well I'm 2months, 11 days out and still struggling with food! I can eat one scrambled egg and that's it! Or one mashed up small meatball and done! I recently had around 4 oz of lentil Soup and a couple of bites of fillet of sole stuffed with crabmeat, then I took a fork full of shredded lettuce from a Greek salad. I was uncomfortable the entire night even into the next morning. I've already had an upper endoscopy and my surgeon said all was fine, no obstruction no need to be stretched. So I'm hoping that someone here will assure me that this struggle with food will pass! I would be miserable if this is the way it will feel for the duration of my life every time I eat. I can't even slightly gulp my fluids, I still have to take sips only the stuff just doesn't seem to flow. I personally am not overjoyed with the weight loss when eating and drinking is so unpleasant. Am I impatient? Please tell me that it will take another month or so but that things will be better, like being able to eat (even if only a few ounces), with normality! And drink comfortably too. Right now unless its cream of wheat eating is something, although I need to, I detest doing because of the after effect. I mean it will be horrible if this is what I will go through when it comes to food for the rest of my life!

PS- Is it safe for me to eat a (well a piece), of a tangerine?

Also I used to love eating sunflower seeds, the ones you break out of the shells with your teeth. Should I consider those history?

And what about coffee, allowed? If so, should I stick to decaff only.

I just want to eat balanced and healthy meals and not feel so uncomfortable afterward. It would be so nice to say yum that was good or satisfying instead of "oh no I better get up and walk, God I hope this stuff goes through and doesn't feel like I'm filled up to my throat! I am over the fact that I can only eat a little bit the dissatisfaction and inability to figure out what is going on in there and why it all feels so unnatural is so frustrating. Does anybody relate?

I never really get hungry either. I've also never had a "full" feeling like pre-op. I feel like it's time to stop, but not because I'm full - it's usually because I've started burping.

I'm struggling with the same thing but only occasionally (6 wks post VGS). What I've noticed is that chewing for a long time really helps - it seems to take the air out of foods like salads etc. that otherwise cause severe burping for me. I have problems with chicken and yes, meatballs, it's such a compact food that it seems to settle in the stomach forever. Mushroom in any form seems to make my stomach boil and cause discomfort. For me, it's easiest to eat while watching TV or reading or even talking on the phone (I know, contrary to all the nutrition lectures) because then I can take a bite, put the plate down, chew for a ridiculously long time (at least 30 times) and then wait a couple of minutes before the next bite.