Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: HOw often is "often"

I hardly ever let more than 2 hours pass between eating. I eat breakfast say 7 on off days and have a banana or luna bar by 9 and the other at 10:30. I eat lunch at 12 and snack at 2 and 4 for sure. On work days I eat breakfast at 5:30 and start snacking by 7:30 and just eat about every hour or so or I nibble.
As for gaining weight: it is the amount of calories you consume in a day that determines your weight. You can eat the same amount of calories in a day by eating very often or seldom (my husband is a prime example of this. He eats 3 pieces of fruit and a slimfast at work and gorges on a big dinner and he is overweight.) Come over to the fitness board for more suggestions on losing weight.

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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!

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