For all sleevers 1+ year out: what are you eating and how much? What is a typical day? What are you eating now that you could eat pre op? What can you not tolerate anymore? Thanks!!!!

Too much!! The scale is stuck still at 18 lbs from goal. I've gotten much too lax about tracking my food and exercise. I'm about 15 months post-surgery.

Here's today - pretty normal, although there are times when I find myself grazing/picking more than I should.

B ~ 1 egg, 1/8 oz shredded cheddar, 1 pc wheat toast with a small amt of Peanut Butter & jam

L ~ salad with grilled pesto chicken (probably 2-3 oz), chickpeas, chopped hardboiled egg and assorted veggies (this is one of my go-to lunches, another is a turkey/cheese (3 oz meat/.75 oz cheese) sandwich with only 1 pc of bread - eaten open-faced - with sliced tomato and a small amt of miracle whip - I have this with a bag of baked lays)

D ~ tonight was chicken stuffed with goat cheese, about 1/2 of a small baked potato and a small salad.

I did have a scoop of lowfat vanilla ice cream for dessert - I don't usually do sweets but my daughter wanted some so I treated myself to a bit.

I will caution all of you, though - the restriction does ease up about the 1 year mark; I still have good restriction when I eat my Protein first, but I do have to work hard to maintain my daily calorie intake.

Indymom - thank you for being honest and letting others know that the restriction you feel at 5 months is not the same at 12 months. I have learned how to "trick" my sleeve and get more in, sadly so I have regained over 8 lbs. Yuck. Fervently watching everything I put in my mouth so I can drop those 8 lbs to so I can eat a treat of two during the holidays.

So, what can I eat at two years out? EVERYTHING. Bread, Pasta, spicy foods, ethnic foods,...I love it all. Once a foodie always a foodie. My surgeon only reduced the size of my stomach neglecting to change my physiological view of food. Hunger urge came back after a year and a half. Before VSG I could pass up sugar, chocolate all day long (chips were my drug) yet now I crave sweets.

Today for Breakfast I had a Protein drink w/ 15 gm protein. Lots of decaf tea. Handful of tortilla chips (because I couldn't say no and I ate them without thinking)

lunch - Open face egg salad sandwich with no mayo. Spicy egg salad (2 egg whites) on one slice of whole wheat bread.

Snack - 1 celery stalk with chunky natural Peanut Butter. Lots of Water.

dinner - Turkey hot dog, 2 gm carb 14 gm protein. Will make a Protein shake for a snack tonight to ensure I get in enough protein.

Listen, we all are different so you might not have my experience. I suggest you follow the VSG diet plan set by your surgeon & NUT almost to the letter until you hit goal. I didn't let more than 30 carbs pass my lips a day until I hit goal...carbs are my trigger to gain weight.

Good luck - I love my sleeve and have no regrets.

It seems that you stay strict until you hit goal and then just maintain while throwing in some different foods. Obviously carbs are the major trigger to weightloss. I just want to make sure that if i do indulge in some no no food, my stomach will tell me when to stop.

Too much!! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> The scale is stuck still at 18 lbs from goal. I've gotten much too lax about tracking my food and exercise. I'm about 15 months post-surgery.

Here's today - pretty normal' date=' although there are times when I find myself grazing/picking more than I should.

B ~ 1 egg, 1/8 oz shredded cheddar, 1 pc wheat toast with a small amt of Peanut Butter & jam

L ~ salad with grilled pesto chicken (probably 2-3 oz), chickpeas, chopped hardboiled egg and assorted veggies (this is one of my go-to lunches, another is a turkey/cheese (3 oz meat/.75 oz cheese) sandwich with only 1 pc of bread - eaten open-faced - with sliced tomato and a small amt of miracle whip - I have this with a bag of baked lays)

D ~ tonight was chicken stuffed with goat cheese, about 1/2 of a small baked potato and a small salad.

I did have a scoop of lowfat vanilla ice cream for dessert - I don't usually do sweets but my daughter wanted some so I treated myself to a bit.

I will caution all of you, though - the restriction does ease up about the 1 year mark; I still have good restriction when I eat my Protein first, but I do have to work hard to maintain my daily calorie intake.[/quote']

How many oz of meat are you eating??