Calorie Question

[KCGFNP 5]

Had my 1st fill Friday. I am at 4 cc. I don't really feel restricted, but I have been tracking my food in my fitness pal and stay between 500-750 calories. I can eat most anything but don't! I could get down over a cup but just stop! I eat Protein first, but in occasion I will eat salad with my meat? Suggestions appreciated.

[brenda62 47]

Eat more! I eat between 1000-1200 a day. You are on the low side, and remember it is not about feeling full it is about being satisfied

[Cazzy 725]

Maybe speak to your dietician/nutritionist but 500 to 750 isnt a lot .. i also eat around 1000 to 1200 a day

[transforming jlaroux 78]

I too average about 100-1200 cal a day. sometimes a bit less, but I try not to.

[Corrigan 75]

If you're losing more than 2-3 lbs a week, you're probably losing muscle and you don't wan't that.

You'll have weeks when you lose 6 lbs and weeks when you lose nothing, but your average

shouldn't be more than 2-3 lbs a week. I raise or lower my caloric intake to keep my weight

loss at about 3lbs a week, and I work fairly hard to keep it at that level.

[Jachut 487]

I'd eat more, and not because I believe in starvation mode, but for nutrition sake.

I've always been a bit gung ho about nutrition, I figured if you eat well and eat 1200 or so a day you should be fairly OK. I've never really taken supplements, and dont drink Protein shakes. But I've had a wake up call recently, yes, I was having cancer treatment, so that puts a unique strain on my body - but my set of nutritional issues include Iron depletion, osteopaenia (that's a precursor to osteoporosis), B12 deficiency, all of which have lead to some unpleasant symptoms including depression, anxiety and real brain fog to the point where I wondered if I was suffering dementia.

That's as a result of six years of calorie restriction, coupled with a lot of very hard exercise. I'm thin, yes, but I was well on my way to being a frail little old lady! I broke a rib three weeks agoand all I was doing was trying to adjust the knob on a spin bike that was done up a bit tight! That is what led to the bone density test, which showed my bones are not what they shoudl be. Needless to say by the time I lay out what I know I need to eat in a day, there's over 1500 calories there. I can eat that, I'm maintaining now, not losing, but it just really proves to me that you absolutely CANT survivive on 500 a day and you really really need to be supplementing carefully. You need a good multi, you need your Calcium and if you're menstruating, you need your Iron.< /p>

You can feel fine for years undereating, but it kind of hits you all of a sudden.