CALORIES

Hey All

I'm 16 days out from surgery and doing great(17 lbs down) and on the soft food stage, I was wondering how many calories should I be taking in a day? is 700 to 750 too many, I have e-mail my nutritionist but she hasn't responded yet so I thought I would ask the experts.

VSG48MAN 

I was only getting 350-400 calories at the point you are at and that was assuming I was able to consume an entire 11 oz protein shake (couldn't do the entire thing some days).  I was on pureed foods at that point.

I think your calorie intake is right where it should be.  Mine was a little lower at 2 weeks because my sleeve was so swollen that I had very low capacity, but 600 to 800 cals per day is good.

Congratulations on 17 pounds in 16 days.  That's excellent!

Carol