How many meals am I to be eating each day??

When i started this journey in Feb 2008 i met with a surgeon and a nut, well about 4months into my 6mo preop my surgeon left the practice and i found myspself another one (a better one)... Well now i am finding that what my nut told me isnt what my current surgeon wants me to be doing... Im so confused! I was 1month post op Nov 23rd, I have had no complications and nothing has made me sick. i am currently in the 2nd stage out of 3 and im told i can have pureed foods and to swallow nothing bigger than a pea. So ive been following those guidelines but i have been getting most of my protein thru milk/cottage cheese/food processed meats i get about 60gm a day but not thru protein shakes... Am i suppose to be drinking a protein shake (is that required?). also, i have been reading about how some people eat 6 meals a day and some eat 3, also how people meausre their food. I havent been doing any of this, i eat to get my protein in (since im never hungry) and i eat a few bites and stop NEVER UNTIL I FEEL FULL - i believe i am to eat 1/4c of food per meal and in the next few months make it 1/2c per meal. I dont understand this because chewed food is smaller than whole food. I did so much research before this surgery and am shocked at what i still dont know, any help is appreciated!! I dont want to fail, ive come too far!!

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