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I am not complaining, and I don't really find it too concerning. It's just interesting. Yesterday I made "taco pie" - a recipe I found in my bariatric cookbook. It was delicious, and has the consistency of a thick chili. Anyway, last night I measured out four ounces of it for dinner. I ate it all! I feel like I could have fit in a little more but I didn't want to push it. I took some for lunch today (again, weighed out 4 ounces), and I barely ate half and was STUFFED! My sleeve definitely has a mind of it's own sometimes.

Anyone else have this as well?

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Yes, there are some days I can eat more than other days. Typically I find that if I eat a lot of Protein and very few carbs one day, the next day I have a lot of restriction and can't eat much. If I eat a lot of carbs or sugary foods the one day, then the next I am hungry and want to eat everything in sight. That's just the pattern I've seen in myself....

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Yeah it varies. Sometimes it is the food, the temp of the food, the texture, the moisture content, etc. Sometimes its just the mood, etc. I know early on I would get bored eating slow and just stop eating.

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Yeah texture temperature can all play a role on how we consume food now. Also for the first 6/12 months post surgery the microwave was a huge gamble for me when it came to reheating food. Some days I was okay. Other days I couldn't eat nearly as much as I could the night before when the meal was fresh. And then there were days when my stomach did a total revolt of all things microwaved. It has gotten better now and I can for the most part tolerate foods being reheated via microwave. And yes if I eat something very carb dense like oatmeal, then I'm not gonna be all that hungry for food later on and the volume of what I can consume is greatly decreased.

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Yeah I don't eat microwaved food at all.

Microwaving leftovers removes the moisture and you will be able to eat less.

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Yeah I don't eat microwaved food at all.

Microwaving leftovers removes the moisture and you will be able to eat less.

Interesting......I've never thought about that.

At 19 months out, I have days where I can eat a few bites and I'm full, and days like the other day where I was starving and had a scrambled egg with veggies, 2 pieces of bacon and a piece of whole grain toast.

It's quite alarming seeing how much more I can eat now sometimes. It just means I have to be so much more vigilant about what I'm eating.

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Like @@Babbs , at 19 months post-op, some days I'm surprised at how much little or more I can eat.

And like @@livvsmum , the more Protein I eat, the less I can eat and the less I crave carbs.

Here's another pattern -- the more days in succession I eat a high-protein, un-sugary menu, the harder it is (and yes, I mean *hard*) to eat enough calories to not start losing weight again.

There's some peculiar magic about having a sleeve + eating lots of Protein. It truly, truly kills my appetite and throws me back to what my appetite was like about 5 months post-op. Strange. And fascinating.

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I also have days where I eat more or less. Sometimes I think, holy cow, I ate so much food today....but then a lot of days, I'm both not really hungry and most of what I eat makes me full really quickly or sick, so the good restriction days usually balance out the bad restriction days.

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Wow I never thought of the microwave thing! That's interesting. I'll have to test that one :)

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All the time. Have given up guessing what FickleFred is going to be able to stomach in any sitting. I still hardly touch carbs except for an occasional bit of sourdough...like once a week. Haven't had Pasta or rice yet, and potato rarely.

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All the time. Have given up guessing what FickleFred is going to be able to stomach in any sitting. I still hardly touch carbs except for an occasional bit of sourdough...like once a week. Haven't had Pasta or rice yet, and potato rarely.

I avoid carbs too, they don't sit well with me

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Yes! My first meal is always small then as the day goes on I can eat more. This isn't good...but some days I think I ate way too much and there is no way I didn't gain weight. I stress and berate myself and I don't gain anything. If I do gain a few ounces, I'll lose it with in a day. If I eat lightly for a few days...my stomach definitely gets smaller.

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