How many calories a day?

[zsmom2003 1]

I was sleeved on Jan 28th and have only lost 20 lbs. I eat 70 mg of Protein per day and drink a minimum of 64 oz of Water per day. I still struggle with exercise because I have minimal energy. I think that has to do with the fact that my nutritionist won't let me eat anymore than 700 calories a day. I looked through my MFP entries and noticed that I am only consuming 550-650 a day. Almost all of that is protein. Does this sound low to you? Even without exercise it seems to me I should have lost more than 20 lbs over 8 weeks with such a low calorie intake. Also, for the record, I was 280 the day of surgery.

[par1959 470]

You are doing fine. One thing I learned is weight loss is 95% food intake. It toook me 5 months to get my energy back. I am now at 10 months 130 lbs down and started training for a 1/2 marathon in April. Last week I ran a 15 K. Give your self time. As my mentor says do most of the stuff , most of the time and you will lose most of the weight. You wont regret this ride.

[DDSPICRN 11]

I was sleeved on January 27th. I have only lost 15 lbs since day of surgery. I eat about 700-750 cal per day. I eat mostly Protein (a lot of chicken, dairy peanut butter). I try to do vegetables but don't usually have room. I do eat 1 - 2 Quest bars per day. I have only been walking 2-3 times per week for about 30 min. Exercise is very difficult bc I have chronic fatigue. I have been exhausted since surgery. Plus I have a really low metabolism according to the RMR test. According to that I only burn about 1080 calories per day so I don't want to eat too many since I can't really exercise. So I think you are doing ok.

Edited March 23, 2015 by DDSPICRN

[Healthy_life2 8,324]

@@zsmom2003

For me at three months my weight loss started slowing down. Calories, I was also at 700. I realized at that point that my honeymoon phase was over. I am one of those people if I don't move the scale does not move. Be patient with yourself weight loss rates are different for all of us.

[KCLatina 16]

I was sleeved on Jan 20th and I'm down 30 lbs. On most days I'll use every calorie that MFP has to offer for that day. Occasionally I'll eat about 800 a day but no matter what I get in my Protein, Water and Vitamins. Having said that, I average a weight loss of about 3 pounds a week.

My question is... Will we still loose if we eat the allotted MFP calories per day/per weight?

[dukesandjax 8]

I am going at about the same pace. After talking to some of the members of the GSV club, I realized that the ones that had very bad eating habits before surgery lost weight very fast due to the drastic diet change. My diet has changed very little but just reduced portions and I am averaging 2 lbs per week. Anyone else notice this?

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

... do most of the stuff , most of the time and you will lose most of the weight.

I like that!

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

It depends on what you are eating and/or supplements. At 6 mths I still rarely go over 900 calories, but my diet is very Protein dense and my carbs are mostly complex carbs like Beans. I exercise 5 -6 days a week and have loads of energy.

[Crystal88 85]

I eat between 700-900 calories a day, and drink 64-70 ounces of Water.

[skneee 3]

I was sleeved 1/13 and am only down 20 lbs. I lost 10 in the first week after surgery and another 10 over the first 3 weeks. I have lost nothing in the last 4 weeks. I am beyond depressed. I don't know what I am doing wrong. I feel like I eat nothing and the scale won't budge

Edited March 26, 2015 by skneee

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

Perhaps you aren't eatng enough. Are you meetng your Protein and fluid goals?

[KCLatina 16]

If agree on maybe not eating enough... Or maybe, just maybe you'll have a BIG loss all at one time like a lot of people on here... Be hopeful!

[XXShelXX 346]

Honestly, sometimes it's just seems slow but i do think you should be getting more calories in. This has got to be livable. I average 1000-1200 a day and I have since the beginning. I am super slow at losing but in a year and a half i've lost 106 lbs so it all adds up. All the little losses at up to a big loss in time. I don't think 20 lbs lost in 8 weeks is slow though. I think you are right where you should be.