Do you eat more than 3 times a day?

I only eat 3 X a day.

Sometimes I will try and remember to get a snack in. Example, a cheese stick or turkey stick.

I eat 3 meals a day + 2 or 3 snacks. (My doctor said only eat 3x/day, but nut thought it made sense to add in snacks if they were protein snacks.) Snacks are usually a string cheese or a 1/2 protein bar. I'm considered a "lightweight" so I try not to compare myself to others - but 38 pounds in 11 weeks sounds good to me!

I was only eating three times a day but then I added two to three snacks between my meals and weight came off faster, I might add that my calorie count is still under 1000. I just divided up my allotted portion of food into smaller more frequent "meals". Since I am satisfied with a few bites it was easier to get all my requirements in that way. I have been adding fruits and veggies to my diet and many times those are the snacks.

My surgeon wants us to eat 3 meals a day - but I am trying to maintain my weight now and I can't get my calories in without adding a couple of snacks. I am averaging 5 and sometimes 6 small meals a day.

I am a big fan of eating 5-6 times a day

I confess to eating at least 6 times a day.  Breakfast is a protein hot cocoa.  70 calories.  I always feel dehydrated in the morning but not hungry, so I drink.  Today I had a networking luncheon at a chinese restaurant.  I had 2 shrimp and a few veges, one piece of some deep fried chicken thingy, and two bites of some pork.  I had some baked dried apple chips from costco when I got home (no added sugar or ANYTHING and organic) .. 58 calories a serving .. for dinner I had a few bites of yellow curry .. few bites of chicken, few bites of veges, a tiny bit of rice.  Eating this much was actually a lot for me.  I usually don't eat a whole bunch during the day, and can never eat a lot at once.  Until I get to my protein bars at night.  The hard thing to admit is that I have a protein bar AND a bag of soy protein pretzels at night.  Plus, I had some more apple chips.  All healthy foods,, but I hate that I still have my nightime eating thing...

Anyway, I am maintaining so it can't be that bad .. LOL.  I have not been able to eat much more than a few bites of food since surgery .. so I eat more often because I DO get hungry.. then I have 3 or 4 bites and I am full. it works for me .. so far at least.

3 meals and 2-3 snacks daily - trying not to go past 3 hrs between. This way you never get hungry even if your ghrelin comes back - helps keep your blood sugar up/stable, helps you make better choices (because you aren't hunting for food while hungry and needing food NOW), etc. I would never be able to get enough good protein in to meet my needs/goals if I could only eat 3 meals a day.

I still have protein as my main component at every meal/snack.

For example, my goal is a min of 70g/protein.

B - 7-10g of protein (usually Quaker low sugar oatmeal made with milk)
S - 5-8g (yogurt, cheese string, 1oz of almonds)
L - 12-15 g of protein (small sandwich, 2 scrambled eggs, leftover meat from dinner)
S - 8-12g (yogurt, cheese string, 1oz of almonds, protein bar)
D - 12-20 g of protein
S - 5-8g (yogurt, cheese string, 1oz of almonds) or if I'm low, a protein bar, etc.

I always eat more than 3 times a day.  I started as early as possible making a real attempt to eat whenever I am actually hungry - no matter how often that is.

I am still working on this but hunger should equal eat so you can learn to stop when you are no longer hungry.

easier said than done.

I always eat 5 or 6 times a day. I eat about every 3 hours. Prior to surgery, I only ate 1 or 2 times a day...granted I would eat a lot each time. I think that eating more often is much better for your metabolism and seems to be working really well for me.