3-6 month info request/update

has anyone gone for their 3 month and heard from their doctor how they need to modify their habits? i'm looking for any and all hints about what the next three months should include. my dr told me to stop grazing. meaning i had been eating too often and not filling up at mealtimes. i'm supposed to concentrate on having at least a 3 or 4 hour break between meals at least twice a day. meaning no caloric intake. jus****er or the equivalent. anyone else??? thanks dorthe

Dear Dorothe, I read on here from someone else when I was first starting solids that the idea was to eat enough to fill the pouch and cause it to expand and hit the "Vagus Nerve" I started eating more at one sitting, going very slowly, pausing, and chewing until food was nearly liquid, which keeps me from overdoing it and being in pain. This has worked well for me. I've just this week had my first fill at three-and-a-half months out. It was hard to learn that I didn't need to eat all the time. In the evening, when I have the most habit of eating, I have SF popcicles @ 15 cals apiece. Otherwise I try to stick to meals. I'm too tight in the morning, which means I start at about two pm with my first meal. Just coffee, milk and protien powder before then. Then another little meal about 7 or 8 PM, and maybe a little snack, like SF pudding or 1/2 avocado later in the evening. My other big help is Fitday.com. Sometimes it is so important to have an objective measure of what you're doing. Hope this helps Aiya 365/258/165 (309 at surgery)

Dear Dorthe, I have gone for my 3 mo. and my dr. didn't say anything about changing my habits, because he said from the very beginning that I was only to eat 3 meals a day and no snacking. I am only allowed protein shakes between meals. Its been very hard not to snack. I don't always make it through the day without snacking, but I try and stick to popcorn, fruit, or a sf popcicle. Good Luck, Mary M.

I was told from the beginning no grazing! It can sabatoge your weight loss and defeat the purpose of having a small pouch for a stomach. In my program they teach you to have 3 meals a day (even if you only eat a few bites if you think you are not hungry or you are not used to eating breakfast) plus up to 2 snacks, and don't go for more than 5 hours without eating. My surgery was 2/22/05 and I started out at 250 lbs. I've now lost 51 pounds so far!

I've gone for my 3mths . And my surgeon said to continue eating 6 x's each meal has to have a source of protein. at least 3 to 4 hrs apart this way our metbolism will not stall . plus I really don't know how u can squeeze 70 to 80mg of protein in just 3meals.