So I've been doing well, surgery on 12/28, down 40 pounds and feeling fantastic. Except after I eat dinner. These past two weeks, I've been throwing up 4 of 5 dinners because I get serious pain. I'm perfectly fine during the day; I have my Protein shakes, yogurts, Protein drinks, cottage cheese, bariatric "Chips" etc. without issues. I already know chicken and I are no longer friends, but fish and I are. I put less on my plate than my 4 year olds, never go back for seconds. I think I chew enough and I don't drink with my meals or ahead of them. I am just wondering if anyone else has developed issues like this and how you've gotten around it. I'm starting to worry and my husband thinks I'm becoming bulimic.

Thanks in advance for any insight!

Are you eating too quickly? The first 8-10 months after I had the sleeve I rarely puked and then ever since then my stomach has no tolerance for sugar, oil, milk, and periodically random things like chicken and crackers that it doesn't usually have an issue with. So, in my experience you can develop food intolerance, however I also notice that I get much sicker, much faster if I am not careful with how fast I eat. Every once in awhile I'll be in a hurry and choke down 1/4 of a chicken sandwich, or a few too many spoons of vegetables too fast and almost instantly I have to throw up. For foods that my stomach tolerates, the barfing is usually because I didn't chew enough or ate too fast. Also, now I am paranoid about getting sick in public places, so before I even start eating my stomach wants to barf because of stress more so than the actual food.

So, my post wasn't a very organized response, but I would try consciously eating slower and chewing longer. If that doesn't work, then it may be a sensitivity. I am the opposite of you...I am fine with moist chicken, but fish makes me barf. This was another sensitivity that only developed months after the surgery had been over and fully healed.

Also, you're not bulimic if you're barfing because you feel sick. I had a member of my family feel nosy and say she thought I was bulimic which was offensive because I literally see her maybe once a year and she knows nothing about me. I puke a few times a week- not because I'm trying to spare myself calories, but because I open my mouth and the food I just ate comes spewing right back out. As long as you're barfing because you feel sick, you're unlikely to be developing an eating disorder. The trick though is to know when you're physically sick and when you are psychologically making yourself sick, so if you are uncertain, perhaps ask your doctor what he thinks.

I would look for --- what makes dinner different. i would suspect eating too fast, pushing too hard on foods your tummy isn't ready for or some other commonality.

I believe it is NOT normal to vomit daily after a meal. I don't think I vomited 4 times in my first year, much less in a single week.

I agree that you may be simply eating too fast and your body isn't given time to give you that "full" signal. Before surgery I never ever felt full unless I was overstuffed (like at Thanksgiving). I made it a point to listen very very carefully to my body when I eat. I discovered I have developed a tic. When I am full, I hiccup/burp once. If I do it twice, I know that I've over done it and will be begging forgiveness from my tummy overlord soon. I call it my "full" button. The instant it happens, I now push my plate away so I am not tempted to nibble one more bite.

Maybe you have one? Perhaps your nose runs, you burp, you get a certain sound in your tummy, some people sneeze...

When I'm full my nose runs. That's my signal. When I go pass that I end up throwing up bc I'm so uncomfortable. I don't ever let that happen! It does get better. I'm one year out already.

Thank you so much for all of your help - everyone has had some great insight and I appreciate it. I will look for my full button - what a fantastic idea!

I have never had a full indicator...probably one of the reasons I was over 300# ha! Anyway, best advice ever was, "don't seek full, seek absence of hunger" That was a novel idea and great advice.

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