Question:
how many calories @ 6 months???

I am 6 m onths out and i am afraid i am not eating enough calories. it's hard to eat, sometimes, and i forget. i think now that i am 6 months out i need to be paying more attention, but i am not sure what my goal should be for calories. thanks for the help.    — glblgal (posted on June 26, 2004)

June 27, 2004
Hi Rhonda. I'm only 4 months out and my surgeon said 800-1000 a day. I really don't know either when that should be upped, but its challenging enough just to get the 800 in. I have been tracking my food intake a www.fitday.com and it makes it MUCH easier to do. If you haven't used the site, its free to use and very simple. It definitely helps me know how many calories and how much protein I take in a day. BTW, when the first day when I tracked my intake...I had only eaten 450ish calories by 6:30 pm. WAY OFF what I thought I was doing! Take care, Shannon Open RNY 2/25/04 251/204/140
   — M. Me

June 27, 2004
I'm 9 months out and my surgeon is wanting me to get in about 900-1000 calories a day, per my last appointment with him last week. Prior to that, I was getting in about 700-800 a day.
   — jenn_jenn

June 27, 2004
Rhonda, I am 7 months out, and I currently have about 1500 calories a day. I am at goal weight and I do exercise quite intensely. I run about 3 miles a day, do weights, swim, and do a fit camp a couple times a week. I find that I feel best when I exercise daily. I share all that with you because we are all different and at different stages of our weight loss. I would consult my doctor, and one of the factors in determining what is healthy for you would be how much you have to lose still, how often and how intensely are you exercising, are you physically hungry at all, etc. I know I had to reluctantly up my calories because I was so hungry, I started obsessing about food, which for me would lead to overeating eventually. I also started to feel weak. Interesting enough, my weight loss became more predictable after I upped my calories to about 1200. Now to maintain I am at 1500. I still seem to be losing though so I may need to up that amount. If you really listen to your body (not the head hunger) and pay attention to the scale and how clothese are fitting, your answer will come. Chris L.
   — Chris L.

June 29, 2004
You should consult your surgeon on this as they all have different guidelines, mine told me from 1000 to 1500 a day. I seem to lose better/faster when I get to 1000, but I often only end up with 800-900, but I do get at least 60 grams of protein in a day.
   — Patricia T.