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I can't ever seem to do things the easy way, yesterday I went to dinner with my husband and ordered cream chicken Soup. While we were talking, I was spooning in soup until I realized that the last swallow did not feel right. I overate for the first time since my sleeve. I probably ate 3.5 oz before I realized what I had done and up till then the most I've ate is 2 oz at one time. I was in so much discomfort, full to almost pain for a few hours. I bought some plastic 2 oz cups today and from now on I'm going to take those with me and pre-measure my food. Today was another learning lesson, my husband & son got fresh strawberry milkshakes on our way to a Father's Day dinner and I decided to have some, probably had 1.5 oz. Within a half hour of getting to the party, I felt flushed, sweaty, had twisting gas pain, and finally diarrhea. Classic dumping syndrome. So this weekend has been about learning lessons the hard way.

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Unfortunately, we sometimes do learn things the hard way. The only up side to that is that we learn them permanently that way! :) Hope you're feeling better soon! :)

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I hate it when I have to learn things the hard way. I haven't had times where I've thrown up just feeling stuffed. When eating and I'm full I get a cloudy visual sensation in my brain and I know I'm done so o stop. Today I ate pastrami and some onion rings and I was full. I am going to start measuring my food starting tomorrow morning. I would hate to stretch my sleeve and gain weight. :)

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I hate it when I have to learn things the hard way. I haven't had times where I've thrown up just feeling stuffed. When eating and I'm full I get a cloudy visual sensation in my brain and I know I'm done so o stop. Today I ate pastrami and some onion rings and I was full. I am going to start measuring my food starting tomorrow morning. I would hate to stretch my sleeve and gain weight. :)

I have been talking to a local gal that I met on the forum and she's 6 months out from hers and doing awesome. She told me the same thing - trial and error - I just hope I don't have much error lol I hate to be sick so I guess it will be another 5 weeks (that's about when I will be back to eating at least mushy food) before I can start testing the waters with the foods I am able to eat. One thing I really hope I can tolerate at least a little is a creamy salsa - I LOVE mexican food and I have a yummy salsa that I love - it's not chunky in any way and I was kind of hoping I could use maybe a little tiny bit on egg beaters once I scramble them up

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I haven't been able to tolerate anything Tomato based yet, my sleeve is just too sensitive. I hope it works for you though. eggs with a bit of cheese have been great, but mostly I still eat cream Soups & yogurt. I wish you the best, this does seem to be a battle of trial & error.

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I haven't been able to tolerate anything Tomato based yet, my sleeve is just too sensitive. I hope it works for you though. eggs with a bit of cheese have been great, but mostly I still eat cream Soups & yogurt. I wish you the best, this does seem to be a battle of trial & error.

Thanks - I just looked at a bottle of tea I drink all the time and see I can't have that anymore either ugh - 75 grams of carbs. :( Oh well the yogurt will be good. I good suggestion to do to change the morning Protein Shakes up - a cup of Decaf coffee mixed in with it - iced coffee :)

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