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Portion sizes

Hey everyone I wanted to ask the people who are 6 months post op and more, how big of a portion are you eating. :) thank you

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    I'm a year out and I can only eat about 6 ounces of soft food (or half cup) or four ounces (about a third of a cup max) of more solid Protein before I get full. The only exception is soft dairy like

  • At the 6 month mark, I was up to 1/2 cup size bowl I ate out of. In the following months, I gradually began to eat larger portions. At 1 year, I was up to 1 cup and now at 2 years, I can eat between 1

  • I can eat a frozen meal sized meal. So 6 oz, before I get full. I can get in about 5 oz of chicken and feel full on that. I'm just shy of 7 months.

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I'm a year out and I can only eat about 6 ounces of soft food (or half cup) or four ounces (about a third of a cup max) of more solid Protein before I get full. The only exception is soft dairy like yogurt or cottage cheese, of which I can eat up to 8 ounces at a time.

For additional perspective I can eat about:

half a sandwich of any variety if the bread is thin

one slice of pizza

one small chicken breast

three egg whites with half an english muffin

half a large tomato

two hard boiled eggs

Hope this helps! :)

I eat a max of 4 oz

At the 6 month mark, I was up to 1/2 cup size bowl I ate out of. In the following months, I gradually began to eat larger portions. At 1 year, I was up to 1 cup and now at 2 years, I can eat between 1 and 1 1/2 cups depending on the amount of protein in the meal. For example, 4.5 to 6 oz of pork loin is a meal (it's fairly tough and dry meat - beef hamburger is even more filling). However, I can eat 1 large apple and 1 big banana or 2 bananas for a meal or I can eat 3 large yellow squash (probably 10 - 14 oz) for a meal.

I can eat a frozen meal sized meal. So 6 oz, before I get full. I can get in about 5 oz of chicken and feel full on that. I'm just shy of 7 months.

My meals are usually in the range of 4-5 ounces and I am quite full on that. So about 2.5-3 oz. protein and an ounce or two of green veggies.

I'm 6 months out,

Just had an egg,slice of bacon and eggo waffle for Breakfast.

I can have a slice of mediun pizza and chicken wing or half a costco slice of pizza.

I can have a chicken drumstick and about a tbspn mashed potatoes.

I'm not sure if I'm being a pig or this is normal to be honest with you!

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That's awesome thank u :) @@mayonaise

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