Different Kind Of Full

[Bcole 6]

I've noticed that since I was sleeved, I don't get the same full feeling when I eat. Instead of feeling full in my stomach like I did pre-sleeve, I know get the full feeling more in my chest.

Does anyone else feel the same?

[peacequeen 434]

Yes, all the way up to my throat. I'm hoping with time, this will change. I have Gerd so it could be for that reason.

[Kimmie-sleeve 34]

Yep, me too! right up to the top...

Kimmie

[MegInNOLA 531]

That's how it feels now. You'll get used to how it feels one bite before total fullness. It took me a while to realize I should be eating until I wasn't feeling hunger, not until I felt full--it's a subtle difference, but it makes a serious difference in how I feel after eating.

It's part of the "new normal" that is life with the sleeve. :-)

[Lissa 2,631]

I don't think I ever felt "full" before the sleeve, so I didn't have to adjust to feeling a new full. I had to adjust to feeling full at all. Oh, I got that OMG feeling when I'd eat Tgiving or Christmas dinner before, but now I know I cannot aim for that. Like MeginNoLA, I look for the absence of hunger rather than full. I still eyeball or measure my food (depends on if I'm out or at home when I eat) to figure out what I should eat. Once I've eaten my portion, not matter what is still on the plate, then I'm done. If I get to where I can feel the food, I've eaten too much.

[Bcole 6]

It's kind of hard to gage when to stop eating when I'm "not hungry" because I am NEVER hungry. I eat because I have to so I just make sure I have only 4 oz at a time.

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,281]

Yes this is typical. I get that feeling too. Mine has changed over time though, it's not that crazy hurt in my esophagus feeling anymore. I actually feel real full again, just super fast. It took a lot to get me there pre sleeve! I think it was around one year out I began to notice my "full" was like my old full.

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,281]

It's kind of hard to gage when to stop eating when I'm "not hungry" because I am NEVER hungry. I eat because I have to so I just make sure I have only 4 oz at a time.

That is the best approach so early out, measuring your portions. Your nerve endings have been cut and you will be a bit numb in your stomach. It would be hard to tell if you are over stuffing your sleeve and that can be a bit dangerous. Keep doing it, your doing a great job.

[Bcole 6]

That is the best approach so early out, measuring your portions. Your nerve endings have been cut and you will be a bit numb in your stomach. It would be hard to tell if you are over stuffing your sleeve and that can be a bit dangerous. Keep doing it, your doing a great job.

Thank you so much! Good thing it doesn't hurt in my chest, I can just feel it. No issues, I was just curious to see if I was the only one.

[mona777 12]

THANKS! IT'S GOOD TO KNOW IT GETS BETTER.

[hadouni 301]

I just had the most substantial food I've had so far- made myself some egg salad with two eggs, a little yogurt and mustard. it went down totally fine and I was thinking to myself that I might finish it but all of a sudden something clicked and I knew that was the last bite! I'm about two tablespoons shy of finishing so it probably was 1/3 cup.

[tntransplant06 20]

I've talked to my counselor about this. I liked to eat before bc of the feeling I got after eating. (i didn't realize this until after my surgery when that feeling was gone) It's hard for me to explain, but it was a nice calming, warm, soothing feeling that told me I was full. I'm sure it was a hormone/chemical release that took place and now it's gone. I've not had that feeling in over a year. Sometimes it bothers me. My counselor told me I needed to find something that will give me that feeling. (replace it) I don't know that I will. I definitely was using food for self-medication. I still find myself trying to find something that gives me that feeling again food-wise. It's lessened over time, but not completely gone yet. I hope that it will go away completely.

[Mrs.Prisses 51]

I feel that throaty full as well. And the old hunger feeling, like the hunger pangs now happen when I am digesting my food. At first I thought it was hunger because that's what hungry used to feel like. But, I figured out that its just digesting food. Its weird tho because it makes you think its time to eat...but you can't because you will be SICK!

[mouse trap 5]

same feeling here

[TiffanyC 7]

tnttransplant, I can relate to what you said. I was the same way. I used to enjoy the full feeling too and still crave it. The feeling is lessening and I expect it to go away one day.....