TODAY is one week post op , i lost a total of 17lbs including my liquid diet pre op. Still sore but havent felt full yet. I havent pushed myself and stop myself when i think i have had enough because I eat so fast and I am trying to slow myself down. Any suggestions on how i can slow myself down so i get that full feeling?

You shouldn't be eating anything solid at 1 week post op and that is why you aren't feeling full. You don't get the restriction until you eat solid food. Liquids just start sliding into the intestines as soon as you drink them which is why you don't feel full. Trust me, the first time you eat some dense protein like a piece of chicken or beef you'll know what restriction means!

are you eating solids already?

TODAY is one week post op , i lost a total of 17lbs including my liquid diet pre op. Still sore but havent felt full yet. I havent pushed myself and stop myself when i think i have had enough because I eat so fast and I am trying to slow myself down. Any suggestions on how i can slow myself down so i get that full feeling?

Liquids run right thru you, so you will not feel restriction or satisfaction with them. I was on full liquids for 2 weeks post-op and was starving the whole time!! I thought for sure my sleeve did not work!

When I went to soft foods, I was shown the sleeve does work. I ate 1/4 of a scrambled egg with cheese and was DONE! That is crazy!! Solid food WILL give you restriction.

I do not eat to the point of FULL, I eat to satisfaction. I have yet, at 15 weeks out, to be FULL. I feel a light twinge in my throat and I stop. I never feel tightness in my chest. I definatley undereat my sleeve.

Kelly

My food plan allows me to be on some "modified solids" such as soft cheeses and refried beans. I have been militantly measuring out my 2 oz portions of everything so for a meal I might have 1 oz yogurt and 1 oz string cheese, 1 babybel light or 1 wedge of laughing cow. I have not felt any restriction or "fullness" until tonight. We had to go to Costco and my daughter wanted dinner . . . I let her get a piece of cheese pizza. Since she never finishes the pizza I figured I'd just skin some of the cheese off hers (avoiding the tomato sauce) and that could be my dinner. I think I had the equivalent of about 2 oz, but I didn't have the ability to measure/weight it out, and I think I might have eaten a bit too fast - but I THINK I felt my first feeling of fullness. I did NOT like it, I had a little discomfort in my chest and it sort of felt like the chunks of food could come back up. They didn't, and I was counting the minutes to my 30-minute mark so I could wash it down . . . but I think I learned my lesson of measuring EVERYTHING very early on!!

are you taking a ppi? ive heard that that feeling can also be from to much acid, and that it isnt really hunger. i havent had the actual feeling of hunger at all since i was sleeved on the 16th. i know when i need to eat because i feel empty, not hungry.

I am not eating solids yet i am still on a full liquid which is pudding and , jello and yogurt, protein shakes things like that . I do feel hungry when its time to eat and i am watching how much of the creamed soups i eat which isnt a lot at all ....example : I bought some cream of brocolli soup from Zoup ...1 cup and i had it for lunch , dinner and lunch today . I just dont want to over eat because i dont feel full and hurt something. Hopefully soft foods will give me what i am looking for.

The liquid stage and even the mushie stage to me just plain sucked. The worst part of the whole process in my opinion. Once I got to solids I was good to go. Hang in there! It gets a LOT better!

I am not eating solids yet i am still on a full liquid which is pudding and , Jello and yogurt, Protein shakes things like that . I do feel hungry when its time to eat and i am watching how much of the creamed soups i eat which isnt a lot at all ....example : I bought some cream of brocolli soup from Zoup ...1 cup and i had it for lunch , dinner and lunch today . I just dont want to over eat because i dont feel full and hurt something. Hopefully soft foods will give me what i am looking for.