caloric intake?

i had my lap rny on may 16th and wondering how many calories i should be taking in now? i just started exercising at butterfly life too...do you have to take in more calories when you exercise?

I'm not really sure how many calories your supposed to be taking in, I use Fitday.com and found that I average 400-500 calories a day. I've heard a lot of people say that they get around 600-800.

Liz, I think that Ashley is right on with the calorie recommendations. I have seen more of the 500-800 as a caloric target across the board with many doctors. I also use fitday.com and highly recommend it. I really like having the piece of mind of knowing my calorie intake and especially the protein intake at the end of the day. I try to get between 75-90 grams of protein as a man's portion. While I liked the free web-based version of fitday.com, I REALLY like the one I purchased for $20 from them. They will not try very hard to sell you the purchased version, but I found that it is so very far superior. Plus, you can get your money back if you don't like it. Between that and my digital scale, those are the two best investments I've made since having my surgery. John

When I went for my 3-month post-op appointment, the doctor said as long as I'm not going over 1400 calories I'm doing just fine. I nearly fell off the table...1400 CALORIES? All that to say that I usually try to aim for 600-800, but it is really hard some days.