Lurker with carb/protein questions

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Hi everyone,

I'm almost 2 years out, and have been lurking here for about 6

months. I'm a little freaked out and am hoping you guys can help.

I waited until I had lost almost all the weight to begin exercising

(only 5 more lbs to go). To my disbelief I'm having a lot of fun

working out BUT I discovered recently that I'm gaining fat weight

and losing muscle mass - they have a weird machine at the gym, a

microphone-type instrument pressed against your bicep that can

measure your whole weight distribution with a + or - 2% accuracy. I

gained 4 lbs of fat and lost 2 lbs of muscle in one week.

I have not really 'measured' any food (protein, calories, etc) for

about a year now, because I've been very successful so far at

listening to my body (or so I thought). I've already called my

surgeon, and his nurse promised she would get me the numbers on

daily grams of carbs, protein, fat and calories I should be

consuming, but I'd really like your input. I'm not seeking to

bodybuild, just to get a bit of muscle tone and be in general

healthy shape (planning on a pregnancy next year). I've been doing

aerobics and kickboxing, and running a bit.

I'm 30, 5'3 " , 135lbs. I think I eat about 1200 cal a day, about 80

to 100 gr of protein.

Thanks one and all for any help and for reading this long post!