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Dina, this just shows how different docs are. My doc wants me to eat 6 times a day. I am not 24 days post-op and have not weighed myself in a week. As of 15 days post op I had lost 28 lbs. Are you allowed to have protien drinks for maybe "snacks" those can fill you up. Bethany AKA Da Offishal Riddler and Bertha 24 Days into NewPouch and feeling great! -28 lbs!!!! Yayyyy A riddle a day will keep the Marchers pounds AWAY!

See, that's the thing, I got very basic instructions, and honestly I didn't think I'd get hungry because all anyone ever said was that they never felt hungry, so I expected to be disinterested and unaffected. Otherwise I would have asked him about the hungries. I don't see why I can't have very low-calorie veggie snacks though. I should probably get my protein in during meals though. I was thinking maybe I would just start counting calories in a strict manner (I'm guestimating right now) and just space it all out and not get in over 500 calories a day. That was the average ingested that I heard from a couple other folks once. Dina

I don't think I've TRULY been hungry post-op. I know sometimes I feel a little rumbly in my tumbly - but I know that's not real because I feel it where my whole, pre-op tummy was (phantom pains.) I definitely know when I'm too full and that's in my lower chest/breastbone area. I'm having difficulty adjusting to the whole "My-eyes-are-bigger than-my-stomach" thing. I don't have a real conception of how much I can eat. Different foods take up different space in the stomach so I get fuller from some foods than I do from others. The key is eating very slowly, another difficulty I'm having. -Eve

Hey Dina: Like you, I was told only three meals a day and no snacks. However, there are times when I need something like late afternoon or late night. My lifesaver has been sugar free popsicles, really like a liquid but feel like food going down. Also Blue Bunny healthsmart brand has some sugar free like 60 calorie ice cream bars that are delicious, in either chocolate and choc w/ vanilla or raspberry/vanilla and orange/vanilla. These are wonderful and hold me that is unless I am out because my kids love them also and keep stealing them. Then, I want them to be healthy so can't really complain. Good Luck, Carmella (Mexico surgery bud)

Carmella - good to see you here! I had a fudgesicle once that DH gave me and I don't know if it was freezer tainted or if my tastebuds changed but I didn't like it at all! I had less than half a container of SF/FF yogurt last night which helped a little, but I'm thinking something more solid would help keep the hungries at bay longer. BTW - how much are you able to eat at one sitting? Is your pouch 4 oz also? Dr. Aguirre said it was supposed to be 4 oz for me, but I've never compared notes with any of his other patients to see what they eat... Dina