Is my NUT, nuts?

I eat about 500-600 calories a day. It depends on what I eat. I'm not allowed to have snacks.

I think your NUT (which I am guessing is a dietitian?) is related to mine, lol!  she had me at 40 grams when I should have been at 60-80-per doc's paperwork! I think you are doing awesome!! I am 2 months out at at 28 pounds, but I am still on insulin and I know  that slows things down.  Why would you want to lose ti too fast? i think it is better to be slower and steady! I agree--worry about the protein and not so much with calories!!

Shannon

I had my surgery years ago but the schedule from my doc was 300 calories daily by 3 months out, 600 at 6 months, 900 at 9 months and we work up to 1000-1200 per day by one year out and forever after that. I was on 65 gms of protein from day one, cutting that back after the second year, to around 45-50 gms per day. It's worked for me for 10 yrs and most of my post op friends who also had the same doc are also doing well. We're all on the same post op regiment. We don't do any protein from shakes so I think if you're on them you're allowed a bit more daily in calories. My doc has his patients get all their protein from food, and although it takes a while to get it all in, we do eventually and it works out well. I think your loss should be about 30 pounds the first month and at least half that the second month -so it seems you're right on track. Make sure you get in all your water daily it helps a lot.
Jen 10 yrs post op

Short answer - YES!
Long answer - my NUT is a nut too. She told me I only need to be getting 45 grams of protein and that 300-400 calories was enough. When I questioned her she actually said to me: "well I'm sure you're getting more than that and just aren't tracking it"!
When I assured her I was weighing and measuring and tracking everything she pretty much blew me off like I didn't know what I was talking about. Yeah. That was great... I'm going to look for a different NUT - I know they have 2-3 more that I can choose from.

first off, you weight loss is great and dont let her tell you otherwise.  I was required to get 80 grams of protein by 3 months out and telling you to cut back to 65grams is crazy.  Also, only having 500 calories at 3 months out, that will definitely malnurish you and put you into starvation mode, slowing down your weight loss. ITsounds weird but as time goes on, we need to eat more to lose weight.

The healthiest way to eat and optimal for your metabolism and blood sugar levels is to eat 5-6 small meals per day - all high in protein and low in carbs and fats.  You still need carbs and fats just not alot of them. You want to be eating every 2-3 hours - if you go too long without food in your body, you blood sugar levels will go up and then plummet causing reactive hypoglycemia a common complication of RNY. Eating small frequent meals is a great way to avoid this problem, it also increases your metabolism and decreases hunger.  I never would have gotten along only eating 3 times per day.

Maybe try doing a protein shake between breakfast and lunch - that isn't snacking but your are getting in fluids and protein.  Then between lunch and dinner, try some some cheese and yogurt or nuts and fruit.  Always include protein with your carbs.