Well I could drink easily after too but I can't remember how much food I could eat then... I'm 9 mos out now... I still try to estimate and eat about a cup of food, protein first... And I am full. But I can eat a lot more than that if I want to or if I eat slider foods. I ate 3/4 of a six inch from subway about a month ago, bread and all...not bad considering I used I eat a foot long and chips and maybe a cookie and a drink. Still if I would have minused the bread I know I would have been full... Hope this helps? Once we are healed our restriction is more than in the beginning so we still have to make the right food choices;)