Cutoff time for meals/snacks

Dawn ..
on 10/25/14 9:36 pm - MI
VSG on 09/23/14

Do you have a time each day where you stop eating and don't eat anything after? I find that some days I forget to eat when I am supposed to, and by the time I think about it, it is 9 pm and I still have dinner and a snack to eat. Not eating them means I don't get my protein in.


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Gwen M.
on 10/25/14 9:47 pm
VSG on 03/13/14

I don't like eating after 9pm because I go to bed at 10:30 and I find that eating too close to bedtime makes me physically uncomfortable. 

It's actually a reason I'm glad my plan emphasizes only three meals a day, fitting in more would be challenging for me!

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

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Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

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Jennsumner722
on 10/25/14 11:23 pm
VSG on 04/23/14 with

My surgeon said 7pm but I think it depends on your lifestyle.  I try not to eat anything after 9pm.

        
rumpole6
on 10/26/14 1:44 am

I eat my last meal at 8 and that is usually it. It is early days for me, though.

 

 Preop Diet 10/4/14; Sleeve: 10/13/14

    

White Dove
on 10/26/14 2:37 am - Warren, OH

I work from noon until 8:30 PM so I eat breakfast at 11:00 AM, lunch at 4:30 PM and dinner at 10:00 PM. 

I have snacks at 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM and a snack about 8:00 AM.  

My snacks are about 200 calories an my meals between 300-400 calories. 

You have to base your mealtimes on your own lifestyle. 

If I go too long between meals, I start to feel low blood sugar and weak.   I cannot get away with waiting five or six hours between eating.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

greensleeved
on 10/26/14 9:12 am
VSG on 07/10/14 with

Pre op my binges used to happen at 9 or 10 at night and I still feel the urge most strongly then. So upon the advice of my therapist I save one of my snacks until that time and have it then, usually a yogurt or cheese. Fulfills the psychological urge and is within my plan. I wouldn't want to eat dense protein late at night because it would probably feel uncomfortable.

When I haven't gotten my calories/protein in for the day I usually resort to a shake. Maybe you could find some snacks to keep in your purse/car to head off the uh oh moments. The Oscar Meyer P3 Protein Packs make a great lunch/dinner on the go.

     

"Free your ass, and your mind will follow."  HW - 287, Start W - 273, Surgery W - 257, Onederland - 4 months 1 week post op,  100 lbs lost - 8 months 1 week, CW - 162

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