Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I am just wondering how easy it is to stretch out the pouch. I am just under 2 weeks out, and the other night I was drinking some cream Soup. I was feeling very unsatisfied after 1 full cup, so I poured myself another. (note, not very hungry, just unsatisfied) I drank about 2/3 of the second cup and my stomach felt like I'd just eaten Thanksgiving dinner. I mean, I was FULL. It hurt for probably an hour. I don't know how soup could do that but I guess I did. anyway, today I was allowed to try strawberries and bananas. I was able to eat a whole banana, and about 4 or 5 strawberries and don't feel full at all. I am not hungry, but not really full either.

Am I just being paranoid or what.......?

Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I am just wondering how easy it is to stretch out the pouch. I am just under 2 weeks out, and the other night I was drinking some cream soup. I was feeling very unsatisfied after 1 full cup, so I poured myself another. (note, not very hungry, just unsatisfied) I drank about 2/3 of the second cup and my stomach felt like I'd just eaten Thanksgiving dinner. I mean, I was FULL. It hurt for probably an hour. I don't know how soup could do that but I guess I did. anyway, today I was allowed to try strawberries and bananas. I was able to eat a whole banana, and about 4 or 5 strawberries and don't feel full at all. I am not hungry, but not really full either.

Am I just being paranoid or what.......?

Since you were just banded you have no restriction yet and until you get a good restriction what you can eat probablly won't change without you monitoring yourself. I lost almost 30 lbs before my first restriction cause I felt different but when I saw my esophogram I was wide open. Its normal for your restriction to loosen a little overtime and you learn to eat whats good for you.

Good Luck!

According to my surgeon it would take long-term abuse to stretch your pouch.

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I highly doubt you have stretched it. The liquid goes through pretty quickly and most of us here have had that sick full feeling !

I wouldn't worry. I've read that it takes a long time of consistent abuse to stretch it. (Or long-term acid reflux).

I'll just let you know-- for me, I've had to learn to stop eating when I'm "not hungry". That's what you might start training yourself to do-- don't look for full, look for not hungry.

I know what you mean about that uncomfortably full feeling. I've done it several times over the last 6 months and I hate that feeling! It has motivated me to pay careful attention to how I'm feeling and stop well before it gets to that point.