Question:
Help I want to eat every 2/3 hours.

I'm 6 weeks post-op and down 36 lbs, getting all fluids and vitamins in with out any problems. trouble is i want to eat every 2/3 hours. nothing seems to bother me and i don't touch sweets. also does protein from 2/3 glasses of skim milk count as fluids and protein? thanks amos friends janis tomlin the va. girl    — janis T. (posted on January 9, 2001)

January 9, 2001
At the Bariatric Center we are told to eat approximately six meals a day. The three major ones and then a healthy snack of some kind and that equals to about every two hours. I eat about a cup at the main meals and my snacks consist of a protein bar, cheese and crackers, something with protein and just enough to put something in my stomach. Now I know we are all under different kinds of care, depending on where we had surgery, but I just wanted you to know that I eat that way also. I don't get hungry because I keep a regular eating schedule. It sounds like your doing just great. Congratulations on your loss. Cindy
   — Cindy S.

January 9, 2001
We ate 1-2 oz meals every 2-3 hours until goal wt, then we increased the size of the meals. We did not touch milk from the day of surgery forward. We can only absorb a very tiny % of the protein in it, but will absorb 100% of the sugars.
   — vitalady