MarciHunter

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Uuuuu, this is interesting . So far I lost nearly 4 card tires...uuu

Hey there,
I'm 4 months out and I , too, have the bad habit of putting way too much on my plate,most of the time. My pics are not that great,as they're taken with my phone but..oh well. Most of the times I really don't eat more than 2.5 ounces of food, if that! But there are times when I can definitely eat more! Depends on what I eat too.
Little info on me: weight before surgery 290 pounds. I am 5"10 . I'm 4 months out and I now weight around 220 pounds.
This was the first and only time I tried eating fries. Since then I can't tolerate breads, pastas,rices,pataoes ..they fill me up right away and make me feel bloatey
These are mainly my lunches over the last 4-6 weeks or so, that is everything I could find in my phone and tablet. Hope this helps .
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It helps if you measure your portions. I got myself a teeny tiny electronic scale ( its a jewellery scale lol so its very very precise) and I only put around 3 oz on my plate.
But of course, sometimes I skip the step and I put more food than I should but I found that I never finish whatever I have on my plate. Because I have learned when to stop. BUT that took some time to learn. I'm only 4 months and a bit post op, and several times I overate . And I found it funny . So here's the story of my overrating :
After eating around 3 quarters of my food..I take a final bite. And I chew and a chew and then I swallow it...so far so good. While the bite goes down, my brain thinks : "meeeeh, I'll have another bite" Sooo? What do I do? I take another bite! And while I chew and chew my bite..the previous bite just went down completely and touched my stomach. So, while still with food in my mouth..I realise..I'm FULL! Naturally..the first months post op, I would swallow that last bite and I would feel bloatey and not so hot hehe. But now, I just go on and spit whatever I have left! To me, that's funny! Funny how my brain it's still adjusting and how we really should be eating very slow! I still have to train myself to eating slow but I'm getting there and I also avoid getting sick, thankfully, I haven't threw up once so thank you, brain, for getting there !
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if i crave soda i just let it go flat before i drink, personally i think it tastes better flat anyway.

Without pics it never happened.

I finally had the courage to post these, can't believe it! I definitely suffered from the shallow Hal syndrome...

Minus 117 pounds