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I am pre-surgery and trying to determine if this is a tool that will help me eat less calories then I manage to eat currently. I was wondering on average how many calories you are able to eat with the band at your current fill?

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I eat about 1200 calories a day and it was 800 to 1000. I need a fill to get back to 800 to 1000 a day.

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i eat about 800-1200 a day and that works well for me. i like to keep my body guessing. 1 day will be 1100, the next 800, then 900, then 1300, then 800...

that is when im not low carbing it...

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Yep..I am the same as justlosingme. I vary it up and down. But hang right around 1000 as a rule of thumb. I also work out at least 1 hour a day and according to my body bugg am burning about 600-800 cals in that time depending on what I do. That allows me to sneak in some chocolate now and again!

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My goal is between 1000-1200, and sometimes I'm a little short, sometimes right in range.

How many calories am I able to eat? A lot more than what I am actually eating. All I'd have to do is "eat around the band" -- drink with meals, drink calories like juice or alcohol, eat chocolate or ice cream...

The band can't stop you from eating junk. It will help keep you feeling full between meals though if you use it right.

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I tend to vary a lot, but its usually between 1400 and 1800 calories a day for maintenance. I lost well only about 1400 a day, but to lose any weight now (at more than 1/15th of a pound a week, lol), it'd definitely need to be 1200 or below.

Very active, I exercise regularly by running but I do tend to rush around all day doing physical things - lots of housework, I'm the mother than plays ON the play equipment with the kids, shopping, heavy gardening, and I tend to take on projects like trying to paint the whole house in half an hour. Nonetheless despite the stress I cause myself by trying to be everywhere at once, it does mean I burn lots of calories.

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I try to stay between 1000-1200 a day, and I do that fairly well except the week I had strep and that was a bad week I hardly ate anything. I know it is important to eat so that your body believes it will not be starved.

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I actually just did a total of my calories for the first time today and I am between 1100-1300 daily I originally thought that was alot but after reading this tread I am glad to see I am in the "norm" There are some places where I know I can cut calories - use light or fat free mayo and salas dressing - so I will look into that but other then that I am happy to know that I am not to high on the calorie scale.< /p>

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I try for 800-1000 a day. I almost always go over on the weekends.....:biggrin: But I guess that too keeps the body guessing!!!

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I eat between 1000-1200 calories a day. On days that I work out with the trainer I really try to hit 1200 cal.

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I eat 700-900 on average. I am trying really hard not to go over but don't sweat it if I do.

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my nutritionist told me that i should be eating around 800 calories...i pretty much stay right around there during the week...sometimes a little over sometimes a little under but in the end it averages out. on the weekends...well i've never really counted...i'm sure i eat more calories because i don't stick to my usual "weekday" food but i can only eat so much and i still lose so i'm sure it's not too out of line. =)

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