How many calories do you eat in a day?

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On 1/21/2018 at 8:11 PM, jess9395 said:

I’m five and half years out. I eat in the 1800-3000 range daily and maintain a 135 pound weight loss. I do exercise a good amount and those are the 2400+ days.

I ate in the 300-500 range for six months gradually increasing to 600-800 at a year.

I lost my weight in almost exactly a year

Things look different as time passes. No way you can eat like a bariatric patient if you are have an above normal fitness level.

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Things look different as time passes. No way you can eat like a bariatric patient if you are have an above normal fitness level.

Absolutely. But my point is that being at a very low calorie level for 6 months or a year or 18 months doesn’t necessarily cause your metabolism to slow down permanently. Even during the periods of time (2-4 months a few times) I had to stop for an injury or plastic surgery I still ate in the 1800-2400 range and didn’t gain.

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AND I ran 15-20 miles per week and did yoga while I was eating 800-1000 and losing. Never had low energy. So my point is we are all different just like all plans are different