I think my calories are too low....

I started this whole process as a light weight (after losing about 60lbs on my own and keeping it off from 2011-2017). I was 230lbs (5'7") the day of surgery. I ate 300-700 calories during loss phase. Starting out very low (maybe even lower than the 300 at first as I progressed). I crawled my way to 700 at 6 months and hit maintenance at 6 1/2 months (losing 90lbs) and now have nearly doubled that (eating 1,200) and I'm still losing - FAST actually. I'm adding 100 calories per wee****il I maintain. I had a resting metabolic rate test done and my metabolic rate came back at slightly higher than average for my age/weight/height.

Starvation mode isn't a thing we need to worry about. We've got lots of chub for our body to consume! Listen to the vets and stay low calorie and get to goal fast!

any time you eat carbs, including carbs vegetables, you body is going to hold water using it to process the carbs. This is where your three pound yo yo develops.

Mas long as you eat carbs, you will have this yo yo. Every time.

It is nothing to do with your body getting used to anything.

Just because you " love" to eat something doesn't mean you can or should, if you want to lose weight. I love eating Twinkies too, but I can't eat them with my protein and lose weight.

Starvation mode is something like what happens to ppl with anorexoa nervous. They literally burn every bit of the fat off their bodies. As long as you have fat on your body and are struggling to lose the fat, you are NOT in starvation mode and unlikely to be.

Howdy and thanks for the responses. They are appreciated.

I appreciate the sentiment about"just because you can doesnt mean you should" . That proverb has been thrown around here on OH for the last 15 years that I have been here. And although I am not an SME (subject matter expert) on RNY, I am aware that newbies think they can change some basic rules and still be successful.

That being said said, I am not talking about TWINKIES, a glass of alcohol, a candy bar or other concession that should never be considered in the early stages of weight loss. My NUT plan post op is atrocious with lots of carbs so we know that doesnt work either. However, I was talking about adding more protein or eating more low carb vegetables like lettuce, spinach, cucumber, califlower or green beans to balance my all protein low fat diet. I can assure you that none of the things got me fat although over eating did. :)

My takeway from this post (and yes I am listening) is to get the weight off as quickly as possible, then see what my thresh holds are in terms of calories based on maintaining weight. My two options are lose slower with 80% protein and 20 percent low carb veggies or dont eat the extra 100 calories and lose an extra pound a month.

Thanks!!