I just wonder why it's so much harder to eat in the morning versus the evening. Anybody else experience this. Maybe 4-5 bites at breakfast if dense protein, maybe 1/2 of a sandwich with very little on it or less at lunch and bigger amount ( not too much though) in the evening. Now, of course, it varies widely by the type of food. Chicken is still the hardest thing for me to get down or dense meat at 8 mos out. Any comments? Also, do any of you eat very small amounts several times a day instead of 3 bigger meals. Seems to have evolved into this but don't want to become a grazer either! Worry about regaining ultimately.

Well I'm not sure if this will answer your question or not but here it goes. . .I really don't know why it's harder to eat in the mornings, i'm the same way. .. i eat instant quaker oats with water and that 1/2 cup is very very filling, however during the day it's alot easier and i can eat lots of things, for lunch i can eat a whole wheat tuna sandwich and a small apple with the peel. Then I can eat a whole lean cuisine at dinner time without any problem. . other times I can eat 2 eggs with 1 toast, or a whole fried plantain, 2 chicken legs or 3 wings no problem, 2 tblspn of rice or noodles, i snack here and there and of course the slider foods i can manage the WHOLE bag of whatever (I try really hard not to do that) I'm 13 months out and have not gained any weight but i'm not losing either. . . so what i'm trying is a diet. . . 1000 ADA meal plan and increase the exercise. . . will let you know how that goes. . .I usually do only 3 meals and try really really hard not to snack. have to really think hard when that happens . .depending on my mood however, the head hunger will win. . . darn it! does that help a bit?

I am only 3 and a half months post op but I find it hard to eat anything till the evening around 6ish. I make myself eat a piece of fruit in the morning around 10am and maybe some cheese in the afternoon.. but in the evening I really have no problem. I can only eat small amounts so I eat dinner in 3 sessions so I can get at least 3oz of chicken or pork in plus a veggie. my surgeon doesnt see a problem with me breaking my meals up but also I am only eating 4-500 calories a day. if that. Wish I could help more....

Even before my surgery I was never a morning eater. I mentioned to my nutritionist that eat seemed my stomach opened more as the day went on and she said that is common amongst her patients. I drink a 30gm of protein drink at 630 in the morning ( it has become my coffee) and then I eat a Greek Yogurt around 930 am . Then lunch around 11. Some days I have an afternoon snack and some days I just wait and have dinner depending on my calorie/carb count for the day.