We have a friend visiting and he's very intrigued by our tiny portion sizes. He just can't get over it.

Unfortunately the poor man is also probably starving.

We think we're making him a huge portion--and compared to our food we are--but I suspect it is not nearly enough. After lunch yesterday, I offered to make him a peanut butter sandwich, and he didn't say no.

Oops.

Funny how quickly we forget what a normal portion size looks like. I mean, we've all eaten normal-to-large portion sizes all our lives! I'm very encouraged to see that even as early as 7 weeks post-op, we're now clueless as to what a normal portion size for an unsleeved person looks like. I can however, cast a critical eye over my husband's plate and know that he's put more than 4 oz on his plate, that he won't finish it, that he will be uncomfortable afterwards and will complain My own two ounce portion is getting equally easy to judge.

For all those wondering if you'll be able to reduce your eating, I hope this is encouraging to see how quickly our bodies, minds, and eyes adapt to our new reality. Our new reality now is what our sleeve holds. I still measure and weigh every meal, but I'm learning fast.

Love my sleeve. <3

I think it just proves how excessive the American diet has become. I was talking to my Nut and she and I were talking about portion sizes. The average meal is something like 40% larger than it was 40 years ago. 40 bleeping %!!!

Check out this website called "portion distortion" from the Natnl. Institutes of Health:

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/portion/portion.cgi?action=question&number=1

It's a rather shocking comparison so you can see just how much larger different foods are than they used to be.

Check out this website called "portion distortion" from the Natnl. Institutes of Health:

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/portion/portion.cgi?action=question&number=1

It's a rather shocking comparison so you can see just how much larger different foods are than they used to be.

Wow that was a great quiz! Thanks so much for sharing that one.

Wow that was a great quiz! Thanks so much for sharing that one.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/portion/portion2.cgi?action=question&number=1

For people interested, here's a second one with more "20 years ago vs. today."