Will I eat and feel good inside again?

[Butterfly5 1]

How long did it take for you to feel like you could eat normally? Just eat whatever you wanted and not feel gross inside or crampy or anything bad. I keep waiting for that day when I can eat something yummy and in a small portion and not feel pain or sick afterwards. I was sleeved on march 7th.

[Weightbgone 9]

I FEEL THE SAME way! it seem like i can nolonger enjoy food! even if its smaller portions! I think that we need more time I hope that is the case!

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

It probably takes a couple of months.

I can eat quite a bit more than I could @ nearly 2 years. I feel like I eat quite normally now. I eat salad with chicken breast mixed in, pizza occasionally,

really anything I want.

In the beginning, I would rather drink a Protein drink because eating was just

too much trouble. I wasn't really interested in solid food even though I had

moved through all the stages of the post op diet.

[Butterfly5 1]

I am hoping that is the case. Sometimes food is too much trouble. I just get these cravings for stuff so I try them out. Just a bite or two and then the feeling hits. That yucky sick feeling like... Ugh I shouldnt have eaten that! So I guess I need to heal more and get farther down the path. Thanks for the advice. I am still learning and finding what works and what doesnt.

[Peronella 2]

Well, I am 4 months out, and I still feel gross after eating. I don't overeat, by any means. I eat, maybe, a cup of food at a sitting. I take my time. I chew thoroughly. I eat Protein almost exclusively. However, after I have eaten, I feel sick. I have not vomited once since surgery and I am not in specific pain. I just feel sick and almost like I need to lie down for a bit after I eat. For this reason, I do not eat actual food at work, for fear of not being able to teach my afternoon class. I just drink a Protein Drink. But even that makes me very full very quickly, and I never finish a little carton.

Other that the sicky feeling after eating, I feel great and have lots of energy. Enough that I walk 5.5 miles every day.

But, I do want to be able to eat something without this sick feeling. At least at some point in the near future...

[Butterfly5 1]

That is exactly how I feel. Like I have to lie down or something!! It is so weird. I don't want to be like this forever. I also have to burp or feel like I have to burp after I eat. So strange! I guess we all have to get through this in order to get to our goal. Listen to our bodies. Just sucks sometimes.

[swizzly 901]

That 'have to burp' feeling is my new full feeling. When I feel like that, I know to stop eating.

[myrori 55]

I am four months out and I feel pretty good when I eat just about anything. The trick for me is going slow and really listening for the full clue. It took about 3 months to get to where eating was just eathing and not having to put a lot of mental effort into.

Still LOTs of gurgling and burping,, doc says that is for life (but it is not as loud as it use to be)

[seniorsleever 17]

Yep, I agree--needing to burp is a stop sign for me too. I always eat the Protein first, then veggies, then carbs if I have room left, except I do sometimes have half a sandwich on carb control bread--usually egg salad or meat and cheese. I am 10 weeks postop, and still have trouble with beef, and try to stay away from Pasta and rice (which I love! ) But I do have a little mashed potato or potato chunks in Soup. For snacking I have beef Jerky or cheddar cheese sticks, or if I want crunch, baby carrots with low-fat ranch dressing. I also have tried carb-control wheat tortillas for wrapping egg and sausage or chicken strips, but the tortillas sit heavily on my stomach. I usually can't finish even a small one. My friends know about my surgery, so they are very supportive. I try to just stay away from appetizers altogether. I am a slow loser, but I prefer it that way. Maybe losing slower will encourage my skin to snap back better. One can only hope!

[feedyoureye 3,087]

At almost 12 weeks, I can eat anything (that i have tried so far). I do have more restriction in the AM. I try to keep an eye on the portions, so I don't go over the top, but really, I have almost never gone over the top. I eat about 2 1/2 ozs of dense Protein, and then some other stuff, I can eat almost a cup of salad greens, or a 1/2 cup of noodles (once in a while), or 1/2 cup of veggies or one egg with 1/2 english muffin. Then I am done.

[Cmsumom 5]

I thought if you are burping -it means you are eating or drinking to fast- I think I read that somewhere and the guy at work who had the DLS surgery- BURPS loudly all the time- he says its from sucking down his food. So- maybe try eating even ssssllllooweeerrr.

[NJMOMof2 17]

The burping, gas, gross feeling literally went away from one day to the next. I was about 8 weeks post op. I can empathize with you feeling down. That was a terrible feeling. I dreaded eating food. Now I eat fine, I don't eat until I am "full." I now can gauge the portion to eat until satisfied. I stay full for hours and don't even need Snacks anymore.