Happy..Hungry..Dizzy?

So I am just a couple weeks away from my one year anniversary. I have lost 103 pounds and look/feel great. I am blessed. My question is how many calories should I be eating (5'7"-149lbs)? Surgeon says stay at 1000, but i feel so sick if i don't get at least 1500 or so. My resting BMR is like 1510 anyway...seeing my PCM tomorrow to talk. I just thought i'd ask. Also, does anyone experience dizzy spells when they stand?? Thanks, Katie

i only do the dizzy spells from gettin up to fast or if i am already standin that means 1 thing.... i better run for a pregnancy test.

Congrats on your weight loss! I don't know how many calroies you should be eating... I still haven't really started watching that, still mainly counting protein. BUT, I am dizzy quite often actually. I know my iron is good and so is my protein... It isn't just when I stand up either, it can happen lying down too. All I have to do is turn my head a certain way and boom it hits me. I am going to my PCP in a few weeks and I am interested to see if I have something going on in my inner ear even though I don't have any pain. I look forward to hearing what you find out. Good luck Karen

I've been having problems with dizziness since about 1 month out. It actually caused some big problems when I was working, I nearly passed out and fell into the fry vats several times. I asked my surgeon about it and he just said it was my blood sugars... which makes no sense because I was checking my sugars whenever I got dizzy and they were perfectly normal. I've noticed when I up my protein to about 100grams a day, the spells go away almost completely. Sorry I'm not more help and congrats on your weight loss!

I don't do one consistently because I'm a bit of a cheapskate. It also took me a long time to find a protein drink I could stand. Lately I've been using Jay Robb's Whey protein. I prefer the chocolate but the vanilla isn't bad. I like to mix it up in the blender with half a frozen banana and some lite soy milk. Yummy! Its also good in yogurt topped either with granola, your fave cereal, or mashed up protein balls (peanut butter, protein powder, powdered milk, and a few rice krispies.) But to each his (or her) own.