In maintenance, what is your average number of calories?

I am posting this because I am just really curious what others are doing and also because I read on a different forum that some people believe that VSG patients eat 600-800 calories in maintenance.  Although I have heard of people needing to eat in the 800 calorie range before, I would think that this is quite unusual.  Maybe I am wrong...

If you are in maintenance, would you mind posting how far along in maintenance you are, your height, weight, and age, gender and calories consumed in maintenance.

I will start, I am five years out, 5'1", 105 lbs female.  I am 44 years old and I eat about 1500 calories a day.  Some days closer to 1200 and other days closer to 1800 calories, but it seems to average out to about 1500.  I do light exercise most days of the week.  Your turn....I am really curious.  My guess is that women eat in the 1200-1800 range and men eat in the 1500-2000 range, but that's just a guess.  

What a good topic!

7 years out, 5'8", 143, 60 y.o.

I have never been great at formal tracking during maintenance (I let the scale do that), but I think it's probably 1600 calories, with a range of 1400-1800. To LOSE, however, I need to get below 1000, which is hard.

Lizanne

It's interesting, you are much taller than me and yet the calories are about the same.  I too need to go in the 800-1000 range to LOSE weight now.  It is so much easier to just not gain it in the first place.  

I think that may be the age difference to some extent, sigh. Or the fact that I have low thyroid, or a combo of the two. If I didn't exercise, it would be even worse because my resting metabolism resembles that of a sleeping rock, unfortunately.

I've been in maintenance since November 2013 (so 9 months).  5'6"; 145 pound female; 36 years old.  I eat 1200 calories on a daily basis.  Of course there are days when I get up to 1500.  I work out 3 days a week.

Great topic, Elina!   I'm 52 years old, 5'3", 132 lbs.  I'm about 15 months post-op with the last 7-1/2 months in maintenance.  I exercise 5 days per week.  And I seem to maintain right now around 1500-1700 calories per day.  Because of my exercise intensity, I can lose if I cut back to 1200 calories.  If I didn't exercise I'm sure it would be more like 1000 calories per day.  

If I had ever thought I could only eat 600-800 calories for the rest of my life I would never have even contemplated this surgery - yikes!  

I'm 5'1" and am currently 104 lbs.  My happy range is 100-103 (so I'm struggling mightily with some regain now).  When maintaining, I eat about 1200-1500 cals per day, and if I have more than 60 carbs I'll see a gain the next day.  I have been in maintenance for 2 years.

I am 5'3" 56 years old.  I exercise 45 minutes 4 times a week  I am 1 !/2 years post op and have been at goal since last December.  I eat between 1500 and 1700 calories a day.  I aim for 40% carbs, 30% protein and 30% fat.  Today I weighed 144, my happy weight is 141 to 142. Just got back from vacation with a couple extra. To get it off I have eliminated grains.  I hate to admit it because I enjoy whole grains, but I have been a lot more satisfied with a higher protein, lower carb diet this week. Might need to rethink things a bit.

Anne

I'm RNY, not VSG. I'm a 6'3" male, 54 years old, two years post surgery. I've been at a rock steady 185 for over a year, with a 2 pound fluctuation up or down. I don't exercise, but do a lot of physically demanding work, and get my 10,000 steps every day.

My average calories for the past year are almost 2,700 per day. If I put on 2 pounds I cut back to 2,000 for a week and I get back below my goal. I'm pretty much a lacto-carnivore, so get plenty of dense protein and fats, and carbs are always low.

Surgery was the best thing I've ever done.

I run about 1200 calories NET of exercise.  I'm 2.25 years out,  intentional exercise (hard/aerobic) runs 500-1000c /day, I don't count steps or other light non-intentional exercise in that.  So I'm usually consuming in the 1800-2300c range....  I log just about everything I eat and all my exercise.

I flex up for endurance events and have taken in as much as 4000c in a day... usually burning 5000+ so those big eating days usually end up net negative calorie-wise.  

I tend toward higher protein/fat and lower carbs but with my workout regimen, I need some carbs for the longer workouts and events so I'm more flexible than I was early on.

My weight has gone up 10 lbs over the past 18 month or so, but my body fat has stayed low - around 10-12%- so it seems that I'm adding muscle through my workout regime.  Which makes sense - I should not be adding fat at the calorie consumption I'm at.