Are 300 calories a day typical postop?

[AlwaysCruising 100]

On 6/6/2020 at 10:33 AM, catwoman7 said:

that's pretty low. I was eating that (400 kcal/day) the first two or three weeks post-op. By a month out, I was eating about 600 a day. At three months out, I was eating 600-800 pretty consistently. Of course, I started out at a much higher BMI than you, but still, that seems a bit low.

I have been at 650-800 daily since week 3. The Nutritionist for my surgeon said that was fine and that I was losing at a rate greater than the average (she said at 4 weeks the amount expected is 10-25 lbs, I was at 22 lb and at a 35 bmi which is the lowest BMI to have WLS). She said it was not that they wanted people to eat very few calories, it’s just some people were sick and nauseated so often they could not actually eat more. She said it was positive that I had not been ill and could take in nutrients (since just getting in 64g Protein requires consuming a decent amount of food).

Edited August 9, 2020 by AlwaysCruising