How many ounces are you ACTUALLY eating?

[Afrikanaaa 79]

Hey there! Quick question. How many ounces are you eating / how far along are you?

I'm 4 months out and am following my guidelines, but my nutritionist's suggested ounces get weird after 3 months. Wanted to see what people with the surgery are ACTUALLY doing.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

@@Afrikanaaa

10 months 4 ounces of dense foods. 4 weighed ounces, not in a cup. I weigh my food, I don't measuring cups or spoons.

I can eat up to 6 ounces if it is something that high moisture, like baked fish.

I eat about 85-90 grams of green leafy veggies at a time, in a cup that would be about 2 cups, they are sliders, though and don't trigger restriction.

If something is dry, max 3 ounces.

Your nutritionist is kind of right, but I would say at 6 months, not 3 months. Once you are fully healed, what your restriction is, can become different. There are some days you seem like a "bottomless pit" (not really not even close to regular people), and some days you can't eat much. It varies, but you have more room for things, and you will become more aware of the moisture content of food and how it relates to how much you can eat.

Edited May 22, 2016 by OutsideMatchInside

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

21 months post-op here.

6-8 ounces of Protein, veggies and whole grains.

[Afrikanaaa 79]

@@OutsideMatchInside thank you for that! I weigh everything too! Sometimes I can eat my 5oz light & fit yogurt like its nothing, other days I struggle to eat 2oz. Glad my struggle is not an abnormal one. Lol thank you!

@@VSGAnn2014 thank you!

Edited May 24, 2016 by Afrikanaaa

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

I cook most of my food at home so the weights I was talking about for Proteins was raw weight. Cooked weight is lighter, so I am probably eating closer to 3 ounces most of the time. When I have 3 ounces and its dry, that is eating grilled chicken out.

[oscodagal 25]

@@OutsideMatchInside thank you for that! I weigh everything too! Sometimes I can eat my 5oz light & fit yogurt like its nothing, other days I struggle to eat 2oz. Glad my struggle is not an abnormal one. Lol thank you!

@@VSGAnn2014 thank you!

I so needed to see this today! Just finished a 5 oz light Greek yogurt and the thought immediately in my head was - shouldn't that have been more difficult??! I was sleeved two weeks ago (5/10). I'm very focused on getting my Water and Protein in! Tomorrow I move to a phase 3 diet: puréed foods.

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[reree6898 1,164]

I am almost 8 months out. I weigh or measure everything. I eat 3-4 ounces total max per meal between Protein then veggies if there's room. Breakfast is typically less then that. I can eat a 4-5 ounce Greek yogurt most days for an afternoon snack but there are days when I'm done at about half. It seems to be pretty normal for sleeved people to have slight variances from day to day on amounts that can be eaten.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

I don't eat yogurt, but wouldn't it just be a slider? Its basically pudding, it is not going to trigger restriction. It seems like you could eat a tub of it if you wanted to.

[reree6898 1,164]

I don't eat yogurt, but wouldn't it just be a slider? Its basically pudding, it is not going to trigger restriction. It seems like you could eat a tub of it if you wanted to.

Regular yogurt yes but Greek yogurt no for me anyway. Its high in Protein and thick. The ones I eat are within the sugar & carb guidelines set out by my NUT.

[Dub 10,070]

My breakfast today was 2.5 ounces of smoked sausage and one fried egg. Stuffed.

7 months out.

[Afrikanaaa 79]

My Breakfast today was 2.5 ounces of smoked sausage and one fried egg. Stuffed.

7 months out.

I juuuust started being able to eat a whole egg. Something about the density just fills me up like crazy.

[Afrikanaaa 79]

I don't eat yogurt, but wouldn't it just be a slider? Its basically pudding, it is not going to trigger restriction. It seems like you could eat a tub of it if you wanted to.

Regular yogurt yes but Greek yogurt no for me anyway. Its high in Protein and thick. The ones I eat are within the sugar & carb guidelines set out by my NUT.

My bad. I was talking about Greek yogurt. The Dannon Light & Fit version was recommended by my nutritionist. It's like 80 cals with 12g of Protein. It's been super easy for me to get this down than other foods, but it is closer to a liquid than eggs so it makes sense. Lol

[missruthy 44]

@@oscodagal Because you are so new, stick to the 4oz. limit. Weigh everything so that you can get use what food should be like.

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[minniegirl 258]

15 months out, 4-8 ounces it just depends on what it is.. Closer to the 8 ounces for most things though, i.e. I can usually eat most of a lean cuisine.. Things like salad and watermelon I can eat large amounts of. Also can eat large amounts of things like chips and sweets so I have to keep them VERY limited!! The honeymoon is def over but I am maintaining and very happy with my results!!

[eclecticwingtips 130]

I had to calculate oz to grams. At the moment i can eat around 1/2 scrambled egg, 1/2 tin of tuna (maybe 1.5 oz?) Or around 2 oz of chobani yogurt with a scoop of Protein powder. But im only 3 weeks out haha

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