I know this comes up a lot... sorry. I just need some help

When I asked my NUT about calories, she said to concentrate on eating good foods and proper portions. When I read here about calories (for those about 4mths out) they are in the 600-800 range. I can't seem to stay below 1000~! Overall I am not eating bad stuff (the worst is when I have weight control oatmeal with dried cranberries /raisins and walnuts).
For instance - today I will have almost 1100 calories.

B - About Time Mocha Mint protein with 8oz skim milk
L - baked pork chop, 3oz; 1/4 cup of cream style corn; 1 med red potato, boiled
S - Laughing Cow Light cheese wedge, 4 Triscuit crackers
D - will be the same as lunch
S - 1/2 Red Delicious Apple with 1 Laughing Cow Light cheese wedge

According to myfitnesspal.com that totals 1068 calories!!! I am thinking of trying to find a replacement for dinner. Maybe some chicken will be lower calorie? I don't want to fail this thing.

I have a friend that is a nutritionist she says that the body goes into starvation mode at 800 calories.  That is why before surgery the program in Toronto puts us on optifast which has 900 calories for the day.  That way it promotes weight loss if your body is in starvation mode it will just store up what ever you take in as fat.  i have been eating about 1800 calories and i have lost 135 lbs since surgery yest it has started to come off slower but i also havent been working out as i should be.  i still am losing 2 - 3 lbs per week.

it's been a crazy ride for sure... it was like at the 3mth mark my hunger came raging back, I have had zero negative consequences (ie no pain or nausea for eating a lot).   I am so scared of not dumping that I won't eat sugar.  

I'm almost 4 months out and I track every bite I put in my mouth.  I work hard to only eat 1000 a day which is about 100 g protein and 80 g carbs.  I"m losing 2-3 lbs a week and feel great. 

morning: 1 scoop muscle milk + 1 scoop click protein drink (made with water)
snack: 1/2 cup cottage cheese with cinnamon and splenda
lunch: 3 oz meatloaf plus 1/2 cup veggies
snack: 6 oz greek yogurt mixed with sugar free pudding and splenda
dinner:  3-6 oz white fish plus 1/2 cup veggies
snack:  1-2 oz mixed nuts

I know we hear lots about post ops not taking in enough calories because they can't eat more than a few tablespoons at a time.  I am certainly not one of those people and never was, even when I was closer to surgery.  It's the fact that we are all different in our recovery.

The only thing I see in your diet that I try to avoid is the carbs -- Triscuits, potatoes, corn.  I know it's hard to eat cheese wedges without crackers though!  Do try to avoid them.

Good luck to you, and congratulations on how far you've come!

 

 Yeah I have NO problem eating ...even dense, heavy proteins like chicken, beef, pork. 
  I actually have only just started the Triscuits (this week) on the ok from my NUT.  She doesn't want it to be an everyday thing, but for the "crunch cravings" I can have them.   I can have one starch (potato usually) but today got a little crazy adding in the corn.

  Thank you so much for your input!  I love steaming tilapia and some broccoli, but I seem to get hungry soon after?  NUT said fish is  a softer protein so I may not be able to use it as a "staple"

I haven't had the surgery yet, but wanted to offer something that my NUT told us. She considers potatoes and other starchy veg's carbs, not vegs. i see for example corn and potatoes each for 2 meals. They are decently high in calories. Maybe work on replacing some of those with a different veg?

Definitely going to have to be more aware of planning the starches... See I knew I had 2 for a meal, I didn't even think of it equalling 2 for 2 meals!! Sheesh.....

 My doctor said the same exact thing!  Don't worry about calories worry about what you eat and how much and if you do that it will all work out. 

I am 7 month out, but when I was 4 months out I ate about 1200 calories a day and other then a big stall month 5, which we all have, I have pretty much lost every month.  I am down over 100 so I think that is pretty solid adivce,

You also do not want you calories to be too low, like the other poster said, that will keep you from losing too!

Thanks!  I haven't had any major stalls, YET, but I am kind of a slow loser.  It is all so frustrating!

 i have been getting only about 800 calories..i AM losing weight but maybe need to bump it up a bit more...my NUT told me to NOT worry about calories but i think thats absurd.  Really if i am only 500 i want to know and if i am eat 1600 i want to know...with things like myfitnesspal i can track it and stay in a certain range...oh and i am almost 4 months out but not quite.  i am a week behind you.  

What i see about your food is try to eat real cheese instead of the laughing cow..there are only 2 grams of protein in the laughing cow..i eat them ust occassionally.   i eat low fat cheese lots of cheddar, co jack, swiss.  and i eat them on 4 multigrain club crackers.  Or other multigrain crackers.  I do oatmeal for breakfast every day i am home and not working.  I use good old out of the container and not the little envelopes of oatmeal.  I only put some wheat germ and about a tsp of splenda br. sugar in my oatmeal.  And i only eat potatoes (i love potatoes) like once a week or every couple weeks.  Push for more protein..its low calorie and less higher calorie foods.