Hi Wendy, Sorry to say, but those are just "my" numbers. As I am 55 years old plus all the years of dieting have taken a toll on my metabolism. Most peoples won't be that low. I just knew that the "average" that they tell you wasn't going to work for me, so wanted to know exactly where I was at. Has nothing to do with wls. As for the 1600 number, it was based on a min amount of activity, since I sit at a desk for most of the day. All the activity and gym will add to that number, but I wanted worst case and can adj from there when I get to goal. I know now that I have to eat 1200 a day min to stay out of starvation mode but can''t go over 1200 either. I also must equal 200 calories a day in activities (Gym, walking, etc.) to have a minus 500 calories a day to lose one lb per week. Sigh. But do-able. Sara

pam counts her venti latte as 20g protein, so thats the count i use too. the protein you are getting is from the milk and as the other post-er mentioned, i also get mine using nonfat milk. love my starbucks!!! hugs~mary jo

Thanks for this info Sara...I'm going to have to go have mine done. Thanks, Kerri

my insurance paid for my hernia, but that's it. i also had abdominalplasty with bodylift -no thighs, butt lift and arm lift.

hi sara. i like getting mine done every few months. another number i love is body fat percentage. it can tell you a lot. since i'm on the muscular side now and am short with butt and thughs, it is a much better than bmi.