I see many of you eat refried Beans. What's the recommended serving size please? Thanks!

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It depends on your surgical team's rules. My team's rules were (for all foods, not just refried beans)

puree stage (weeks 4 - 8): max 3 tablespoons of food

soft food stage (months 2 - 6): max 3 oz. of food

My recommendation for all foods at the beginning was 1/3 cup.

when I have them I have 3-4 ounces. in the beginning I could only eat a spoonful or three.

Thanks! To clarify- how do you measure them?? How do I know what 2 oz is?

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And will I know I'm full??

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I have a food scale. you put your dish on it and hit tare so it won't count the dish, and then add the food.

I don't really get full. I just eat what I am supposed to and I don't feel hungry so I stop.

earlier when I could only eat a few spoonfulls I just got to a point where I didn't want any more. sometimes my nose would drip.

I see many of you eat refried Beans. What's the recommended serving size please? Thanks!

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I just go by the recommended serving on the can (if I am eating canned). My first soft food was pinto's and cheese from Taco Bell on my way home from a follow-up appointment. It took me a couple of meals to finish one serving (half cup). It didn't take very long for me to eventually be able to eat the whole serving.

THANK YOU!

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For all foods at all stages, I simply ate one small teaspoon at a time, waited about a minute between bites and stopped when I was satisfied but not full. I never measured portions and was actually never told to.

Sometimes all it took was a hiccup or slight pressure at the bottom of my rib age to indicate I was full. If I felt that, I knew to eat one bite less the next time. I didn't want to get back in the habit of eating till I was full or thinking I had to clean my plate...that's how I got fat in the first place.