People who are more then 8 months out

 Ok, so what are  you eating?  I'm not one of those people who counts calories, I sometimes run a total just to see where I am so I know if I am eating too much, but overall I just try to make good food choices.  My tastes have changed so much sine pre op. I used to hate granola and now I love it, like it's a treat.  I also HATE turkey now, can't put it anywhere near my mouth.  People talk about it and it makes me want to puke.  But anyway, I just wondered what people eat who are as far out as I am (10 months) Here is a sample of a typical day...

one scrambled egg
grande skinny caramel machiato (bad but it's my vice, no sugar and high protein 15 grams)
small cheese, sometimes a yogurt too
Lunch: salad and protein, fat free chili, a WW mini burger (love them, not too bad on carbs)
Quest bar for snack (favorite part of my day!) 20 grams of protein and tons of fiber
Dinner: protein and whatever, about 200 to 300 calories for dinner
snack at bed (dried peas, beef jerkey, but lately it's been an oat and honey nature valley bar) bad I know, but like I said I am hooked on them!  They are just high in carbs, not anything bad.

I can't imagine how this amount of food could ever make me regain weight, but I just wonder what others are eating at this stage.  Thanks for your input.

Well, I'm further out than you, but my day looks something like this:

Breakfast- protein bar

Lunch- bean, or chili, about one cup of food; maybe a big salad (I can eat more than one cup of that)

Snack- Greek yogurt, or sometimes fruit

Dinner- tonight I had Chipotle but normally I have something like vegetarian chili, or some sort of beans, or a stir fry, about a cup of food

Snack - Greek yogurt, maybe leftovers from dinner

Snack - protein shake

Lisa,

We are maybe a week apart in our surgery dates. I eat about 1200 calories a day and it looks something like this:

B: Greek yogurt
S: protein latte or dried edamame
L: 3-4 ounces of chicken and 1/4 cup of veggie or fruit
S: baby bel cheese, with wheat thins or apple slices
D: 3-4 ounces of protein depends on what I make for the family, with veggies, or quinoa, or fruit.
S: popcorn or cheese or peanut butter on toast

I try eggs every so often, but I don't want just eggs, I want the whole breakfast burrito and I try to stay away from that. I have hit a couple of time frames where not all of my choices were the best. So I like to say i have found what it takes to maintain at my current weight, but those last 15 pounds or so are killing me.

I worry about regain a lot. I don't track my food daily, but if I think I am starting to graze I will track everything for a week or two to regain focus.

I am only (about) 7mths out, but I eat 1100-1200 calories a day.

B- gym days it is a protein shake w/ PB2 and 1/2 banana
- nongym days slice of P28 bread toasted, egg "Fried" in Pam, low sodium deli sliced ham, some sort of cheese

L - steamed tilapia (about 4oz) and 1/2c or so of steamed veggies
- 1/2- 1c of whatever I cook for my parents, + veggies

D -generally leftovers; 2-3oz of salmon (fills me more than anything else -even steak!), 1/2 WW Flatout, cheese, tomato and some sort of veggie side

S - 12 turkey pepperoni, 2 laughing cow light cheese; or 14 roasted almonds w/1 Babybel cheese; or 3oz greek yogurt, 1tbs sf preserves, 2 sliced strawberries, 1/4 or so of Fiber one

I'm just over 8 months out and I eat well, if not predictably.

Breakfast during the Work Week: boiled egg/turkey sausage or an egg casserole with turkey sausage. On the weekends: protein pancakes and turkey sausage, oatmeal and turkey sausage (sorry for all the mentions of turkey ~oops~)

Lunch: Usually a serving of whatever I had for dinner the previous evening (taco casserole, chili, southwest chicken stew), veggie such as grape tomatos or cukes. On the weekend I usually make tuna salad and have it in a whole wheat pita with veggies.

Snack: string cheese, deli turkey (sorry again), Quest protein bar, fresh strawberries. Usually its a protein and a carb together to fuel my after work workout.

D: I'm creature of habit (and it's only me) so the meals I turn to are:

Taco casserole
Steak salad
Chicken Barley Stew
Chili
Chicken Salsa

I'll have 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup of the casserole, a small serving of vegetable (green beans, squash, peas) and 1/4 cup of whole grain (rice, whole wheat couscous).

S: fat free hot chocolate and either nuts, or protein snack, or 3 cups of air-popped popcorn, or string cheese, or PB2 w/fruit, or cheese/crackers and pickles, or greek yogurt with fruit and granola, or a piece of Ghiradelli Intense Dark Chocolate with Sea Salt and Almonds.

My calories range from 1050 - 1300, my protein ranges from 85 - 110, depending on my workout effort, hunger level and hormonal cycle.

 Keep in mind, I run 4.5-10 miles a day.

Morning - coffee (I have to get the bowels moving before I run or things are not pretty when I do)
               - protein shake 

Snack - small apple
Lunch - scrambled eggs (2) 
              or 2 pieces of string cheese and some jerky
Snack- 12 oz non fat latte
Dinner - small portion of whatever the family is eating.  
Snack  - yogert non fat low sugar. and maybe another protein shake

Some weeks a little more, some a little less.

 i need to add my last little treat into my fitness pal so i'll just give you today (i eat similar things every day)

B - 1 c. creamy tomato soup with 1/4 c shredded cheddar cheese
L - medium tortilla with 1/4 c cheddar cheese, 1/4 c mozzarella cheese, 1 oz chicken breast, and just enough sour cream for dipping.
D - approx. 2 oz chicken breast and 1/4 c mozzarella in a chicken and white wine broth. (weird soup i invented and love lol
S - cheesecake protein pudding with a little whipped cream

i'm at approx. 1,124 calories and 73 g protein. i may have 1/2 glass of 1% milk before i go to bed to get the taste of this pudding out of my mouth and to put me right around my goal of 1200 calories.