Hi,

I am getting my sleeve surgery in a couple months and am worried that all my joy in eating food will be gone.

How much does the sleeve tend to stretch couple years after surgery? How much can you eat? ( please tell me in cups! )

If I can only eat like a couple of bites for the rest of my life I'm considering asking the surgeon to make my sleeve slightly larger. But if the sleeve stretches a bit where eating a cup of food can get comfortable, I just want a normal sized small sleeve.

Watermelon is one of my favorite foods and I'm so sad that i'll be only able eat like 3 or 4 one inch cubes of it

I am a female 5'3", so if anyone can tell me how much watermelon they can usually eat, or how large of a portion they are capable of eating of different foods... please tell me!!

I heard the sleeve stretches so I'm hoping maybe 5 years after the surgery I could eat like 2 cups of food or so.

I had the lap band and my pouch stretched quite a bit after just one year. is this similar with the gastric sleeve?

Please tell me how much you are capable of eating as time after surgery passes!

Thank you so much!

Hi,

I am getting my sleeve surgery in a couple months and am worried that all my joy in eating food will be gone.

How much does the sleeve tend to stretch couple years after surgery? How much can you eat? ( please tell me in cups! )

If I can only eat like a couple of bites for the rest of my life I'm considering asking the surgeon to make my sleeve slightly larger. But if the sleeve stretches a bit where eating a cup of food can get comfortable, I just want a normal sized small sleeve.

Watermelon is one of my favorite foods and I'm so sad that i'll be only able eat like 3 or 4 one inch cubes of it

I am a female 5'3", so if anyone can tell me how much watermelon they can usually eat, or how large of a portion they are capable of eating of different foods... please tell me!!

I heard the sleeve stretches so I'm hoping maybe 5 years after the surgery I could eat like 2 cups of food or so.

I had the lap band and my pouch stretched quite a bit after just one year. is this similar with the gastric sleeve?

Please tell me how much you are capable of eating as time after surgery passes!

Thank you so much!

http://www.laparoscopic.md/sleeve/what-digestive-changes-occur-after-gastric-sleeve-surgery

LOL. There's going to come a time where you WISH you could only eat a few spoonfuls of food or a couple cubes of watermelon. And early out, you actually will be satisfied with that small amount of food.

That "couple of spoonfuls" literally only lasts for a month or so. The natural progression of things is to be able to eat more as time goes on, and it's not due to stretching. It's due to healing and things relaxing a bit in your stomach.

At 2 years out, depending on what it is, I can eat up to 5 Oz of Protein and up to a cup of food. And yes, I have put on weight even with those portions. That's why further out it's not about sleeve capacity at all. It's more about WHAT we're eating.

I suggest you stop focusing on what you aren't going to be able to eat and focus more on the reasons why you need this surgery in the first place. It's normal to "grieve" and worry about food more or less at first, but try to understand that to make this surgery successful, eating for pleasure shouldn't be front and center anymore. Otherwise you'll find yourself eating around the sleeve and defeating the purpose of the whole thing

Please remember portion control and working out or some type of exercise will help with the weight gaining

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Hi guys, I'm new at this and my worries is knowing what to eat and the combination of foods to eat with out stretching my pouch and gaining the weight back

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Hi guys, I'm new at this and my worries is knowing what to eat and the combination of foods to eat with out stretching my pouch and gaining the weight back

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Very little processed sugar, processed food and processed carbs (especially the 'white' stuff).Proteins such as lean cuts of beef, pork, chicken and fish. Beans and nuts are a great Protein source also. Green, non starchy veggies. Fruit, but only in moderation and try to stick to the lower sugar fruit like berries. Lots of low calorie/no calorie fluids every day. Move more.

Do that 90-95% of the time, and you'll be golden.

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I am 3+ years out. I eat 1/2 cup to 1 cup food' max. If you are this concerned about eating in quantity now, this may not be the right option for you.

BTW...Sleeves don't stretch nor do sleevers have "pouches".

Best of luck to you!