Question:
3 weeks and worried I'm eating too much

today I have eaten 4oz protein drink, 3/4 package of beef jerky (took 9am-1pm) and a little chicken stir fry. And it is only 1:30pm. Plus I have drank 8 oz of water. Is this too much? Am I taking a chance at stretching my pouch? This has been a very boring day and all I want to do is eat. I have lost 33 pounds already, but it's so much slower since I started eating real food...last tuesday. Can someone please give me some advice?? (by the way..my nutritionist put me on a diet that 6 week post-ops eat)    — Tammy K. (posted on October 15, 2001)

October 16, 2001
Taking from 9 to 1 is grazing and will hurt you with this surgery in the long run. Most people eat either three meals no shorter than 15 min and stopping at 1/2 hour, or three meals and some snacks but with the same criteria. Perhaps you should call a nutritionist familiar with wls or call your surgeon to recommned one. Right now you are so early grazing probably won't show up in the weight loss, but this is when we learn our new habits and break the old ones. Getting in the habit of grazing now is going to translate into frustration later. Best of luck...
   — Becky K.