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newbie here. Iam 12 days post op and on full liquid diet. feeling extremely week. have to go back to work next week and wondering if my energy level gets any better. Iam getting 500 calories a day, hard to get more. how many calories did you get during this phase ? Please tell me I will have more energy, when I get to soft food phase.

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My dietician says no calorie counting, this is not a diet. Unfortunately your energy level is going to be depleated for some time. Are u taking your B12? I am 10 weeks postop today and I am still struggling but it is managable. Make sure you are getting plenty of rest and your Protein and fluids. Your body is still in shock.

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I got in 300-400 calories a day at that stage. Took me months to get up to 800. It took a good month for me to recover from surgery and get energy back. Some people bounce right back. Not me tho.

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Don't worry about calories at this point. Fluids, Protein, suppliments,fluids, Protein, suppliments (wash, rinse, repeat). You'll bounce back and be feeling better soon. Give yourself permission to rest even if...

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Thank you all for the response

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I agree about not stressing about calories right now. I am 10 weeks out and just getting to the point of being more diligent in tracking because I am going back to boot camp style workouts and need to make sure I am taking in enough to support my energy level. I COULD NOT have done these workouts the first 6 weeks, just because I did not have enough energy.



I am only going back twice a week hoping this will give me enough recovery time between workouts.



As for stomach size, my Dr. discussed this with me at length, typically VSG's are performed with various sleeve sizes and even within the same sleeve size Dr.'s have different practices in terms of how tightly they stretch the stomach around the sleeve.



Thus, it makes sense that on these boards we all have a slightly different experience in terms of how much we can eat.



My personal greatest reason to go forward with this was to stop stressing about tracking every calorie, recording every calorie burned from workouts obsessing over results or lack there of from my efforts. I LOVE that I am confident if I just focus on a few simple things... fluids, Protein first, take my Vitamins, and get out and move (whatever form, it's all good)... that's the secret, I bet anyone that really does all those 4 things will find success. Maybe not their fantasy body, but a significant improvement in quality of life and satisfaction in their decision.


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