Calorie Target

itsjustmeyousee
on 12/4/11 6:04 am
Hello!
Now that I am 14 mos out, I have stalled/stopped losing for the first time. I have been at 147-149 for the past 4 weeks. I know that this is normal, but want to make sure I am staying within my guidelines. I have been tracking every bite that I eat for the past week and have been staying at between 800 and 1000 calories a day.
My surgeon does not give caloric guidelines to post ops, so I am coming to you!

How many calories are you eating a day and how far out are you??
LisaAnne
10/18/10
       
Citizen Kim
on 12/4/11 7:05 am - Castle Rock, CO
7 years +

1500 maintenance, 1200 to lose about 1lb per week

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nfarris79
on 12/4/11 9:23 am - Germantown, MD
 When I saw my NUT a month ago, she said I was eating too few calories & needed to up it from 800-1000 (too few) to 1200 (which was easier to do than I thought!). Once I get to goal weight, I'm supposed to up the calories again to around 1400. This is given that I walk 3-4x/week and get in around 80-100g protein daily. Keep in mind that your body may have a baseline weight that it wants to be at so that 147lb range may be where your maintenence begins. For me, at 5'3 and petite frame, 145lbs is my goal to be at "normal" BMI.

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Jenni_9yrspostop
on 12/4/11 9:37 am
My doc has us shoot for 1000-1200 per day once we're a year out. I'm 10 yrs out and I've stuck to that number pretty much this whole time. I adjust it up or down depending on my activity level for the day. You may have to do that - but for most of us 1200 per day is the norm from what I've read.

Jen 10 yrs post op
exohexoh
on 12/4/11 9:38 am - West Chester, PA
 i'm usually around 1000, and my nut said she'd like me to up it if i can, but its not a huge deal at this point if i can't. i do notice i feel better if i eat more though

                                                                       <3 jen <3

               

                                    <3 starting weight: 252 <3 goal weight: 135 <3 current weight: 151 <3

                                      RNY: 9/27/10 <3 Extended Tummy Tuck w/hip & thigh lipo: 6/6/13

exohexoh
on 12/4/11 11:29 am - West Chester, PA
 speaking of i'm only at 891 today... maybe i'll make a shake

                                                                       <3 jen <3

               

                                    <3 starting weight: 252 <3 goal weight: 135 <3 current weight: 151 <3

                                      RNY: 9/27/10 <3 Extended Tummy Tuck w/hip & thigh lipo: 6/6/13

Laura in Texas
on 12/4/11 10:50 am
3 years out. 2000 to maintain, 1500 to lose.

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."

gbsinsatx
on 12/4/11 11:38 am, edited 12/3/11 11:40 pm - San Antonio, TX
  • *12-18 Months After Surgery: eat 1200 calories a day (I ate 1200 calories a day until 15 months when I reached my goal weight)
  • *18 Months after surgery (or when goal weight is reached before 18 months): Maintenance calories (BMR/RMR & Activity Level) (Malabsorption of calories lasts approximately 18-24 months)
  • *I have been eating 1600 calories a day since 6/23/11 and I am still losing even though I don't want to (Goal was 141 and today I weighed in at 126.5)

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-5/20/2016Total Weight Loss Maintained: 170 lbs  

                                      

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