Im on mushies and purees and i know im eating mucccccccccch less than before my band...

last night for dinneer i had a 3oz grilled tilapia filet, then had 1 cup mash potatoes with applesauce mixed in, but only ate about 2/3 of it. I felt satisfied, but not full...i felt good. but in my head i think its too much...is it?

my doc told me that once i go on solids, if i am able to eat a whole burger patty, i should get a fill. to me that would mean 3 oz patty, so does that mean that if i can eat a 3 oz grilled fish fillet (mashed up really good or pureed, before starting solids) that i should need a fill? or is it just when i am eating that portion of things like pork, chicken, beef.....when i asked her this question..her response was .... when you are eating an amount that causes you to stop losing, then get a fill. well considering that i use to eat a 1lb patty plus bun and fixings and fries just two months ago...i would think that eating even as much as a 6oz patty without the bun and fixings, i would still lose ... so which do i go by

how do you decide when you are ready for a fill?

My doctor told me not to exceed 1/4 cup (2oz) at one sitting for the first month after the band. He reasoned that although the pouch he created can hold 1/2 cup (4 oz) that while I am healing to fill the pouch could tear the sutures that he put in place on the fold that went over the band to hold it in place.

I always see people eating more than that. I have stuck to the 2 0z...but check with your doctor as my doctor may have been trying to scare me straight. I am self pay and I can't afford a revision. Either way more than a cup a time seems excessing for your little baby pouch...be careful. I always hate that our docs give us so much conflicting info.

i hate it too that we see such conflicting advice from drs. i wish there was a uniform protocol with them all, no matter where they are.

I feel like I'm probably not consuming enough after reading this thread. I'm having a protein shake for breakfast, 2 Oz of baked potato soup for lunch and I just started adding in one soft scrambled egg for dinner, before that I was having two Oz of egg drop soup for dinner. Maybe one sugar free jello a day. I'm down 10.5 pounds in 11 days. 39 pounds to go.

I don't know where I came up with the 2Oz serving. But it's perfect for now. I only get hungry if I don't eat for more than 5 hours.

I don't know where I came up with the 2Oz serving. But it's perfect for now. I only get hungry if I don't eat for more than 5 hours.

im finding im eating a good cup full now. If its soup im having a coffee cup full. solids about a cup. im hungry a lot of the time. i had a scrambled egg for breakfast... was hungry again by 11, thats about three hours. ive made home made soup and put beef broth, salsa, three tins of beans and chick peas in with some onion and slow cooked all day yesterday. its good but not filling enough. i notice here that someone said that a full burger is too much in one sitting? ive had one chicken burger cut up in one meal... its definately too much by the sounds of it. i know that Im not supposed to eat this much, its very hard not to. im finding that as i get full the pain comes back into my left shoulder blade. thats a signal to stop.Ro, perhaps, its a signal that ive overeaten ??

I was banded 4-18 and im on mushies and spreadable meats that I can put on melba toast and im doing about 4 hours before im hungry, just depends on the density of what I ate. I gotta tell you though, that 1/2 cup...is rough for me right now. I'm trying to focus on making sure im drinking and keeping myself hydrated (which is a challenge for me) so that im not tricked into thinking im hungry when im thirsty. Im sure im still in healing mode, but I am getting hungry and my first fill is not until the 17th. Ive lost 15 pounds since surgery( is that good, average, do i need to work out more) and the scale hasnt moved by pounds in 2 days, only ounces. Sigh...

I was banded on 4/24, and I'm in the mushies stage of post-op diet. Today, I had 2 scrambled eggs with 1/2 can of tuna for breakfast at 9AM this morning, and I was full virtually all day. I had 3 scrambled eggs and the other 1/2 can of tuna for dinner at 7PM, and I'm done for the day.

im still at mushies too, im getting tired of eggs and grilled fish (not together) seems like its all i eat, tho i know i eat a few other things lol. whatever i eat tho, i usually last about 4 hrs..but the last 2 or 3 days, i found myself hungery after about 3 hours but would force myself to hold out to 4 or sometimes 5 hrs before eating again...im pretty sure i will be doing my first fill shortly after starting solids..which i start this weekend.