Help! Rebound Weight Gain After GBS and Quitting Drinking Wine

I have found that to lose I need to be under 1200 calories. That is with strenuous exercise. I am older so may make a difference. Exercise does not make me lose it just makes me fit. I would suggest trying 1500 calories or less to lose. Dense protein to fill you up and then veg and fruit

Good luck

Currently my calorie goal for weight loss is 1493 (that is total intake to loose weight) and my average intake has been 1535/day for the last 30 days plus fitness calorie burn of 300-900 so my net has been under 1000 almost every day since giving up the wine habit (it was more like 2000 calories a day when I was drinking wine that's why I cut it out - it was 500-700 extra calories a day and I thought that's what made me gain the 8 pounds since Aug 2014). 

My doctor said anything under 1400 a day in intake is starvation for me and will have the opposite affect. But at this point I might just try the 1200.... 

Unfortunately,as much as we wish otherwise - for most of us - formerly MO - the RMR is not very accurate.  I know it is not for me.  

"Starvation mode" does not actually exist.

How are you determining how many calories you burn through exercise? According to this chart (by legit medical folks), you would need to do an hour and a half of "vigorous" aerobics (where "vigorous" means you're working so hard you can't talk). It's entirely possible to over-estimate.

It's not how much you move. It's how much you put in your mouth. Simple. 

I'm glad it's been so simple for you 

It was and it can be for you also. I wish the best for anyone living postop WLS.  Try for a month under 1000 calories a day. 800-1000. Cut your carbs to 30 total carbs, not net. You have to kickstart your body back into Ketosis. Surgeons can be great at cutting. Most have never lived as a preop/postop MO patient. 

You are eating too much and not burning as much as you estimate. Our bodies are clever. They adapt well, and we do not burn as much as we think. 

As humans, our memories are fallible. We tend to overestimate exercise and underestimate food. 

I am almost four years out, and I drop to 1000 calories when I want to lose--and it is slow. I do not count exercise toward calorie burn at all.

I can only guess that the malabsorption of calories that you had after surgery has ended & you have to cut back on your calories. Drinking wine every night is a luxury most people can't afford to maintain their weight so cutting it out is a good idea.

Remember you can't exercise your way to thin. Exercise is good for the body but its what you eat that matters most.

I've heard that maintenance is a real challenge so don't be discouraged that you've gained some weight. There's a back on track forum filled with people trying to lose the weight that they've gained back & could offer support & advice.

You've lost the weight b4, so you know what you have to do, get down to basics. Protein first, track & measure everything, also look into therapy or a support group. You've acknowledged that the wine was a transfer addiction, you really have to address that b4 you fall into another addiction.

Good Luck!

Clearly you're eating way too many calories.  All the math in the world to demonstrate that you "should" be eating 1500-2000 calories a day means NOTHING and, to make things worse, calorie burn estimates for exercise are notoriously inaccurate.  So not only are you eating way too many calories, you're not burning nearly enough to offset what you eat.  

So regardless of your surgeon's idiotic spewing about "starvation" and your caloric deficit through exercise, you need to start putting fewer calories into your body if you want to lose weight.  It really is that simple.