I had thought we were suppsed to stick to 3 meals per day with no snacking so that we don't stretch out our pouch and cause slipping? I saw that some of you are also snacking...what are you doing?

My doctor says only 3 meals. Just curious.

Three meals, no snacks. Eating snacks in between ends up making your entire eating pattern a grazing, which my doc is firmly against. He is of the belief that grazing is contrary to how the band is intended to work.

I eat when I'm hungry. If that means snacking I do. If I wait until mealtime, then I am too hungry and i tend to eat too much and too fast. If a little 100 cal sncks tides me over I'm all for it. In my post op care packet it has 3 meals and 3 snacks worked into the day.

I have been told that at 5 weeks I should be eating 3 meals and 2 snacks...then dropping it back to 3 meals after 6 weeks... I don't know if i'll be able to cope but I figure once I get the fill then the band will help me keep it to those 3 meals per day!

I'm supposed to have three 1/2 cup meals (heavy on the protein) and one healthy snack. Since I don't have a fill yet, a protein snack such as Greek Yogurt to help keep me sated was suggested by the doctor. After I have a fill, the diet sheet gives SF Jello as one recommendation for a snack. Fingers crossed, so far, no "bandster's hell".

I think it depends on the definition of snack. I'm just eating when I'm hungry (on good days), which happens to be every three hours (pre fill). This takes me up to four meals a day, or three meals and a snack. I would love to make it to four hours between meals, but when I say hungry, I do mean hungry!

I am eating 3 meals with 2 small Snacks. I have more of goals of no more than 1/2 cup of Protein with 2 TB of veggies with each meal. I am to get 60g of protein as well as my 60 oz of fluids.

Gilta

I am supposed to have 3 meals and 2-3 snacks each day. Snackes are pretty small - yogurt, nuts, sf fudgcicle etc. I have a hard time eating at all of the times I am supposed to eat. So I usually eat 3 meals and have 1-2 snacks.

I eat 250-300 calories every 4 hours which comes out to 4 times per day. Sometimes it's 4 full small meals, sometimes some of them are a snack type food. If I want to eat something higher calorie at one meal I balance it by making the one before or after it smaller so I come out to 1000-1200 calories per day. It keeps me full and I'm losing so it must be working

Im eating most days 3 meals plus protein shake in the morning on the way to work, as eating before 5.30am is just not something i can do. and after i get home from work, i am usually hungry, and have a cup of soup, which is also a protein based packet soup. At the moment this is working for me. and i am losing a steady and consisten amount of weight each week, so i will stick with this routine, untill it stops working for me.

Hey they want me to not snack also, but I am Type II diabetic and I need that little calorie boost. I add them into my calorie count of approximately 1200 calories a day. Usually it's fat free/sugar free, yogurt and pudding. Just that little shot of chocolate sure helps. As long as I am losing at a nice and steady pace, I will do what I feel is comfortable for me. It keeps me from overeating at my meals also.

I am eating a meal or snack every three to four hours. Sometime's it's hard to tell the difference between a meal and a snack nowadays. Anyway i eat around five to six times per day. My nutritionist says it's best because it keeps my metabolism going. Plus I drink a lot of water throughout the day.