What is your calorie intake in maintenance?

Hello. That's exactly the range I was thinking for work out and non work out days. Thank you

I was posting this long message and my browser crashed. I take that as a sign from the Social Media Gods to stop blabbering. LOL

So I'll get to the point.... There are at least a million people in the world who have had WLS and they are all different ages, genders, and heights, with all different medical conditions and activity levels. Therefore, there can't be one calorie range that works for them all. Not only that, but our lives aren't static. So even when we find a calorie range that works for us, it will change over time.

My range is about 1400-1600 a day if I am not working out at all. It's 1600-1700 if I'm working out the way many people workout (i.e., 30-60 minutes 2-3x a week). If I go all out and am working out 6-10 hours a week doing really intense stuff, it's at least 2000 calories a day with the range falling between 2000-2200 depending on how much I'm working out and how hard.

Oh and I'm middle-aged, short and a female so you'd expect my calorie burn to be on the lower side of average and generally it is.

Lol. Thank you. Makes sense and sounds reasonable. I am a shorty too. I was thinking, Staying at no more than 1200 calories forever is a lil too low for me. I can definitely live off 1200-1500 calories though Thank you so much.

I lost it all on the 600-800 range, and now when I need to lose I back it no further than 1200ish and can slowly drop excess easily.

I maintain at around 1600ish with no real exercise at all save for some push ups and squats/heavy lifts (just enough to keep the muscles awake).. a little walking. If I do more, I can eat more.. up to 1800/2000 or so and maintain, but I've not been a big workout person for any extended time and don't like falling into a non-sustainable routine, I just like some strength stuff intermittently through the day so I keep to 1200-1800cals of low carb/higher fat/mod protein. I note I gain very slowly at anything over 1800 for extended times, esp if I allow my carbs to climb too high.. so if I have a few high days in a row, I check it with lower ones.