaining steadily at 1800 calories (I have to keep my intake at 1400-1500).
I would suggest that you get your RMR (resting metabolic rate) tested. That would tell you roughly how much your body needs just for basic daily functioning.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we will walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over again the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. -- Thoreau 
Laura
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
To Determine Your Calorie Expenditure Use The Following Formula For Women: 655 + (4.3 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) – (4.7 x age in years) = BMR.
Then you have to determine your Activity Level:
- If you are sedentary: BMR x 20 % (.2)
- If you are lightly active: BMR x 30 % (.3)
- If you are moderately active (You exercise 3 to 4 times per week): BMR x 40 % (.4)
- If you are very active (You exercise intensely 5 or more days per week): BMR x 50 % (.5)
- If you are extra active (You do hard labor or are in athletic training, or exercise intensely 5 or more days per week for 3 or more hours per day): BMR x 60 % (.6)
Add your Activity Level number to your BMR = Daily Calorie Expenditure:
Example: I weigh 141.0 pounds, I am 63 inches tall, I am 56 years old, I am Sedentary-this is how many calories I would use:
655 + (4.3 x 141.0) + (4.7 x 63) – (4.7 x 56) OR
655 + 606.3 + 296.1 – 263.2 = 1294.2. This would be my BMR.
Since I am Sedentary:
1294.2 x .2 = 258.84 (Sedentary Activity Level)
1294.2 + 258.84= 1553 calories used in a day.
I “Calorie Cycle" to keep my body from being sluggish. (Maintenance @ 141 pounds=1550 calories a day times 7 days=10850 calories a week). I eat 1650 calories Saturday & Sunday, 1450 calories Monday & Tuesday, 1650 calories Wednesday & Thursday, 1350 calories Friday (My Activity Level is Sedentary because I do not do a formal exercise program due to Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis).
Age at RNY: 55, Height: 5'4", Consultation Weight: 331 lbs-12/1/2009, RNY Surgery Weight: 281 lbs-3/22/2010, Goal Weight Reached: 141 lbs-6/23/2011, Lowest Weight: 126 lbs-12/11/2011,
Current Age: 61, Current Weight: 161 lbs-5/20/2016, Total Weight Loss Maintained: 170 lbs 
I did both yours and Lora's calculations and they were pretty darn close to each other! Your calculation gives me about 80 more calories a day, at 1990.
As a general rule, I don't calorie count. Every once in a while I log on to sparkpeople to get a feel for where I am and find that I can pretty easily maintain at 1800 calories a day, even when I don't exercise consistently. When I exercise, I sometimes consume in excess of 2200 calories.
BTW: just wondering where you got this formula?
Marilyn (now in NM)
RNY 10/2/01
262(HW)/150-155(GW)/159(CW)
(updated March 2012)
