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i'm a couple of weeks pre-op and the closer i get to surgery i'm thinking of the strangest questions.....so here is another one.

i'm reading a lot of post-op stories and something they all have in common is that most people stop eating when they feel a full "signal".

it is never a satisfying full feeling in the description......

so,don't you get this satisfying feeling anymore? ....i'm curious.

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It is difficult to describe. It is not the same as being "full" pre surgery. Before the meal I have a sensation that my sleeve is just a teensy bit "churning", some might call it a teensy nausea sensation. Then after 4-5 bites of food, it settles and it just feels calm. That is my signal. So it is more like a lack of churning that I feel. It may be different from others. I have always been able to stop eating at that signal, and have never once had sliming or vomiting after a meal. The one thing I have had is pain in my back between my shoulder blades after eating certain solids, such as chicken breast. Softer foods, even dark meat chicken, do not cause this. It goes away after about an hour. I try to avoid foods that cause it. Once or twice it was so bad I had to take a tylenol. Usually it is not that bad.

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I still at times......... eat way tooo fast!!! Or don't chjew my food well enough, and I vomit.

(you'd think I'd have learned by now)

When I "do right" and eat slow...........I can feel the full feeling... and know it is time to stop.

Yes, I'm satisfied "physically"... but then I might want to take just "one more bite" and sometimes I can't even swallow it... and I have to spit it out....

You'll become more in tune wioth your body- but like in my case.... if you don't listen to it..... you will have the consequences that go with it!

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I usually get a case of hiccups when I am full. First I notice that my bites are longer in between, and once I get to the point where I feel like I need to take a breath to continue...I will stop. The hiccups come a few minutes later as an indicator that I was right to quit when I did.

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My full feeling comes over me, its hard to explain, but when it happens I have already learned that one more bite is going to be painful. It is a great motivator not to eat one more bite, I just push the plate away and I am done. Now with Soups I have noticed that I can wait about 5 minutes and then I can get a couple of more spoonfuls in. I only do this with Soup trying to get as much Protein from food as possible.

Bill

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I don't really get a "full signal". I get this twinge, it isn't pain or even discomfort, and then I feel satisfied. Not stuff, or even really full, but kind of like I don't need to eat anymore.

I'll have to find the article again, but it's been researched, and the findings state that it takes at least 20 minutes for the brain to recognize that you are full or satisfied from the amount of food we eat. That is why it's so important to eat slowly, and be mindful of the quantities. I'll see if I can dig up the article for reference.

Here's the link with additional reference material listed at the bottom of the page:

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=55932

Edited by Tiffykins
To add link ;)

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I'm sort of like Chancie. It's kind of funny that in the first 3 months I never "slimed" or threw up, but I've probably done one or the other every 1.5 weeks since then.

My full signal is usually my nose running, but I sometimes like the taste so much I take another bite, chew it and spit it out just to taste it again (I know gross). I've gotten pretty good at it that no one even notices.

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Hum....well....I get hungry...I feel hunger pains. My stomach growls, or churns. I measure my food in 1/2 cup portions. I eat that portion, and I do feel that sensation

of feeling full, like another said before, one more bite and you will be in pain. I've never thrown up, but I've over ate a couple times and it is painful for about 30 minutes. If I eat slow, and take my time, I can get it all in. If I eat fast, I get full too fast and it hurts. Chili goes down well, so does Spagetti (meat sauce). Straight meat like chicken and fish don't go down as well for me. I can eat crackers and doritos with no pain, but only eat about 5 or either, at a time. I have found a great meal at a mexican resturant last week. It's a mixture of Avocado's, tomatoe sauce, onions, cilontro, and Shrimp. VERY tasty, served warm. It goes down well, but you should cut the shrimp up in small pieces. Anyway....to answer your question, my solution is to feed my tummy when it's hungery and NOT over fill.

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Eating slowly definately is the answer - that 20 minute stomach/brain relation is true, however, that doesn't stop some of us (me) from taking that last bite - happened to me this evening - had a 3oz lean pork chop and really wanted to get in as much protien in as I could for the day - as I put that last little bite in and was chewing I thought this is not going to go down so I ended up spitting it out - you only have to do that a few times before you know that you are full....:blink:

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I'm sort of a mix of everyone- I just don't feel like eating any more when I'm done. Occassionally, when I eat too fast, which is often, I get pain in my chest, and that stops me fast. But other than that, I just don't have a taste for the food anymore. I don't feel hunger- but I have a burning sensation in my upper stomach. When I eat some, it goes away. I'm just 2 months out, so I am certainly still working out the kinks.

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