Is there anybody here 3 yrs post op who is eating 1600 calories?
I eat about 1500 calories a day. It doesn't seem like a huge amount of food to me.
I eat six times a day, 200-300 calories per little meal, usually. I eat about a cup of food at a time, about 90-100 grams of protein a day.
I eat six times a day, 200-300 calories per little meal, usually. I eat about a cup of food at a time, about 90-100 grams of protein a day.
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I had surgery 7 months before you. I usually eat 6 times a day and get in around 2000 calories a day. How much do you usually get in??
Laura in Texas
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OMG I feel like such a freak now. This is probably why my weight hasnt moved in over a year. I go up and down a few pounds but no real movement. I dont eat 6 meals a day first of all. My work schedule would never allow that. I manage about 800-1000 calories and probably eat on the lower end of that range. My body probably thinks its starving!
I just signed on to sparkpeople so i can try to do better. I have a TON of food on there and im still only at 1,200 calories. I dont know how i would pull this off.
I just signed on to sparkpeople so i can try to do better. I have a TON of food on there and im still only at 1,200 calories. I dont know how i would pull this off.
These are the main foods I eat, not always all in one day.
I generally have about max 4 protein shakes (120 calories each, 480 total)
1 or 2 slices of quiche in a day (250 calories per slice, smaller than a single serving, as a full serving is 1/5th the quiche, and I eat 1/6th)
1 serving of Fage with some berries (I think this is about 300 calories)
1 salad with artichoke hearts, cheese, snap peas, and sometimes avocado, sometimes baby corn, sometimes olives (about 200 calories)
Sometimes I'll have some grapefruit (100 calories)
Sometimes I'll have a serving of almond milk (60 calories)
That's about 1200 to 1600 depending on the day, and if I'm at work.
At work I have less, because I only have a 100 calorie snack at lunch time.
I'd been trying to work off a 15 lb gain, and making great progress until I replaced the battery. Now I have to start all over again as it seems that the batteries lost all the weight and not me.
I generally have about max 4 protein shakes (120 calories each, 480 total)
1 or 2 slices of quiche in a day (250 calories per slice, smaller than a single serving, as a full serving is 1/5th the quiche, and I eat 1/6th)
1 serving of Fage with some berries (I think this is about 300 calories)
1 salad with artichoke hearts, cheese, snap peas, and sometimes avocado, sometimes baby corn, sometimes olives (about 200 calories)
Sometimes I'll have some grapefruit (100 calories)
Sometimes I'll have a serving of almond milk (60 calories)
That's about 1200 to 1600 depending on the day, and if I'm at work.
At work I have less, because I only have a 100 calorie snack at lunch time.
I'd been trying to work off a 15 lb gain, and making great progress until I replaced the battery. Now I have to start all over again as it seems that the batteries lost all the weight and not me.
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