I been averaging 10 times a day, but don't seem to be emptying all the way out and sometimes when I go, I don't go much at all. Rice kind of constipated me after I ate it for three days strait. I eat my first meal around 10:30am to around 11:30am, then I have another small meal at around 4-5pm then a small snack like a plain bagel around 6-630pm, then don't eat anything till the next day, so it give the jpouch around 14 hours to kinda rest. Everyone is different and everything is trial and error. I see my surgeon tomorrow to get the staples out of the stoma hole and go from there. Good luck with everything. The best way I think to deal with everything is to do as much research as possible so you know what to expect.