I don't eat bad stuff very often. Sometimes I choose a healthy option when I get a craving, but if I really REALLY want potato chips I buy a little individual bag and share it with my husband at mealtime. I really crave protein more than anything else, but once in a while a different craving will show up. "Treating myself" sure has a different meaning than it did a year ago.

My doc says no "snacking" as well and to wait to eat only when I am hungry. I have breakfast about 6:30, then about 8:30 I'm hungry again -I'm talking stomach rumbling pain hungry - and that is after a 25 gram protein breakfast. Lunch is around 11:00 and dinner about 5 p.m. I talked with my doc's office and they told me if I am truly hungry mid morning to eat something healthy, that my body just must need something, so that's what I've been doing. I notice if I let myself get too hungry I tend to snarf and then have issues. Since I can go 5-6 hours between lunch and dinner and feel I have good restriction we don't see any reason to push another fill at this point.

Definitely follow your docs orders, but if you aren't fitting the bandster mold like me, talk with your doc about it. We aren't all the same and sometimes we can make adjustments if needed - we just have to have good communication with our doctor. I'm hoping when I need another fill it will keep me satisfied from breakfast to lunch.

As for having snack-type foods, my doc's office has a rule -"One and done". Have a little bit and be done with it. Sorry to get a bit off track with your original question!!

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Surgery 03/10/09
301(H)/280(Consult)/219(C)/150 (G)