Hi. I'm almost 4 weeks post op. I posted a few weeks ago saying that I felt no restriction when I drank and was reassured that once I started real food, that would change. Well, I've just started chicken, eggs etc and still feel nothing. I don't know when to stop eating. I am always hungry. I've lost 12lbs in 4 weeks. What am I doing wrong?!? I feel like the sleeve just isn't working. Any advice please??

All I drink is water and one protein shake a day and my food is all natural. Thanks for the thought though.

Good advice. Thanks. I will look in to it.

Omeprazole (Prilosec, etc.) and other PPIs are widely prescribed, but they can cause Calcium depletion (bone thinning) when taken for the long term or taken permanently. That is why they wanted me to take it for only a few months after surgery.

Before you take it for the long term or permanently, touch base with your surgeon or PCP, if they prescribe it long term, they may want you to take calcium supplements or go for a periodic bone scan, etc.

They also know your full medical history and what medications you are taking so they can prescribe the right dosage or see if there is a better choice of medicines to take if you have stomach acid issues.

Edited November 25, 201510 yr by 4MRB4PHOTO

Thanks. Also, the nurse at my weight loss clinic said that that was probably not the cause of my hunger and I have an appt with the dietician to see if we can come up with a solution.

@suemagg66 and @@KarenLoh it could be possible that

Your situation may have to do with the bougie size that was used during surgery. Maybe your surgeon used a larger sized bougie to reduce the chance for leakage? What was your weight prior to surgery? Some studies report that when a larger bougies are used there is a reduced chance for leakage. In one study even it showed that there were no leakages. When I asked my surgeon about using a larger bougie, he said that would be too un restrictive, and you would eat too much.

Edited November 25, 201510 yr by Pea523

My surgeon said he uses the same size bougie for every patient, regardless of size. I was 230 when sleeved.

Pea523, No idea on the bougie. I was 384 on the day of surgery.

I would love for you to try this, and post your results.

The Cottage cheese Test

• Purchase a container of small curd low-fat cottage cheese.
• Begin the test with a full container of cottage cheese, and perform the test in the morning before eating anything else. This will be your Breakfast on that day.
• Eat fairly quickly until you feel satiated, but not overly full (less than five minutes). Note that the small soft curds do not require much chewing. You are eating rapidly so you will fill the pouch before there is time for any food to flow out of it. After eating your "fill" of cottage cheese, you will be left with a partially eaten container that has an empty space where cottage cheese used to be.
• Measure the volume of cottage cheese you have eaten by filling a two cup (16 fl.oz.) measuring cup with Water. Pour water into the container of cottage cheese until the water level rises to the original top level of the cottage cheese.
• The amount of water poured into the container is the functional size of your pouch.

Hey Babbs, can you think of another food this would work with? I can NOT eat cottage cheese. I accidentally drank some curdled milk as a kid and the thought of it makes me gag.

I can eat a banana and a yogurt at the same time and just feel mildly full. Haven't tried two bananas but that might be a good test.

I'm going to try it.

I'm going to try it.

I would love for you to try this, and post your results.

The Cottage Cheese Test

• Purchase a container of small curd low-fat cottage cheese.
• Begin the test with a full container of cottage cheese, and perform the test in the morning before eating anything else. This will be your Breakfast on that day.
• Eat fairly quickly until you feel satiated, but not overly full (less than five minutes). Note that the small soft curds do not require much chewing. You are eating rapidly so you will fill the pouch before there is time for any food to flow out of it. After eating your "fill" of cottage cheese, you will be left with a partially eaten container that has an empty space where cottage cheese used to be.
• Measure the volume of cottage cheese you have eaten by filling a two cup (16 fl.oz.) measuring cup with water. Pour water into the container of cottage cheese until the water level rises to the original top level of the cottage cheese.
• The amount of water poured into the container is the functional size of your pouch.

To see how big your pouch is, shouldn't you "whey" the difference?

(Sorry folks, that pun was a little "cheesy" )

Edited November 25, 201510 yr by 4MRB4PHOTO

Lol!

I definitely have more restriction now that I'm on pureed/soft foods. I can eat maybe 130-150g of food (yoghurt, ham, mince etc), but that seems to be more than most at this stage - I'm 2 weeks out.

Even if my pouch is a little bigger I think i could be somewhat glad. I like having no hunger pangs, but do miss not being able to eat normally.

I am kind of having a similar situation, but my restriction is I can eat ANYTHING with no trouble. I know that may sound like a good thing, but I was hoping certain things wouldn't agree with me so it would be easier to stay away from them! Anyone else? BTW I AM 4.5 weeks post sleeve.

Edited November 29, 201510 yr by Rhea540