Yesterday has been weighing on my mind all night. My husband had asked me to make him tacos for dinner. No problem. A few days prior I had been cleared to eat regular food. I thought I would be able to make myself a taco with soft shell. To my suprise I was able to eat the whole thing. Maybe an hour or less I was hungry or craving again and I was able to eat another. After a while I ate again but just the meat, no shell because it dawned on me finally to look at the nutritional facts on the box giving me a rude awakening.

I don't know how I was able to eat so much. How could my stomach hold so much food only 4 weeks out. By the end of the day my scale went up almost 2 lbs.

That was all I ate all day though. I had meals in the form of Protein drinks and juiced greens.

Also I feel a bit hormonal and I feel like I am going through PMS. I have pcos.

Is this normal?

Like others have said' date=' the tortillas may just be a slider for you and ground meat probably goes down easily. I wouldn't worry too much about feeling like your sleeve might not be working. Try chicken or beef or a more dense Protein and you'll probably get the restriction your looking for.[/quote']

I think you are right. I'd probably do better sticking with chicken and fish. I don't feel as guilty.

I am almost 5 months out, and I still have mixed experiences with the amount of food I can eat...sometimes I am surprised at how much quantity-wise I can fit in my stomach (even though I might feel a little uncomfortable after eating)...then other times, I am surprised that I cannot even finish a small portion...hang in there! you will learn as you go--just try not to get discouraged

I am almost 5 months out' date=' and I still have mixed experiences with the amount of food I can eat...sometimes I am surprised at how much quantity-wise I can fit in my stomach (even though I might feel a little uncomfortable after eating)...then other times, I am surprised that I cannot even finish a small portion...hang in there! you will learn as you go--just try not to get discouraged[/quote']

Thanks. Trying to be more positive...just taking me a while to get there.

Different doctors also "size" your stomach differently when they construct the sleeve. My doctor uses a larger "bougie" than some because he finds it to be most effective balance between minimal complications and effective outcomes. So while I can never really eat "large" or even "normal" portions of food, I imagine I can eat more than others less than 2 months out.

But that hasn't stopped the excellent results....

Different doctors also "size" your stomach differently when they construct the sleeve. My doctor uses a larger "bougie" than some because he finds it to be most effective balance between minimal complications and effective outcomes. So while I can never really eat "large" or even "normal" portions of food' date=' I imagine I can eat more than others less than 2 months out.

But that hasn't stopped the excellent results....[/quote']

Funny you mention the bougie. I don't know what size he used. I guess it doesn't matter now. I have to give it more time to work. I only lost 22 lbs since 8/20. Feeling like thats miniscule and that I'm doing something wrong.

Funny you mention the bougie. I don't know what size he used. I guess it doesn't matter now. I have to give it more time to work. I only lost 22 lbs since 8/20. Feeling like thats miniscule and that I'm doing something wrong.

I think it will work out. However for those of us waiting to be sleeved, 22 lbs. since 8/20 sounds great. That is about 3.5 lbs. a week. I hope I do as well.

I think you've hit the nail on the head with the carbs making you crave MORE carbs and making you hungrier. That definitely happens to me. Some of us are just carb sensitive and eating them makes us want more.

Live, learn, move on right?

Funny you mention the bougie. I don't know what size he used. I guess it doesn't matter now. I have to give it more time to work. I only lost 22 lbs since 8/20. Feeling like thats miniscule and that I'm doing something wrong.

I too average about. 3.2 lbs a week or less. If you're female, older, have thyroid or pcos, have had children, etc., we will lose slower than younger men and women. BUT, that's still 12-14 lbs a month! I would have killed for 12 lbs in 6 months before the surfer, let alone 12 lbs in 6 weeks.

I doubt bougie size makes that much of a difference. Here is an interesting chart.

I think you've hit the nail on the head with the carbs making you crave MORE carbs and making you hungrier. That definitely happens to me. Some of us are just carb sensitive and eating them makes us want more.

Live' date=' learn, move on right?[/quote']

I think that is exactly it. I have learned and I realize how easy it is to go back to old habits. I know now and will be much more careful going forward.

I too average about. 3.2 lbs a week or less. If you're female' date=' older, have thyroid or pcos, have had children, etc., we will lose slower than younger men and women. BUT, that's still 12-14 lbs a month! I would have killed for 12 lbs in 6 months before the surfer, let alone 12 lbs in 6 weeks.[/quote']

Thanks. At least I know now that I am not causing the weight loss to be so slow. Others seem to lose weight so much faster than me and I am actually working out at the gym which feels as if its not really doing much to speed the process.

Its a psychological thing I'm going through. I tortured myself mentally pre surgery about being fat and now post op about not losing fast enough. Lol maybe in the next few months I'll reach a comfortable place.

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I am actually working out at the gym which feels as if its not really doing much to speed the process.

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Since you are working out at the gym, it helps make sure that more of what you lose is fat, and less is muscle. Someone who is working out can lose a lot more fat and a lot less muscle than someone who is not working out. That's one of the reasons why it's so important to not compare your weight loss to the weight loss of other people. Other people may be losing faster because they are losing muscle faster, but that's not healthy for you.