Thoroughly scolded by doctor and nutritionist
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, 10-20-2017 at 10:19 PM (2792 Views)
So, I had my 1 month followup with my doctor and nutritionist. He was very happy with my weight loss and how well I was doing. I have lost 25 pds since surgery. I explained that I have been at this same weight for a couple of weeks now so he questioned how many calories I was getting per day. I have faithfully tracking everything in my Fitbit tracker and told him between 400-550 calories per day. His jaw dropped and then proceeded to tell me that wasn't going to work. He said that I HAVE to strive for as close to 1200/day as possible. When I told him that I eat the 3 meals per day with no snacks like he said and explained what I was eating he brought the nutritionist in the room. She said my breakfast was going to have to be real oatmeal made with real milk and a little bit of butter and then the rest of the day needed to be my healthier choices. High protein meat with limited complex carb. And then she proceeded to tell me to snack in between!!! I was floored. I know that under a certain amount of calories is considered starvation mode and may be contributing to why I have been stalled for a couple of weeks, but I just don't know how I'm going to eat all of this food and still stop drinking 30 min before and after eating while still getting my fluids in. I thought I still had time to work up to the 1200/day. I mean I am only a month out from surgery. I'm going to be stuffed all day.