NewKaren

My bosses are very judgmental so I said the exact same thing!

I split meals a lot. Also a lot of restaurants have an "add on" option like add crab legs to steak and I will "add on" to someone's meal. I also do a salad with meat as a meal.

When the guys at work started noticing my weight loss and asked how I did it. I told them the truth. I said, "I have drastically cut back on the amount of food I eat and I do a lot of walking." And left it at that.

Yes, that was what I wanted most. I'm three months out also and can eat salad no problem. But only 3-4 bites of it.

I needed new jeans....So I went to Macy's women's plus size section to get size 18W.....down from my baggy 20W's. Well they didn't have any that I liked. So I went over to the "regular" women's and misses section across the store.....haven't been there in years! I walked out with a size 18! not a 18W. I am a "regular" woman now! They may be 18's but not having that W on the tag just about made me do cart wheels out the door!

I was scared, too. We all were. I think you'd have to be a little nuts not to be concerned. But we all decided the benefits outweigh the risks. This is a hard surgery. But it is worth it... Period. Don't let fear make your decision for you.

This helps me a lot too! I'm so afraid that I'll mess up!

I'm 9 weeks out and feel full after a few bites of anything. Which works out great since I've lost 49 pounds since Sept 15th :-) but if I eat one or two bites too much I get a horrible stabbing pain from my tummy up to my shoulder, kind of like the gas pain after surgery. I think everyone is different but your body will acclimate soon. Keep up the good work!

I can't believe people are suggesting you to get counseling, that is hilarious. Real quick to diagnose someone. Sheesh.... I think the girl was craving pizza and did the right thing instead of SWALLOWING it, just chewed it and spit it out. I remember when I was 10 days post op, I wanted anything and everything. When I was not eating food during the first few weeks, all I could think about was food. I was miserable. You will be so happy when you can have soft food. Try the Ricotta Bake. It is amazing and satisfies my pizza cravings and i LOVE pizza! Just try to fight off those urges and take each day at a time. That's what I kept telling myself, one day at a time. Now, if you really like to torture yourself like I did, I would go on pinterest and different blogs looking for recipes to try when I got to solids. It was like food porn for me. Lol But now I have lots of recipes bookmarked and excited to try! The time will fly by and before you know it, you'll be at Solid Foods! Hang in there!

thanks for the diagnosis but i think i had a craving and wanted to taste some pizza

I get the same feeling too I try to sit up a little while after eating or drinking or walking around for a few minutes beforr I sit back down ... the gas pain is getting better n better

Yay me too! And we're never going back!!! Congrats!!!!

Just becareful.....it is a trial and error at first to see what you can eat. It took me the longest to be able to eat. Take real small bites (use a baby spoon) and time your self. There is an app "eat slower"....I am still working on this! When I go more than four hours between eating, eat too fast or do not chew enough.....I tell people that I foam like a mad dog....LOL

From what my surgeon says, a leak is very painful and you'll know something is wrong. The food probably moved through as you ate.

max 1/2 hour eating sessions, then as mentioned above walk away.... box it up and have the leftovers of the next several days. enjoy it everyday, just not all at once. you are most likely safe from a rare leak. take care

As they say a leak is very painful - you ask when the pain happens, the pain happens when the trouble starts with infection and fever and such. However, leaks are very uncommon and are only really a risk if you don't follow the rules in the first 6 weeks after surery. Just follow the rules. You ate pot roast over 3 and a half hours. As long as it is inline with the recommendations you received to eat the pot roast then that's OK (if it's not then don't do it again haha). It didn't hurt you said, that means you ate ate a good speed for the volume you ended up getting in which is great at 4 weeks. Early on I often found myself in pain after eating maybe half a pot of yoghurt sized portion of food (pain that I described was like an elephant siting on my chest), it was because I was eating too fast.
Don't worry about it, just follow the rules and once you are on normal food again you are home free

That was just one day, so don't beat yourself up. Now, what you did is called "grazing". Unfortunately, even if you caused no damage to your sleeve, grazing can cause calories to add up, just like eating a whole giant family bag of chips when you meant to have just a handful.
My NUT told me to only eat what I can comfortably get down in 1/2 hour. After that.....walk a.w.a.y. from the pot roast. Post-op, I had to retrain my tastebuds, because thay still wanted volumes of food that my new boss Miss Tummy can't handle. Oh, man......now I want pot roast!

I know how you feel, I've been craving Chinese for two weeks but am afraid of the consequences.