I told mine that I'm eating about a cup of food at a time and he said I should only be able to eat 3/4 of cup.

Is that right?

When I eat the cup I don't feel full I just stop eating b/c I know that's enough. If I were over eating wouldn't I feel some pressure in my chest or something?

Do any of you know what Allergan's official word is on this? I tried searching their site but all I can find is portion sizes and not how much/little to eat.

Thanks everyone!

1/2 cup of solid food. Of course if I eat soup or something like that I can eat more than 1/2 cup.

Maybe if you can eat more than that, it is going through the stoma and down to the larger part of the stomach .... not staying in the pouch?

I eat a cup each meal, excluding my snacks. Meal size will depend on the tightness of your band. I was told at full restriction 1/4 cup would be filling.

I wonder that too. I don't want to mess up by over eating but I don't want to get another fill right now either. Some days I'm really hungry and my band feels like it's not even there. Then other days it's so tight that I end up getting stuck.

My surgeon said about 3 oz of Protein, 1/2 cup vegies and 1/4 cup of starch if I'm still hungry. Most day I'm good with the protein and vegies...and will actually just increase the vegies instead since I like to keep my carbs down.

Works well for me since I have no physical restriction.

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