curious about how much you're eating

I'm just curious for those of you tracking your calories/carbs/fat/protein, how much are you all able to eat now? My calorie consumption has gone up over the past couple of months from around 700 to 1000 per day. Am I eating too much? I'm getting all my protein in and sometimes I don't need to drink a shake to do so. I need help on the liquids still though! I'm still losing weight, but it has slowed down (as expected). I've also found that I can eat just about anything without any complications (even sugar, darn it!!). Just curious where you are all at and if I need to make some changes on my end. Thanks! --Dana

Hi Dana. I am right there with you. I eat anywhere from 860-1000 a day. And I have learned that I can eat junk so I really have to watch myself. My dietician said I should be eating no more than a 1000 cals, at least 20g fat, and 100 carbs a day. I know for a fact that I am to high on fat infact mostly in the 70-90 range daily. My matrix protein drink has 22g so I'm over 20g first thing in the morning. Oh and I don't quite get in the 100g of carbs a day. Most days around 70. Hope this helped. Katrina

im probably the poster child for what not to do after wls, but im down about 70lbs with 25-30 left to go. i dont drink my protein, it makes me gag and i rarely get in enough water. most people say i eat too much veggies and carbs and not enough meat, but as long as im losing im ok with it. i eat pretty much whatever i want, just in really small amounts. if we go to tacobell for dinner, i have half a taco instead of nachos and tacos and a burrito and a soda, etc. i guess the whole point is, as long as your dr is ok with your weight loss, try not to compare anything with others. including your weight, weight loss, food intake, etc. we're all different and we have to find what works best for us. congrats on your success so far! youre doing great. miranda

I mainly eat protein. I try to get it from food, not drinks. Sometimes I will add protein powder to something to boost myself up. Then I'll add something like a little apple, or veggies to my meal. I try to stay away from pasta. It fills me up to the point where I am miserable. I have not been tracking my calories and protein grams. Shame on me! I'm still losing an average of 10 pounds a month and I'm happy with that. Nancy

My dietician also told me to get between 900- 1000 calories a day. I had to up becuase I would be burning any where from 300-500 calories exercise and anything less put my body into starvation mode. Kathy

Hi Dana, My nut says I should be taking in 900 to 1200 calories a day. I'm Bad! I average about 620 a day. I take in between 87 -120 gr's. protein, less than 10 gr's of fat, and between 30 -56 carbs., and about 47-56 oz's of water(I told you I'm bad). I have never tried sugar~and I won't ever try it. I don't need to know that. As far as I'm concerened, if I eat it I will be very sick and wish I were dead. I weigh myself every two week's and average a loss of 8 to 10 pound's each time I weigh in. I eat 3 meals a day that are about 2.5 to 4 oz's per meal. I hope this helps. God bless you, Annette