Calories Information

[gailcoyle 1]

Hi there, my name is Gail and I am 45 years old, and got sleeve 5 weeks ago. I am down 50 lbs, which is amaaaaaazing, but I feel a lil misinformed or under informed. I really need and want this surgery to work like everyone else. At my bariatric center, they do not provide much information regarding the sleeve, as they do with other surgeries. I do not want to follow the guidelines of other surgeries because they are also malabsorbtive which ours is not. I do not want to be doing something I am to supposed to just because I was not given the information. So here are my questions..

How many calories a day are we to be eating

How many meals a day

How many ounces per meal

Any other information you were given that may be helpful to me will do wonders so thanks in advance

Gail

[JonathanS 75]

Gail,

Here are my instructions from my center:

3/4 - 1 cup of food per meal. Meals should never be more than 1 cup. You will need to eat about 5 times a day or every 3 hours.

600 - 800 Calories

The goal is at least 60 grams of Protein per day for females, under 5'6". 70 grams per day for females 5'6" - 5'9" & all males 5'6" & under. 80 grams/day for females 5'10" & above and males 5'7"-6'0". 90 grams per day for males 6'1" & above.

Protein supplements should be high in protein, but low in calories. At least 12g of protein per 100 calories.

Hope this helps!

[gailcoyle 1]

1 cup per meal wow. That seems a lot. I am still 1oz to 2 oz... Hmmm how far post are we to get uptown 1 cup

[It's all new 453]

I am going for 600-800 calories as well.

In order to do that I eat five times per day and have at least part of a Protein Shake.

I am 4.5 months out and eat about 2 - 2.5 ounces of Protein per meal, or less if I include veggies.

My understanding is that eventually we may be able to fit 3/4 -1 cup in, but it is not necessarily recommended to do so depending on who you talk to. The amount of restriction long term seems to vary.

[kaysonsmom 59]

1 cup per meal wow. That seems a lot. I am still 1oz to 2 oz... Hmmm how far post are we to get uptown 1 cup

I started with full liquid being 1/2 cup. My soft diet was three-quarter cup from 3 weeks to 7 weeks. Then a cup a 7 weeks. Thursday will be 12 weeks and Im still at about 3/4 cup.