Hey all! I'm new around here and very new with the sleeve too! I'm 10 days post op and I started mushy foods yesterday. I think that the size of my new stomach is 4 oz.

I tried eating yoghurt, cottage cheese, poached egg, blended chicken Soup. The egg went down very easily, no sign of fullness (although I don't know what fullness is at this stage). I managed to eat approximately 3.5 oz of yoghurt and cottage cheese and I stopped because I felt something heavy on my chest for a second. And with the blended chicken soup I just stopped cuz I was worried that I was eating too much (didn't feel full or anything).

So...I'm confused. I've been reading about people that can only have 4-6 teaspoons of mushies and they're full! And how does feeling full feels like? I haven't felt full after the op...Just a slight discomfort for a little bit (a couple of seconds). And I think I'm hungry, not starving, but hungry, and I don't know whether it's head hunger because I can't eat whatever I want or if it's true hunger for whatever reason.

Please help me with figuring this out!

Kat

Don't worry, on mushies, things kinda slide on through. I could eat a lot early out too. My doc said that I just healed very fast. Many people still have swelling and irritation at 10 days. I never had problems drinking (didn't have to sip, sip, sip except for the first few days), Mushies went down exceptionally well too. The best thing you can do is measure your food. At 1 month my doc said no more than a compact disc size amount at one time. I still don't really get that "full" feeling. I eat my measured amount and stop. Then, about 1/2 hour later I realize I am "full".

texas chic is right... mushies slide right through. This is just your time to heal and nourish yourself. Once your all healed up and you're meals consist of dense Proteins like chicken and fish you will get more restriction. I avoid all mushies and processed foods for now. I think it would be too easy to slip into filling up on them. Once I hit goal I'll add the back in. You have to have them now... but as you can see... they may be dangerous later.

hang in there

stacey

Thank you girls! I feel more "normal" now. Or actually, better than "normal"! I'm a fast healer! :lol0:

My doc didn't say anything about measuring food. He said I should stop when I feel full. Actually today, I kinda felt full on my blended chicken and vegetable soup. I had a bit less than 6 oz of it in half an hour. And then I was expecting my head to say "it's ok, you don't need anymore" and I guess that could take a looong time (up to months).

Is it "normal" to actually feel hungry every 2-3 hours? I'm having 5 meals a day which is no more than 500-600 calories a day.

I'm three weeks out and am discovering that I have to participate in my full signal. What that means is, after some uncomfortable experiences I discovered that I don't "feel" full until 15 minutes after I've eaten and if I overeat I painfully discover that way too late. So now I stop eating completely after 3 bites of anything and if I am still interested in the food 10 minutes later I will have another bite. I just had tuna for the first time with some shredded cheese. All in all I managed to eat 6 forkfuls or about 4 ounces - 2 ounces for breakfast, 2 more for lunch! My full signals and hunger signals are messed up right now, hope they get better. Thank goodness for the rtd's or I wouldn't make my protein or liquids quota.

I kind of skipped the mushy stage. I had broth and Protein drinks for the first two weeks. One day the head hunger got me and I fried an egg in olive oil and ate it slowly like steak. Great stuff. I tried progresso lite beef veg soup and chewed very well. Pretty good. End of week 3 I ate some small pieces of grilled chicken and chewed forever. No problem. Oh yeah, I did have some diluted mashed potatoes with a little cheese about day 10. About 5 bites.

I've discovered Burger Kings $menu. Eat the egg or the hamburger and throw everthing else away. Still having 1 or 2 Protein Drinks a day. I had a 4oz top sirloin last night for dinner.