Ok, I want to hear from our experienced sleeve people: If you've been sleeved long enough to have returned to a "normal" capacity- let's say...a year or more? How much can you hold at once? I've heard different things from everywhere on this forum. Some say you can hold as much as you ever did (SCARY!!!!) and some say "normal" is like, 4 ounces (sounds better!). Input please. Lots of it. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

-danielle

I'm only 5 months out - so I'm not a long-term veteran - but I am at about 4-5 oz capacity. Here are some examples of what I eat at each meal.

lunch ~ costco chicken burger (about 4 oz) and 3-4 sliced cucumbers

dinner ~ 1 oz cooked Pasta (probably 1/8th of a cup if I measured it that way), 2 turkey meatballs, sauce and a tiny side salad (and a few nibbles of garlic bread, yum!).

Breakfast ~ 1/4 cup egg beaters, 1 oz Canadian bacon, 1/2 oz shredded 2% cheese, 1 sliced mushroom and a bit of diced tomato.

I'm 7.5 months out.

Here's a typical day:

Wake up: Soy Milk Latte

Breakfast: 1/2 slice whole wheat toast, 1 C. Greek Yogurt made into smoothie with 2 strawberries, a splash of OJ, 1/2 C. Water, and 2 T Splenda

Lunch: Lowfat string cheese, 2 oz. lowfat Salami, 5 whole wheat wheat thin crackers, little cutie tangerine

Dinner: 3 oz. chicken, 1/4 cup potatoes, 1/3 cup vegetables

After dinner snack: 1/2 apple with 2 t. Peanut Butter

Lynda

Very good. This is encouraging.

Wow. I wrote this forever ago! 2 1/2 years out, and I can eat a lot more than i'm happy about. I can easily eat about 8 oz. of almost anything. Straight protein gets uncomfortable after 6 oz, but anything else.... I can hold too much, so i can't get sloppy.

Great post! As a 6'2" man I was concerned weither I wouldn't get enough callories with the standard size stomach that they leave you with. My Dr explained that because I am anatomical larger than a smaller- shorter person and as such I am left with a larger pouch. So this question my have some variables such as size and height. I am on soft foods and can eat a little over a cup at a meal with NO issues.

WOW, I am really suprised at some of these answers.

WIth me, it depends on what I am trying to eat. But if you follow the rules, Protein first

The protein is much denser and is sitting heavy in the tummy.

So I can eat like medium chicken breast and maybe 1/2 cup of salad.

I am thirteen months out. I still feel restriction and get hiccups.

I'm 15 months out and here are a few typical meals I've had over the past month. 1 egg, 2 pieces of bacon and 1/2 a piece of toast 1 piece of super supreme pizza, hand tossed dough, didn't eat the crust 1/2 a sandwhich with 5-6 chips 2 string cheese with 4 crackers 1 cup cottage cheese 1 Jr Bacon cheeseburger from Wendy's w/o the bottom bun 3oz steak and two bites sides 1/2 a side salad and 1 bone of ribs + 2 bites of a side dish. 3 chicken wings and 2 french fries After each of these meals I am positively stuffed meaning I would get sick if I ate one more bite.

This was a good example to share. Thanks! Makes me feel like I can still have a tiny window or normal, just restricted some, which is fine.