800 calories at 6 weeks

snapy17 · March 25, 2017

I am 6 weeks post op & I am already able to consume 800 calories a day. Is that too much. Am I doing something wrong ? I am eating mostly Protein, some carbs. However this is very concerning. I thought the 1st few months most people can barely eat. Why am I able to consume so much. Please share your experience &/or thoughts

Em_JW · March 26, 2017

I was eating about 600 calories per day 6 weeks out. You're doing fine as long as you are getting in your protein/fluid requirements AND making sure your daily carbs are LESS than your Protein intake. For example if I made it to 75g protein I could indulge in about 40g carbs. It worked great for me and my NUT was the one who said to just make sure your protein is higher than your carbs. Everyone is different so please speak with your NUT to make sure you are okay.
Also another good thing to keep in mind is that if you're working out every day calories shouldn't be a major concern. For example I would eat 600 calories and burn 400 at the gym (BAD Idea!! I put my body into starvation mode and had a 3 week stall until I eased up on the workouts). Sorry this is so long lol.
Hope this helps!

HW: 299lbs
SW: 268
CW: 220
Surgery date: 12/14/16

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snapy17 · March 26, 2017

Thank you so much for your reply. I think I am not being as disciplined with my carbs as I was away on vacation & allowed myself a little vacation mode eating. B
Now I must get back to low carb eating once again.
BTW you are absolutely right about that starvation mode thing I was eating about 400 calories a day and barely losing weight