My NUT wants me learning to eating 5-6 meals a day

Angelique J.
on 4/7/14 6:39 am - Allentown, PA

I have a lap band now but can easily eat a large meal if I so choose in one sitting and yes that is without drinking liquids and with chewing well and in under 30 minutes. The docs and staff can all disagree, but I know my pouch is stretched after these 6 years together and I know it is my fault from bad habits I fell back into. On that note, I have always had the bad habit of, even in my best band days at 240 lbs, skipping meals and eating maybe 3 meals per day. Early this year I was eating 1-2 meals a day and am now doing 2-3 on average. For anyone who is able to do 5-6 meals per day how do you do it?? I feel like I would be eating all the time. Sometimes I am just not hungry. The lap-band does help somewhat with satiety and I look at the clock and think oh my god she would want me eating again already? I have Type II Diabetes so I am supposed to keep my carbs around 100g per day which is tough too, I've been hovering between 120 and 150. I am due for RNY in AUgust and I've only lost 6 pounds since starting the pre-op nutritionist meetings. Could just use some ideas and help out there. Thanks guys :)

HW - 366+/1stSW - 325/CW - 301/GW - 200,

Lap-banded 3-5-2008, planning for revision to RNY 

J.A.C.+M  poly w/ child

poet_kelly
on 4/7/14 7:18 am - OH

I eat about every three hours.  I don't feel like I'm eating all the time.  Do breakfast, a morning snack, lunch, an afternoon snack, dinner and an evening snack.  Most of my meals/snacks about about 200 to 300 calories.

View more of my photos at ObesityHelp.com          Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR.  If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor.  Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me.  If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her.    Check out my blog.

 

gtrdyfor50
on 4/7/14 7:22 am
RNY on 10/08/13
Ditto Kelly, I eat every three hours, works out well for me.

    

     

                                                
siberiancat
on 4/7/14 7:45 am - COLUMBIA CITY, IN

 

Maybe you need to define "meal."  I aim for 1000-1200 calories a day, 80+ gm protein and under 100 grams of carbs daily.  I typically have breakfast, lunch, supper & evening snack.

I don't know what your bariatric eating plan is, but if it is 1200 calories a day and your dietician recommends to eat 6 "meals" then each one should be about 200 calories (1200 divided by 6).

I find it easy to stay under 100 grams of carbs a day.  Get your carbs from vegetables, fruit, dairy, etc.  Eliminate white carbs - flour (bread, crackers, cereal, cake, cookies) sugar, white rice, white potatoes.  The white carbs provide little nutrition but many calories & carbs.

I would track what you eat until you find what works for you.  When you revise to RNY from a LapBand - it will all change- again.  The RNY is a "tool".  What I believe really causes maintained weight loss is  to change your way of thinking about food.  Think of food as fuel for your body - to give your body energy and nutrients so your brain, heart, kidneys, liver, pancreas, etc. can function and provide health & immunity.  This is a big change for most of us.  (I used to eat based on my emotions and smells, and pictures, and suggestions, and commercials and driving past a restaurant/fast food, etc.)  I used the first 2 years after RNY to re-wire my thinking and food is now what I eat for fuel & nutrition & health.  It works for me - but took therapy, accountability, reading, journaling, support group, etc.

Best wishes, Penny

 Penny
Highest Weight 255  * Wt loss includes 19 lb lost before surgery

    
Angelique J.
on 4/7/14 8:43 am - Allentown, PA

I am currently supposed to eat between 1200 and 1500 calories a day but at over 300 pounds I am at 1500 to 1600 regularly, but trying my hardest to stay as low as I can. Head hunger plays a huge role for me still and I felt like I had that beast beat back years ago. I still see a counselor, but I am getting off tangent. It is a big change and one where I feel like I am scrambling to HAVE to make those changes in cement before my surgery date. I know as many changes you can make before hand: healthy eating, many small meals, exercise, good carb choices, lean meats, etc - that you can before hand the better, but sometimes it feels scary. I am glad to hear you took so much time to re-wire. That honestly made me feel so much better. I think sometimes i post one thing and realize my concern is really something much deeper and more emotional. Damn you food! *shakes fist at it*

HW - 366+/1stSW - 325/CW - 301/GW - 200,

Lap-banded 3-5-2008, planning for revision to RNY 

J.A.C.+M  poly w/ child

Citizen Kim
on 4/7/14 7:53 am - Castle Rock, CO

I generally eat what I consider to be 3 meals and 2 snacks ... works well for me.  None of them are huge, they are just planned!

Proud Feminist, Atheist, LGBT friend, and Democratic Socialist

Angelique J.
on 4/7/14 8:45 am - Allentown, PA

What kind of calories (or if not calories, general metric) do you use to constitute a meal or snack? And hello fellow atheist, et al.

HW - 366+/1stSW - 325/CW - 301/GW - 200,

Lap-banded 3-5-2008, planning for revision to RNY 

J.A.C.+M  poly w/ child

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 4/7/14 12:55 pm - OH

I eat 6-7 times a day: somewhat larger meals at lunch and dinner,  then four snacks, and then a very small snack (often just a glass of milk or half a piece of cheese) right before bed.

My daily caloric intake is about 1200-1400.  A typical day for me (at almost 7 years out from my RNY) is

7:30 or 8am  - hot chocolate with protein powder

10 am - Greek yogurt or cheese and some fruit

lunch (noon) varies a lot, but often a Starkist tuna lunch pack (with just 2 of the crackers) OR half a turkey (or ham) and cheese sandwich (close to a usual amount of meat and cheese, just on one piece of bread cut in half) OR 2/3 of a Wendy's small chili (with 2 crackers) OR leftovers from a previous dinner

2 pm - half a serving of almonds or cashews and an ounce of cheese (this is where most of my daily fat intake comes from)

dinner (at 5 or 5:30-ish) varies even more than lunch, but some kind of protein and some veggies

8 or 8:30pm - cheese and deli meat rollup (no bread) or Greek yogurt; sometimes more of the protein from dinner

right before bed (at whatever time) - small amount of cheese, a glass of milk, or half a serving of yogurt

 

I feel better eating small meals throughout the day.  You just have to get used to "meals/snacks" being very small amounts of food.

 

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

gbsinsatx
on 4/8/14 1:18 am - San Antonio, TX

Please see my profile page if interested.

Age at RNY: 55, Height: 5'4", Consultation Weight: 331 lbs-12/1/2009, RNY Surgery Weight: 281 lbs-3/22/2010, Goal Weight Reached: 141 lbs-6/23/2011, Lowest Weight: 126 lbs-12/11/2011

Current Age: 61, Current Weight: 161 lbs-5/20/2016Total Weight Loss Maintained: 170 lbs  

                                      

56sunShine14
on 4/8/14 1:32 am

The thing is, if you are overeating your band and eating against the band rules, you stand the chance of regaining all of your weight and then some.  And if you can fall back into old habits now, what's to stop you from doing it again after revision?  I have to ask myself the same question.  The difference is that I did follow band rules until something went wrong.  Then I fell off the wagon because I had given up for many other reasons.

Try to get your eating within the band rules and it wil make it easier to adhere to the new rules after revision.  With BOTH of these surgeries, you can regain it all!

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