Hey every one, so my brother had his sleeve done about a month before me and he is now 8 weeks post up, but seems like he eats a LOT of food. We had the same surgeon and he uses a size 40 Bouge.

Last night I witnessed my brother eat 2 hotdogs with the bread and say he still doesn't feel "stuffed" and could likely eat another.

is this normal? we have the same doc so does this mean I'm also doomed to eating as large of portions as before surgery just to get the satisfied feeling?

feeling so sad for him and scared for me right now! It just doesn't seem possible that he could hold that much food.

Your brother is stuffing himself, but hot dogs in a bun, depending on the bun is just a slider food. Hot dogs are not a dense source of protein. This wont trigger restriction. If he is drinking while eating then he can probably eat a lot. There is a reason they use water ate hot dog eating contests and there is a reason there are hot dog eating contests and not grilled chicken breast contests.

I hate to say it but your brother is doomed to fail. He is already off program in a huge way. He isn't even healed so when he does heal, he will be eating tons because he has already figured out how to eat around his sleeve.

Edited March 18, 201610 yr by OutsideMatchInside

Not good. I don't eat bread a all. Too many carbs and hot dogs are highly processed and contain a great deal of fat. He is well on his way to failure. It seems as if he was not mentally prepared for this journey or that he somehow thinks the surgery is a magical cure and that it will do all the work for him. Talk to him and see if you can get him back on track. He needs to cut out the carbs and focus on Protein, preferably lean meat like chicken and fish. Non-starchy vegetables and no junk carbs like bread, potatoes, rice, Pasta, etc.

The fact that he is even attempting to eat like this at 8 weeks post op is a huge red flag.

At 8 weeks I could eat 3/4 cup of food. At 2 years plus, I can eat a cup of dense food, or two cups of Soup which is mostly broth. It sounds like he was not ready for bariatric intervention.

He is not only flaunting quantity, he is forsaking the very nutrition he needs to help his body heal and grow strong.

So......I am guessing that he is also drinking with his meals, making drinking sodas and juices, eating other starches like noodles and rice, not taking his supplements, and missing follow--up appointments with his bariatric team.

Hopefully you can set a good example for him. Here is the story (and coroner's remarks) of a patient who suffocated from overeating after bariatric surgery.

Forgot the link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2159155/Obese-woman-suffocates-food-gastric-bypass-surgery-meant-couldn-t-fit-stomach.html