how am i supposed to consume 1500 calories a day?

[laurigee 545]

Whomever said that their nutritionist was useles..... Well, so is mine! I just had a near argument with the woman on the phone yesterday over calories. I have beean eating about 1500 calories per day for about 9 months now. I stopped losing on that amount about 5 months ago. I have only been banded for 9 months, so when this woman told me to never go below 1500 I was stunned! She told me that her "calculations" say my lower limit is 1250, but she doesn't want me below 1500. It makes no sense to me beause I am not losing. I tried to explain to her that if I could go for more than 2 hours without getting hungry that it would be really easy for me to eat 1200-1300 calories per day, but that I think I need a fill. I am not after "restriction". I am after that "satiety" bull **** they keep telling me about (excuse me for that). I know how it feels because I have had that feeling after a few fills. It just doesn't last for long. My doctor only does fills in .1cc amounts, so it is taking me forever to make it more than about 2 hours without my stomach growling at me. When this women told me that maybe it is just my body and that maybe I just won't lose any more weight....I got SUPER mad at her. Needless to say..... I'm going to go for fewer calories and keep getting fills every 4 weeks until I can make it for more than 2 hours between meals. What a dumb-#%*€.....

My philosophy is, I don't care about a persons title, not everyone is good or capable of the profession they have chosen! People with degrees should have to put their college GPA next to their name on their name tag so we can make a better decision on whether we are going to put our lives in their hands! LOL

[geology rocks 9]

My philosophy is' date=' I don't care about a persons title, not everyone is good or capable of the profession they have chosen! People with degrees should have to put their college GPA next to their name on their name tag so we can make a better decision on whether we are going to put our lives in their hands! LOL[/quote']

That is super funny! Do you know what they call a person who graduated at the bottom of their class in medical school? DOCTOR!!

[laurigee 545]

Oops my user name on myfitnesspal is : ajtexas0 (forgot the 0)

My fitness pal is a real eye opener! If your wondering why your not losing weight you will figure it out real quickly! It's great advise!

[hely88 883]

i had my surgery in september of 2011. im still struggling with the calorie intake. im lucky if i eat 600 a day. i dont know what to do.

Hello I eat 3 half cup meals and sometimes a snack and I am close to 1000. I could not eat the way you do . This is a change of life not your regular diet. Find foods you can live with and enjoy! I love food and love eatting. I just do it healthier now and try to have fun with my meals. Best of luck!