Question for fellow May Babies

I see that a lot of you including myself track on fit day. I was wondering about how many calories you are up to at 9 months out. I myself average about 1200. It's funny because I feel piggy when I see that I've eaten that but then my husband snaps me back to reality by reminding me that I probably at double to triple that prior to surgery. I know my Surgeon says that 1200 is fine for this stage. I was just curious as to what everyone else is doing. Thanks, Maggie

Well Maggie .. I am at around 800 .. I just can not seem to get up to the 1200 mark . I am still never hungry .... I get cravings but snap right out of it .. I will probably get a butt chewing when I go back to the doc this month as she wanted me at 1200 to maintain .. and I am still loosing . I just got to do It I guess . I do get my all of my protein and water in .. and somehow I think that the increase in protein is what is doing the loss . Who knows , I will ask when I go back . Great question . Natalie

Maggie, I to am right there with Natalie..about 800 a day tops. The other day, I had 590 calories, and that included a coke with 120 calories. bad me. My Dr. also told me to stay around 800 at this stage, and about a yr out, or to maintain to stay at 1200 a day, BUT every Dr. is different. Oh goodness, I used to consume probably 4000 cal a day easily. I would still like to lose another 7 lbs..actually another 15..just to give me bounce back weight... Brenda

HI Maggie, I think I'm averaging about 800-1000 --- but trying real hard to up it. Never thought it would be hard to eat MORE!!! I reached my goal about a month ago, and am now 11 under. Trying to add extra food that is healthy is sooooo hard, would be much easier to eat junk food! But, I'm with Natalie, I still have no appetite, and rarely any cravings. Never thought I'd have to worry about being too thin....but here I sit. Wishing you the best of luck, Pam RNY 5/13/04 268/158 11 LBS under goal

Hi Maggie, Nice to see you posting here too. I am with you, I average around 1,100 to 1,200 per day. I, unlike everyone else, have no problem consuming calories. Maybe if I did, I wouldn't be stuck at this weight. I would still like to lose about 30 pounds more, but have only lost seven since December, and nothing in a few weeks. I wish I could say I was getting too thin.. Anne 313/199/170 goal

Hi Maggie, I do not count calories at all I just eat off of a small plate. Smaller then a salad plate and that has helped me a lot. I eat high protein low carb foods. NO sodas at all! Lots of Crystal light lemonade. 100lbs down Thanks, Fran RNY 5/24 247/147