Maintenance calories

[Lauren1234 14]

I’m just curious for those in maintenance, around how many calories are you getting daily? Right now I’m six months post VSG and eating around 1100 to 1200 calories to lose weight, but I’m now only five pounds from my goal weight (I lost quite a bit before surgery which is why I got close to goal so soon). Once I reach my goal weight I will need to experiment to see what calorie range works for me to be able to maintain, but I just wanted to see what other people were eating once they got to their goal weight.

[AZLoser 103]

Everyone is different so you'll need to experiment, as you said. 1000 calories is maintenance for me. I barely lose on 800/day. I need to stay around 600 to lose.

[kandywolf 161]

Everyone is different, and also depends on how active you are. Other factors can be meds, pcos, etc I get about 900 right now. Losing slow but steady.


SW 350 (11/15)
BSW 260 (10/17/17)
CW 228 (12/29/17)
RGW 199
GW 175

[_Kate_ 2,224]

As the others said, it can be such an individual thing and can depend on a lot of things such as gender, height, frame, how much you exercise etc etc, what you eat and your metabolism.

i don’t have a working thyroid so I have to really watch my calories and probably on the low side just to maintain. Life. Sometimes. Sucks. Lol.

[Sullie06 1,013]

I'm at about 1000-1200 calories a day and I'm still slowly losing. I lose fast on lower calories but I feel sluggish if I'm below 1000 calories. I'm guessing right around 1300 will put me in maintenance.

[EagerPenguin 159]

You could get a resting metabolic rate test and calculate your basal rate from there, making adjustments on a day by day basis to match your activity level.