How Many Times A Day Do You Eat

[MyGastricSleeveLife 180]

I had actually misunderstood my guidelines & they were clarified for me today. My surgeon says to not have more than 3 meals a day, but to drink between meals & with drinking I should do Protein Drinks or crystal light with Beneprotein to get all the Protein in.

[Catracks 865]

Yeah, I kinda feel like Cat and Wheetsin, I can't tell the difference between a snack and a meal. I pretty much have something next to me all the time. Just finished my tuna salad and right now, I have an orange next to me. I won't eat anything on my train ride home, but then I will grab a couple crackers with cheese. Probably have Soup for dinner and then a couple more crackers with cheese after that. In the morning, I'll wake up to a Protein shake, then a banana, some prunes and then turkey chili, then back to my orange. I am pretty much eating all day long. When I am not eating, I am drinking Water or a gatorade type liquid and I try to space that out so I am not eating/drinking at the same time.

That's exactly it! Pre-Sleeve days I might go all day without eating and pack 3,000 calories into one meal and after dinner 'snack". I am not kidding.

I figure now that my blood sugar is pretty steady all day long - no spikes and dips.

I am 4 months out. My info and stats are at the bottom of my post.

[aviiva 140]

If you eat all day how do you fit in liquids if you have to wait 30 minutes before and after I have not figured that part out yet

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[canidothis? 16]

I'm wondering about that, too.

[Catracks 865]

I down the liquids anytime I'm not eating -- so I'm always either eating or drinking all day long. I also havea nie long drink in the morning and evening.

[PdxMan 4,292]

If you eat all day how do you fit in liquids if you have to wait 30 minutes before and after I have not figured that part out yet

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Rough outline

7:00 - Wake up with Protein shake

8:00 - Go to work

8:30 - Eat banana

9:30 - coffee

10:00 - prunes

10:30 - Water

11:00 - apple

11:30 - Soup

12:30 - coffee

1:30 - orange

2:30 - Water

3:00 - something sweet from HR

3:30 - water

4:30 - water

5:00 - crackers/cheese

5:30 - water - running

6:30 - water - Protein Drink

7:00 - salad

7:30 - water

9:00 - snack

10:00 - water

10:30 - bed

11:00 - sleep.

[AngieG0410 52]

I try to eat 6 times per day. Sometimes it is only 5.. I am 5 weeks out. Here was my schedule yesterday:

B: 1/2 Protein bar

S: 1/2 Protein Bar

L: 2 oz deli turkey & 1 slice pepperjack cheese

S: 1 oz deli turkey & 1 slice pepperjack cheese

D: Tilapia filet

S: Protein shake

Between eating times, I drank 60 oz of water/crystal lite. I am working up to getting more Water, but it is hard.

[RMS 64]

I eat 3 meals a day and 3 glasses of milk. That is what my nurse told me to do.

[LadyIvy 159]

I eat between 4-6 times a day. It depends on how busy I am. Also, "eating" includes my morning Breakfast of a Protein Shake. I agree with everyone. There does not seem to be a difference between a meal and a snack at this point!

[Nadz 74]

I was given strict instructions of three meals a day and NO snacking!! And the only thing I am allowed in between is Water. I do sneak in a fresh fruit juice before I go to gym, or else I get all dizzy, but I haven't had this cleared bu my nutritionist, yet.

[LadyIvy 159]

I was given strict instructions of three meals a day and NO snacking!! And the only thing I am allowed in between is Water. I do sneak in a fresh fruit juice before I go to gym, or else I get all dizzy, but I haven't had this cleared bu my nutritionist, yet.

I would never be able to get all my nutrients in at 3 meals a day. Do you manage it Nadz?

[Nadz 74]

I do get in all the Proteins I have to, as for the other nutrients, I have HUGE Multivitamins and Calcium chewables!!

[Carly 56]

I was given strict instructions of three meals a day and NO snacking!! And the only thing I am allowed in between is Water. I do sneak in a fresh fruit juice before I go to gym' date=' or else I get all dizzy, but I haven't had this cleared bu my nutritionist, yet.[/quote']

That's funny Nadz, because at my last appt. Sahar wasn't there and I met with one of the doctors who told me that a sleeve patient should be eating every four hours.

[Catracks 865]

Rough outline

7:00 - Wake up with Protein shake

8:00 - Go to work

8:30 - Eat banana

9:30 - coffee

10:00 - prunes

10:30 - Water

11:00 - apple

11:30 - Soup

12:30 - coffee

1:30 - orange

2:30 - Water

3:00 - something sweet from HR

3:30 - water

4:30 - water

5:00 - crackers/cheese

5:30 - water - running

6:30 - water - Protein Drink

7:00 - salad

7:30 - water

9:00 - snack

10:00 - water

10:30 - bed

11:00 - sleep.

I eat a lot more solid Protein that you do. Today I'm eating 4 oz of tuna and 3 oz of ground beef and one scrambled egg. I usually have a fruit and a vegetable every day. Do you always eat so much fruit?

Nadz - 3 meals a day and no snacking would truly kill me. I would be over-full after meals and starving in between.

It just goes to show that there is not one single formula for success.

[Nadz 74]

Carly, I saw you mentioned that earlier. The eating plans I was given only accommodate 3 meals a day and at my initial consult dr Osama said only 3 meals a day.