600 Calories a Day is the right amount?
I am 2 weeks post-op with lap band. I guess I can eat more tha a 1/4 cup at a time, but not much more. I'm eating about 600 calories a day. I'm so exhausted. I feel week in my muscles. Also, I haven't lost any weight since I started eating solids - despite the low calorie level.
I realized I didn't know how to get anymore calories in during the day. I remembered that I was supposed to be eating ~1200 calories a day and had no idea how to increase my calories to that level. I would like to get back to real exercise (not just walking) but don't see how I can when I get exhausted doing simple housework.
I called the diatition over my concerns over my low calorie intake and my extra low energy levels. She said I was tired because I'd had surgery. That my energy levels would return. She said that I'm *supposed* to be eating only 600-700 calories a day during my weight loss period. That the 1200 calorie level was for maintanence only.
I'm very upset. 600 calories a day is what anorexics do - not real people with real bodies. I want my enegry back. I want to be able to think clearly, function at work and at home. I did NOT sign up for 600 calories a day for years until the weight was off. I thought I was doing a 1200 calorie diet.
Did I just miss the boat (despite all the reading online, in books and classes I went to)? Or is this really the way it's supposed to be?
Thanks,
ELizabeth
I realized I didn't know how to get anymore calories in during the day. I remembered that I was supposed to be eating ~1200 calories a day and had no idea how to increase my calories to that level. I would like to get back to real exercise (not just walking) but don't see how I can when I get exhausted doing simple housework.
I called the diatition over my concerns over my low calorie intake and my extra low energy levels. She said I was tired because I'd had surgery. That my energy levels would return. She said that I'm *supposed* to be eating only 600-700 calories a day during my weight loss period. That the 1200 calorie level was for maintanence only.
I'm very upset. 600 calories a day is what anorexics do - not real people with real bodies. I want my enegry back. I want to be able to think clearly, function at work and at home. I did NOT sign up for 600 calories a day for years until the weight was off. I thought I was doing a 1200 calorie diet.
Did I just miss the boat (despite all the reading online, in books and classes I went to)? Or is this really the way it's supposed to be?
Thanks,
ELizabeth
I am in the same boat-- expcept I cannot figure out HOW to get all those calories in - I do not want to stretch out my pouch, or dump and I can't do it all- the protein I can manage but not all the liquid, ( then I am never hungry for more calories!) and the protein is about 300-500 calories depending.
and I was told I needed to eat 1000-1200 asap! at 2 weeks ???? I have lots of energy but i go to sleep the nimute I eat too much or too fast- or wrong combo. I seem to consume all my protein in liquid forms- to get it in- so when I have to increase calories I guess I am going for carbs(good carbs) but not adding protein at the same time and I have been dumping because of it.
HELP_ I never thought my post op probs would be because I couldn't eat enough to satisfy the Doctors!
and I was told I needed to eat 1000-1200 asap! at 2 weeks ???? I have lots of energy but i go to sleep the nimute I eat too much or too fast- or wrong combo. I seem to consume all my protein in liquid forms- to get it in- so when I have to increase calories I guess I am going for carbs(good carbs) but not adding protein at the same time and I have been dumping because of it.
HELP_ I never thought my post op probs would be because I couldn't eat enough to satisfy the Doctors!
Sassy Sally 
End of week 1 30 oz of fluid and 200 calories a day
End of week 2 40 oz of fluid and 400 calories a day
End of week 3 50 oz of fluid and 600 calories a day
end of week 4 50 oz of fluid and 800 calories a day
end of week 5 60 oz of fluid and 1000-1200 calories a day
I also have struggled with lack of real info But yeasterday I wrangled this from my Dr.'s group - and I wonder why the heck they didn't give me this earlier--
Sassy Sally
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