Question:
Can someone help?

I just want to know how many calories, grams of protien, and how many carbs I should consume a day. I Don't know how many carb grams I should be watching out for a meal.Any suggestions? Thanks Sara    — sara G. (posted on April 14, 2003)

April 14, 2003
Hi Sara -- this is hard to answer without knowing how far out you are, and what kind of surgery you had -- I couldn't figure it out from your profile or surgery comments, either. If you add that information, it will help people give you better answers about what they did! :-)
   — Suzy C.

April 14, 2003
Sara, you didn't mention how far post-op you were, so I can't really help you with the calories as it changes month to month sometimes. I'm almost a year out and get 1200 calories. But a few months out should be probably 600. I never even counted calories until 6 months out when I could eat more, my nutritionist and surgeon said I didn't need to. Protein needs to be atleast 60 grams a day, but the higher the better. Many get 80-100 a day. And carbs really varies person to person. Some don't allow any, some people are more leniant. You should always eat the protein first, and then have carbs. My rule of thumb is to never go over 20 grams of carbs per meal, some may do less or more. Goodluck to you!
   — Lezlie Y.

April 14, 2003
I have no idea how far out you are but I can tell you what works for me. I eat 600-800 calories per day and average 80 grams of protein per day and 35 or less carbs per day. Also i drink as much as possible. I track everything I eat on fitday.com and I lose 3-4 pounds a week at 3 months out. I am down 60 pounds since surgery on 1/15/03. Lap RNY 266/206/147
   — Carol S.

April 14, 2003
I too track my progress on fitday.com. I find that the less carbs I eat (especially flour, starches, sugar) and the more protein, the better off I am. Fruits and veggies are okay, of course. I do not count my calories, yet the fitday website does it and it looks like I eat anywhere from 800-1200 calories a day. I basically follow the Atkins diet...you can find at www.atkins.com and you will find many post-ops do very well with it. I hope this helps you.
   — missmollyk