Daily Intake

Thanks Mel.. That makes me feel a bit better about my carb intake!

I'm reading "the complete idiots guide to eating well after weight loss surgery" by Margaret Furtado and she said to have 130 grams of carbohydrates per day, and well I've only got up to chapter two hee hee when I read the rest I can let you know!!

My advice is to eat what you can. Protein first in the early stages, if you cant get up to 60-70g of protein slowly work on it. the sleeve gets bigger in stages and the stages are different in each person and different sensitivities to levesl in each person.

I generally need about 1000 as I am sensitive to the carb levels and who knows what else. If I don't get enough I have a hypo but that is me. I have 6 small meals a day.

HOpe this helps not confuses.Your instincts are usually correct.

A strange thing for the dietician to say.

I was a bit worried when I read your post Red, and yours Carissa... I have been hungry for the first time since surgery (4 weeks today) and thought I was eating a cup easily... but I measured it... and I am eating 1/2 a cup... how quickly we get used to the small amounts we are eating... 1/2 a cup looks almost indecently large!!!

Thanks for the question and the answers... as you say Red, great to get advice from everyone... such a valuable resource.
Jane

Thanks LittleMissCee for the advice.

That's what I love about this website that us newbies can get advice from people who had already been here. I tried for a few days just made myself feel sick and actually had my first vomit. After that I definitely dialed the amount back. I am learning the telltale signs of when I need to eat even if I don't feel hungry.

Thanks everyone.

Red5 - 1 cup x 3 times a day at a month out from surgery?

I didn't think that was physically possible that early out! Sorry hun.. Just going by MY personal experience, I could only manage a 1/4 - 1/2 cup at that point.

It wasn't till I hit about 8 or 9 months out that I could get in a full cup of food (be it dense protein, etc) in one sitting.

My dietician that I saw pre-op said my stomach capacity was only half a cup till around 6 - 8 months where it would stretch to a cup at that stage.

Obviously everyone is different, we don't ALL have the same size tummies as we all have different surgeons... But don't feel you HAVE to be eating a cup of food each meal right now just because your dietician says so! If you're full and feel restricted at only half.. Then stop.

I was told 1200 calories if I'm exercising plus at least 70g of protein. She worked protein out at 0.7g/1kg of bodyweight. I struggle at this stage with the calories, and when I tried to eat more it made me sick. She told me by now I should be eating 3 x 1 cup of food plus 1 snack, which I just can't manage yet.

I like the sound of 900 calories better!

I aim for 900 calories a day,70 grams of protein, 20 grams of fat, 40 grams of carbs as I know they are a real trigger for me to eat more and gain weight. I use myfitnesspal and have gone into settings to enter these amounts so it's customized to me. Initially a dietitian told me too aim for this and I have stuck with it as its worked well. I had some hairloss at about 3-4 months but otherwise my health has been really good.... Touch wood! I am 8.9 kgs away from goal weight and was sleeved mid jan so this seems to work ok for this phase.

I was told 70-80g + protein for a male my age..


Note I probably get no where near that.

My dietician was only really concerned about protein, as this is essential for muscle and energy. The rest wasn't talked about except to keep them as low as possible.

What has your surgeon/dietician recommended as your daily intake for the following?



- Protein

- Carbohydrates

- Sugar

- Fat



My dietician has never mentioned anything other than protein intake - which she has told me to aim for 50g a day.

I track my food intake most days I track on myfitnesspal, and while some days my carb intake is low, other days (like today) it is 100g.

I googled recommended intakes, and for the "average" human, the recommended is as follows:

Protein - 50g

Carbs - 310g

Sugar - 90g

Fat - 70g

That was taken from www.mydailyintake.net/nutrients/

I am seriously confused at what I should be aiming for apart from protein.