How often do you eat?

wyo_sarah
on 9/23/16 8:33 am

I've realized recently that I often eat because it is "time to eat" instead of actually needing to eat. I'm curios, how often do some of you other folks in maintenance eat? Do you make sure you eat 3 or 4 times a day or do you eat when you feel like youneed to? I'm thinking about changing my system to try and eat when I feel like I need to rather then on a schedule.

Momofthreeinwis
on 9/23/16 8:36 am
VSG on 05/04/16

Because I can't eat a lot, I eat more often...About every 3 hours.  Otherwise, I can't get enough calories in during the day and my weight loss stalls.  I eat only when I am hungry though.  If I don't feel hungry I don't eat.

wyo_sarah
on 9/23/16 9:24 am

I think if I was really honest with myself that I rarely eat when I'm actually hungry. I need to work on that.

Sparklekitty, Science-Loving Derby Hag
on 9/23/16 1:28 pm, edited 9/23/16 6:28 am
RNY on 08/05/19

Weight loss does not stall because you're short on calories.

Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!

Momofthreeinwis
on 9/23/16 3:14 pm
VSG on 05/04/16

Mine does...and all my doctors and but have told me I stall it means my cals are too low...different advice from different people

MissNexxie
on 9/23/16 9:31 am
VSG on 04/30/14

I eat every couple of hours.  If I go too long without eating I get shaky and dizzy and can't do the common "3 meals and 2 snacks only per day".  That said, I try not to eat after 7 PM as part of my strategy.  Sometimes it feels like I'm always eating or drinking but it's worked well for me.

Surgery: April 30, 2014: HW: 288 SW: 250 Achieved Goal 149 lbs: April 8, 2015 CW: 158 lbs (working on losing 65 lb regain as of June 1, 2021. Weight was at 215 lbs). Fighting every darn day!

Grim_Traveller
on 9/23/16 10:54 am
RNY on 08/21/12

I eat by the clock, every three hours. If I get hungry in between, I wait.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

AMAZEBALLS
on 9/23/16 11:23 am - Dieppe, Canada
VSG on 04/19/16

I eat 3 meals and 2 snack every day. I could probably go a whole day without eating and wouldn't be hungry, so I can't go by hunger. I see it as fueling my body.

" I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday"

VSG: April 19, 2016, Dr. Beausoleil, Moncton NB, Canada

5' 2'' HW:276 SW:267 CW:149 GW:150 DreamW:136

H.A.L.A B.
on 9/23/16 11:25 am

it depends on a day and what I am eating...

some days 2-3 times , some 6-7 .. 

 

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

Bufflehead
on 9/23/16 12:29 pm - TN
VSG on 06/19/13

I'm a creature of habit. 11 AM breakfast, 2 PM lunch, 4 PM afternoon snack (apple), 7:00 dinner, 8:30 PM snack (yogurt).

I am 3+ years post-op so yes I am hungry when I eat! I do get hungry between meals but I just remind myself that I will eat at x time and it is okay to wait until then to eat.

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