Today I tried to sit at the table and try to eat for 30 minutes. Pre-op I usually could eat my food in about 3 minutes, so this was very hard. My question is... If I am full after 2 bites and I still have 25 minutes left should I sit there and wait for the fullness to subside and take another bite as long as it is in the 30 minute period or should I get up and consider the 2 bites a meal?

Today I sat there and waited until I could keep squeezing it in bite by bite until I couldn't take it anymore..... was that right? IDK.

Great question....Can't wait to hear the responses.

When I feel that pressure of full then I stop. I'm a nurse and a mom so I also eat quickly. This is the hardest part for me. When I was fresh post op it would only be a few bites too. Now @ 5 weeks I can eat like 2 -3 oz chicken breast. It never takes me 30 min to get full though. In not sure if this is cool or not though. I have lost 42 lbs since surgery. But I have a hard time getting in protein like I should.

I just had surgery on Monday, so I don't really know. However, from what I've been told by my dietitian we should stop eating when we feel full and not force anything, even if it's only 2 bites of food. However, I really think you need to ask your doctor or dietitian because every doctor is different as far as their guidelines go. I've heard the 30 minute timeline from other people here, but my doctor never mentioned at time limit on meals.

I am 6 weeks out. I stop when I start to get that pressure feeling. If I sit there, I nibble kind of like before surgery and we would "pick cause its there" kind if thing, bad idea cause I then get so full from those tiny little bits I get sick. Now I eat 25% of what I used to eat chew chew chew then swallow usually full in 4 to 5 bites. Good luck!