Hi there. I'm 3 months out and posted here after surgery stating that I felt no restriction. Well, here I am, 37lbs lighter but still feeling little restriction. I can easily eat way more than I should be able to and have to be really careful. I mentioned this to my surgeon and he said that I probably have less sensitivity in the opening to my stomach which allows more food in. Has anyone heard of this or experienced it themselves. Is it fixable?

How much are you able to eat? Are you tracking how much you are eating?

I try and stay around 1000 cals a day, 80g of protein. I cut out bread, rice and pasta. I track using My Fitness Pal. I could eat well over a cup of food at a time if I let myself.

How many times a day are you eating?

I'm trying to remember how much I ate but I assume it was like maybe 4 oz at most at a time. I only ate 3 meals a day, no snacking. No hunger either so it wasn't a problem.

Did you do a pre-op diet?

How many carbs are you eating?

Are you aware of what slider foods are?

Are you aware of the difference between head hunger and real hunger?

I would definitely talk to your doctor.

In the mean time you might want to go on or back to a pre-op diet. Make Breakfast and lunch be a Protein shake and dinner be lean, unbreaded meat on a bed of greens. Or you can do the pouch reset diet which is basically the same thing.

Also, how slow are you eating? You should not be eating so slow that you can consume an entire plate of food. I've heard of people taking an hour or longer to eat a meal and in reality all they are doing is making sure they consume the same amount as before surgery. You should be eating at a normal rate and then stop when you feel restriction. Eventually your body will get used to point.

If you are doing everything correctly then do speak to your doctor as it's possible they didn't remove enough of the stomach.

Thanks for the advice. I have followed the plan exactly as I should have. My surgeon used a 40 bougie as he does with all his patients. Two of my friends had surgery with him and have no issues with restriction. He said the opening to my stomach is less sensitive than is typical so therefore I'm not getting the same feeling of restriction. I just wondered if anyone else had experienced this and whether it can be fixed.

Meanwhile, I think I will try the pre op diet again. That's when I had the most weight loss.

Why didn't you ask your surgeon if it was fixable? He would be the most qualified to know that.

He made it seem like it was just something that I could deal with and didn't seem concerned. I saw him a couple of weeks ago and have had time to think about what he told me. I'm going to make another appointment with him. I feel like he was just dismissing the issue.