6 Month Post-Op Calories
- 3-6 Months After Surgery: I ate 600-700 calories a day
- 7-9 Months After Surgery: I ate 800-900 calories a day
- 10-12 Months After Surgery: I ate 1000 calories a day
- 13-Months After Surgery to Goal Weight: I ate 1200 calories a day
***Do not adjust calories for exercise. Recommended exercise calories burned are worthless and exaggerated.
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 
"Recommended exercise calories burned are worthless and exaggerated."
I agree with this. Unless you are an elite athlete (which 99% of us are not), you are not burning that many calories. I never eat them back. Most of us long-term successful vets do not.
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."
