Finally getting help from my band

Everyone works a little different and you need to learn how your body works. With saying that you also need to listen what your doctor tells you to do. With me I eat 5 times a day..3 meals and 2 snacks..pretty religious about it. I eat every 3-4 hours or I do not have have enough energy. i also only eat 1/2 to 3/4 of a cup at each meal. Sometimes it will be 2 slices of a meat with a piece of cheese broken in half..making 2 meat/cheese roll ups..that will be a meal. Sometimes it is 2 cheese sticks. My meals vary but how many per day don't. Others do fine with only 3 "larger" meals a day and absolutely no snacking during the day. It just doesn't work for me. You need to find what makes you successful and stick with it. For me I didn't want to feel like I was on a diet and I never said I was on a diet. I make a lifestyle change. All the foods I ate to lose 130 lbs in 10 months I continue to eat today. I used portion control and a positive attitude. I wish you the very best!!