How many Cals??

I am almost 3 weeks post op and have no idea how many calories I should be aiming for each day, I don't remember being told this by my Dr.  So while you were in the losing stage how many cals were you getting in in a day?  Thanks

At 3 weeks, we were to have up to 900 calories.  (I would often have a little more but that's just how I preferred to do it.) 

I was told that up to 9 months I am to have between 600-800 calories

me too, i was told 600-800 cals.  somedays i can only do 450, but other days i can do 750, it varies, i have no idea why.

Hi Mandi,

Mine says 550 -700 cals...  but never tells me when to up them after that....

I can never get anywhere near 700 cals in yet, unless I eat stuff I shouldn't.

I would like to know when I am supposed to increase that?  I guess when my swelling goes down and I am ready?  But then by how much??

I will have to email my Dr...

All the best,

Cindy

Thanks guys, wow currently I am having difficulty with protein and feel like I have room for next to nothing.  On a "bad" eating day I am only getting in about 250 cals, so I need more.  What are you eating to get in those number of cals?  Thanks

I'm only getting 500 calories, and that's pretty much all from protein drinks.

I used a protein powder called Syntha 6 and it has 200 calories per serving.  If I use milk to make it that adds another 90 calories for a total of 290 calories and 35 grams of protein.  So if you have 2 of those a day it's almost 600 calories right there.  I don't need to do that anymore now that I can eat enough.  I am 5 months out and eat between 800 and 900 calories per day.  I also exercise a lot.  Hope this helps.

Laura

Most of yall are fairly new out post op.It won't be until the swelling in the stomach goes down (two months?) that you can even think of getting in a lot more than now, so the key early on is frequent meals, or protein drinks between your meals to get your calories high enough. Yes, my surgeon said 600-800, but I feel that's really low to get the nutrition in, so I shot for more than that.

First couple of months I'm sure I was between 600-800 a day. At 8 months out I realized my body needed more than 700-800, so I increased to about 900, and at 11 months out, I eat probably between 1050-1250 a day on most days.

Everyone is different, and I don't see that the people that eat more calories (in a healthy way) are losing less weight than those that are eating way fewer. I didn't want speedy and unhealthy weight loss, I wanted to adopt a healthy relationship with food and get in adequate amounts of nutrition. It's worked for me! Good luck to you.

Meg

At my 2 week check up I was told 600-700 but I am not usually ably to eat that much.