feast day calories

[Globetrotter 1,340]

Gak, so confused! those 1660 cals I eat on feast days, should I be eating more than that? And, the only time I've ever shown steady weight loss was when I was a strict 600 cals a day, during my first 6 months, after that it's been a pound here, a pound there and lots of frustration.

I've been doing ADR for 17 days now and haven't lost a single pound. On feast days I eat about 1600, on fasts about 600. My exercise has been nil but I've heard that as far as weight loss is concerned, though muscle building is important, diet is moreso.

So, what the eff!!

[Georgia 2,908]

Gak' date=' so confused! those 1660 cals I eat on feast days, should I be eating more than that? And, the only time I've ever shown steady weight loss was when I was a strict 600 cals a day, during my first 6 months, after that it's been a pound here, a pound there and lots of frustration.

I've been doing ADR for 17 days now and haven't lost a single pound. On feast days I eat about 1600, on fasts about 600. My exercise has been nil but I've heard that as far as weight loss is concerned, though muscle building is important, diet is moreso.

So, what the eff!! [/quote']

Globe, from what I've seen statistically from all research so far it seems that we, as WLS peeps, will have to eat around 20% less for our bodies as compared to others who have NOT lost large amounts of weight or been obese over our lifetimes. So for me, if I eat anywhere remotely close to or over 1200 a day I WILL gain.

[feedyoureye 3,087]

I eat 12-1450 on feast days depending on exercise level. Yesterday, 1150. and around 500-575 on fast days.

[feedyoureye 3,087]

.. I just averaged my weekly intake and its 1185 a day.

[M2G 1,836]

Globe, from what I've seen statistically from all research so far it seems that we, as WLS peeps, will have to eat around 20% less for our bodies as compared to others who have NOT lost large amounts of weight or been obese over our lifetimes. So for me, if I eat anywhere remotely close to or over 1200 a day I WILL gain.

I eat 12-1450 on feast days depending on exercise level. Yesterday, 1150. and around 500-575 on fast days.

Agreeing with both of you! I just checked my last 2 weeks of logs and they looked something like this (I don't log EVERY single day but pretty close:

1,118

518

1,271

1,661

1,530

513

1,311

1,243

1,354

572

1,318

Etc. So I do see one day at 1,600+ calories and it's funny my "note" for that day in my log was "oops, too many calories!"

[Globetrotter 1,340]

I thought the TDEE or BMR or whatever, was the amount of calories you expend just being alive and laying in bed? The only time I have lost consistently since surgery was when I was on strict 600 cals, that's just not a possibility anymore.

[feedyoureye 3,087]

I really think you cant get in enough nutrition on 600 every day. So sorry your body does this thing! The TDEE is how much you burn with your BMR plus any other calories burned. The BMR is just the calories you need to survive... in bed or resting. Im not sure if these formulas reflect the same accuracy on everyone.... But thats the idea anyway.