Meal Size

[hely88 883]

Have been told to eat 3 half cup meals and one snack if needed. All I see on this site is one cup meal. Anyone else eating half cup?

[jen_1381 446]

My surgeon advised 1/2 - 1 cup. In the mornings, my band feels tighter so I can get in about a 1/2 cup of something before I feel full. Otherwise, meals are about 1 cup a piece.

Just make sure you're getting in healthy, quality foods if you're only eating 1/2 cup at a time.

[cheryl2586 3,053]

I eat a half cup which is 4 oz. That is what you're supposed to eat. If your hungry later on eat more. I eat every couple of hours but I do not go over 1/2 cup of food.< /p>

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

Everyone's surgeon is different. I suspect they may even place the bands differently, creating different sized pouches.

Do what yours says to do, regardless of what anyone else says. That's what's right for you.

(btw, my surgeon does say 1 cup or less of food per meal)

[Jachut 487]

I've always been scornful of this advice, saying that I eat more than that. But the longer I get out in this journey (7 years) the more I think its probably sound. I have a slightly stretched pouch and now have issues with heartburn and pain, which may or may not be related.

Then there's the three meals a day advice, it really works with me just to ban snacking, point blank. Three meals a day and I will lose weight, guaranteed. But as a 5ft 10 person who runs every day and on three days also does an hour of vigorous weight training, can I survive on half cup meals - there's just simply no way I can do it. I'd be utterly desperately starving and it would be serious undereating for me. So I really try to keep my portions that small, so that I dont worsen the pouch, but eat five times a day instead.

However - although I dont really need to lose and have maintained for years, I'm a couple of pounds up at the moment, and I dont lose weight doing this like I do with three larger meals.

A cup is a much more satisfying amount, but it sometimes makes me feel stretched depending on what i've eaten so I play it by ear and try to stop before that point.

[honk 780]

I was told 3 ounces solid Protein and a half a cup non starch veggies and half a cup fruit.< /p>

[FLORIDAYS 3,040]

You should listen to your dr's advice but for the record I eat 3 oz of Protein, 1/2 c veggies and 1/4 c startch for each meal. Since I do not usually finish it all I eat it in that order.