Calories to keep losing?

What is the magic number of calories per day that we should be having to keep losing?  For some reason I want to say 900.  Is that right?

Thanks!!

I think it's different for everyone.  I maintain at 1500 calories and still lose a pound a week at 1200 to 1300 calories.

Bonnie

Hey Paula!

If you go on thedailyplate.com, there's a calculator on there that will help you figure out how many calories you need to maintain and/or lose.  Nurse Barb figured mine for me when I was frustrated by a lengthy stall earlier this summer - and I actually need @ 1400 to LOSE!   So I upped my intake a bit, and bada-bing!  I started losing again!  So if you're not losing, you may not be getting enough calories???

Give it a look-see!!

Thanks for sharing that website Darla!  I signed up and did the calculation and it says I need almost 1600 calories to lose 2 pounds a week with my limited activity level.  WOWZER!!  Much better than I thought.  I think I'll take another stab at tracking what I eat and my exercise - maybe this will be what I need to get back to losing!!!

I checked there too, but it seems so high....1250 I think it said...

Try it - it absolutely flies in the face of everything we've ever learned or believed as "dieters", but I swear, it worked for me!!!  I spent 8+ weeks at 230-232, but once I added a few extras in each day, I dropped!  SMART extras, protein, mostly...   It's certainly worth a try!!!

It's worth a try.  I'll do it. 

Thanks!  I'm actually starting Weigh****chers by myself and the points allowance they give just won't work for us post ops. 

I just plugged my numbers in at the daily plate and they recommend 1536 cal/day to lose 2 lb/wk.
That seems high....luckily I see the Nut in 2 weeks & I'll run it by her.

I eat pretty well for someone only 12 weeks post op - when I journal I eat about 900-1100 calories per day.  The higher I get it, the more that I seem to lose.  If I have lots of really low calories days I can tell my body freezes right up and not an ounce comes off.