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Hi, fellow sleevers!! I just had a quick question! I'm 6 weeks post op and was wondering how many calories I should be taking in at this point? I'm getting anywhere from 800 to 1000 calories a day....is that good? Is it too much? I just didn't get much direction on calories....just that I should get a minimum of 60g of Protein a day from my dr's office. Thanks a bunch!!!

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I'm 6 weeks out too and my Dr. just reinforced to me that I should be getting at least 1000cal/day to keep my metabolism going. I thought that sounded high. He said not to be too worried about cals, because if I was following the rules that I wouldn't be able to get in too many cals anyway. My prob was that I was holding onto tons of Water weight because I wasn't getting enough cals. Now that I'm getting around 900/day I am dropping quicker again.

Hi, fellow sleevers!! I just had a quick question! I'm 6 weeks post op and was wondering how many calories I should be taking in at this point? I'm getting anywhere from 800 to 1000 calories a day....is that good? Is it too much? I just didn't get much direction on calories....just that I should get a minimum of 60g of Protein a day from my dr's office. Thanks a bunch!!!

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Oh, good!!! I'm finding that I'm losing better (and feeling better) at 1k and as long as I'm following lean Protein first, I'm not having a problem with going over my calories! It's just SO weird, before surgery I struggled a LOT with a 1800 calorie diet....now I feel VERY full after eating 1k calories in a day! Crazy!!

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Ladies, Im 3 weeks out, what do yo u think i should be getting? Just started mushies, probably getting about 500 a day, too much? Finding it hard to get the heavy Protein in mushy form, drinking lots of think Soups.< /p>

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That sounds just about right. At 3 weeks, I think I was getting from 300 to 600 cals/ day.

Ladies, Im 3 weeks out, what do yo u think i should be getting? Just started mushies, probably getting about 500 a day, too much? Finding it hard to get the heavy Protein in mushy form, drinking lots of think Soups.< /p>

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I try for 1000 per day, sometimes I hit it, most times I get 800-1000.

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What kind of stuff are you eating to be able to get 1000 cal. a day in?

It IS hard to hit 1000 just eating very nutritious food, the quantities are just too much -- but I don't want to supplement with crap calories either. But I have been using 2% milk, and full-fat cheese, and regular cottage cheese, etc. I think if I'm only eating just small amounts, I want high quality and good taste, as well as calorie content. Besides, I don't think going too low-fat is that great for me. I also have Peanut Butter from time to time. It's still hard to hit 1000 now I'm only two months out.

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