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I am almost 10 months about and 90lbs down. Looking to still loose about 15-20lbs. How many calories do you try to consume to still loose weight? And, how many calories to you try to consume if you are consistently doing about 30min of cardio/exercise about 3-4 times a week. I hear that sometimes you won't loose weight if you aren't taking in enough calories while exercising.

I recently just started working out religiously and have gained about 3lbs. But I also kinda slacked on my diet. Looking to get back into a good routine to the last of my weight. Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks you!

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I stay under 850 net calories and am still losing. Not as fast as at the outset, but definitely still losing pretty steadily each month. We had our surgeries the same month so we are the same amount of time out. I get a fair amount of exercise in, but only log half my exercise calories on MFP and never go over 1050 total calories in a day no matter how much I exercise.

ETA: if you are still working with your surgical team/dietician, do they have advice or expectations for you in terms of calories and what you should be eating? I am following my team's guidelines but yours may be different!

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I am struggling with how many calories to eat. My nutritionist will not give me a number -- arg!

I have been losing weight pretty consistently at about 800 calories / day. I work out a lot! (5-10 hours / week) and very intensely. I have started to feel weaker and more dizzy lately. During workouts I have also started to feel not as strong.

My therapist is very concerned about my calorie intake. She actually made me promise to up my calories to at least 900 for the next couple of week. I'm going to reach out to my nutritionist and see what she says -- maybe she will give me a number or something.

I really think this is a personal thing -- someone who is 5' will not need the same calories as someone who is 5'10 and ditto for someone who walks or elipticals a few times a week vs. weight training and HIIT. I think this is why my NUT wont give a number, she knows it is different for everyone.

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I am only 4 months out so I am not sure if this will help you. I was eating around 800 and my weight loss slowed down to like 2 lb a week, for about 4 weeks. I started running 30 min 4-5 days a week(c25k) and it picked up a little. I track all my food, well last week I lost 6lb and realized I have been eating around 1000 calories a day. Sometimes I don't understand it at all. But I think (and want to say you can read about it in work out websites) that it's important to vary your calorie intake. Your body can adjust and maybe get compliant to any calories limit. I think that's why workout folks have cheat days.

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