I finally got the go ahead to eat beans. I chewed them very, very well and I was able to eat the entire can of black beans. That makes me a little nervous and I'm wondering if that's normal.

Do not drink fluids with your food. Stop drinking half an hour prior and 30 min - an hour after (different drs. have different timing on this issue.) but I was told this was the most important rule.

That was never even mentioned to me about drinking.

It's really important. You probably would have been happy with just a little bit of Beans because they would sit in your stomach for a bit. Water washes them down so they aren't in your stomach as long. So you eat more. This can effect your weight loss. Maybe look up some basic info on the sleeve. You might be missing other important stuff.

Thank you so much. I appreciate all of you replying to me. I obviously need help and I'm thankful for you all. Truly.

This sounds counter to what you hear, but I was able to eat more at 3-4 weeks than I can eat now (almost five months). I surmise it was because my stomach was swollen and the nerves hadn't fully recovered yet.

I am 2 weeks out today and can only eat no more than 3 tablespoons of anything!

Hi,

Just wanted to say I too was surprised that I could eat literally a whole can of anything when I was about 3 or 4 weeks out. Water is a big way to help things move along but too much water can also make me full. I would not worry about the 'ability' to eat more than the size of your stomach, all it means is that by the time you finished your last bites the first bites were NOT in your stomach anymore, they were sent along and thus you had room for more.

I did a small test with the water thing and if I sip water with my Wendy's chili I can finish a large chili and be full, if I don't drink I can only eat about 2/3rds of it and be full and full for longer. Luckily my doctor has this as one of the 'rules' to successful weight loss (his rule is no drinking for 30 min prior and up to 1 hour after though I will start to drink around 30 minutes cause I need lots of water and I can only sip it!).

So your lil tummy should be just fine as I did the same thing you mentioned LOL. Still now I think 10 weeks post op I can only eat less than I could at 3 or 4 and I am not sure why but I'll just go with it.

Best of luck on your journey!

Thank you so much for the reply. I feel fine today but my lesson is learned. I'm back to protein shakes and soup today.

I can eat about a 3rd of a normall can of Beans. and that is pushing it. and I was eating solids (in some form) like eggs and grits 5-7 days out. I am 2months out now. and I can almost get 2 reg size eggs scrambled with cheese for Breakfast. nothing else. or 1 hard toast with PB on it. i cant eat much at each sitting but i eat something every 2-3 hrs. what kills me is out to dinner with the family. I can be done eating and push the left overs away while i wait for them tofinish. and i will PIC! its a bad habbit i have always had.

where picking helps me is when i cook at home i taste the food i cook as i cook it. So when i feed the kids and wife i really don't eat. it gives me time to watch my news which i haven't enjoyed since my twins where born 3 yrs ago LOL!

you need to find out what works for you. and find what food you can and cant deal with. i have a prob with DENSE sausages. like home made deer. I can chew it till mush but i can bearly get 1-3 oz of it. it just kills my gut.

That's flat scary! I don't want to be redundant to others, but why would you want to eat a can of Beans? I appreciate the Protein, but how you managed to get that down is pretty durned interesting.

I'll jump on the bandwagon of "talk to someone in charge" -- nearly every surgeon has some requirements and guidelines for preparing and eating following surgery. A can o' whole beans is NOT on the list.

Beans was on my list but not an amount. As well as soft cooked veggies and eggs and soft fruits from a can.

But from on I'm just going to eat very small portions. I shouldn't have eaten a whole can for sure. But that's why I had to get this surgery in the first place. I have a drug problem called food.

I think I got it down because the beans had a lot of liquid that I ate like soup along with the beans As well as drinking water while eating.

Thanks to you good people, I've learned how and how much to eat. I'm very thankful for you guys.

Hey TonyaNKY

Here is a link to a PDF for guidelines to follow after a vertical sleeve surgery. Although I did not have my surgery at the Missouri University (I'm in Canada) I found this guide very thorough. Hope it helps!

http://www.muhealth.org/documents/bariatric/bariatric%20booklet%20vsg.pdf

I'm 12 days out & still on liquids. Progress to purees in 2 more days, yay! I can fit about 3.5 oz of liquids in my tummy. I've heard there's more restriction with solid food, but it is still so early, we can't really know how much the final volume of our new, healed stomachs will be.

I'll be 3 weeks post op tomorrow. I just ate half a soft banana and I'm stuffed! At this point, like the others said, you shouldn't eat more than 2 ounces per sitting and never drink with your meals. Good luck!