What signs are common for knowing you're full or almost there? I'm 6 weeks out today and I still can't always tell. I feel hungry a lot more often than I used to. I seem to be full after 5-6 bites but then I feel hungry again soon after. But I kind of go by a feeling I get that if I put one more bite in I'm going to want to spit it out. After a few bites my stomach kind of growls like it's hungry but then a few more bites and I get that warning. Am I doing something wrong? I just ate 3 oz of filet mignonette and 1/2 of a small baked potato an hour ago and I feel hungry now. And I am losing like a pound a week - very frustrated. Help please?

Full early on = reflux, vomiting, regurgitating, nausea, pain, activated parasympathetic nervous system (thus tiredness, lethargy), etc.

Eating until full is a bad idea.

Stomach growling after eating = peristalsis, it means food is moving through your digestive system, not that you're hungry.

Fullness in the back of your throat, runny nose, excess saliva - those are my signs. Sometimes a twinge in my sleeve. Stop well before you think you're full. Foods like tortilla, pasta, potato, rice, beef, lamb - these are for me hard to eat more than a few bites of even 7 years out. I can still eat just a few bites of the starches and only two meatballs or half a burger or a few bites of steak.

3 oz of steak and 1/2 a potato would have had me throwing up. At my stage.

You'll get there. It took me longer to learn than I care to admit. I overate a chicken sandwich the other day. I couldn't handle half, but really tried. My fault. I was uncomfortable for two hours.

Good luck,

Cheri

Thanks Cheri! Wow, 7 years out and out and you still can't handle more than a few bites of beef. Amazing. I haven't thrown up but have experienced that very uncomfortable ? feeling that I ate to much but it usually goes away after 20-30 minutes if I walk around a bit or take a tums. That was the first time I tried steak and I was surprised that I ate as much as I did. I guess it's just trying to figure out the signals and if it's hunger, reflux or digesting. And I wonder if I'm eating enough since I'm losing weight so slowly. Eating average of 650-700 calories, 65 -70 G protein. But usually only get 45 oz of water at best. Found that nutritionist has not been a lot of help - very vague with guidelines.

I'm seven weeks out this week. I tend to burp when I'm content. I get the stuck feeling in the throat and the sensation that I'm going to throw up if I eat one too many bites or eat too fast, which is most likely overeating. Are you grazing? I've also experienced where I'll eat a bit or two and feel full and be hungry a bit later when grazing--which tends to be head hunger as well. When I really listen to my hunger cues and eat properly, I am hungry about every three hours.

Oh so you're about where I am. No I'm not grazing. Sometimes I find I wait too long to eat and then I'm starving. I go back to work tomorrow so I'll be on a regular schedule again and I hope it'll be easier. A week or so ago I was getting a few hiccups or burping which was my warning to quit, but then lately it doesn't happen anymore. Just have to figure out the signals I guess. I'm wondering if it could be reflux instead of hunger? I take a Prevacid in the morning.

What do you consider slow loss? I lost six pounds a month, on average. I had long stalls of six and nine weeks and regularly lost only two weeks in a month. It took me 17 months to lose 107 pounds, and after having my daughter, 14 months to lose another 27 pounds to get down to the 118 pounds I am today.

I figure if it's working, slow loss is loss. Don't rush your body. I was a notoriously slow loser, no matter what I tried. Just my veteran advice.

Yes, I still have ridiculous restriction. Beef was the hardest protein for me; I couldn't eat it for months. I can eat two whole meatballs or half a burger now. Maybe the whole burger, sans bun. It's good. Because successfully maintaining is that much easier with a sleeve that reminds me to stop. And if I do my job and eat protein first? Well, it's a done deal on the scale. I don't bounce around. I eat what I want, but I follow those rules 95% of the time. It works.

And as for a PPI, Prevacid is one I've seen complained about most over the years. If you can, see about omeprazole (generic Prilosec). Huge difference in controlling that hunger feeling and my heartburn.

Best,

Cheri

What signs are common for knowing you're full or almost there? I'm 6 weeks out today and I still can't always tell. I feel hungry a lot more often than I used to. I seem to be full after 5-6 bites but then I feel hungry again soon after. But I kind of go by a feeling I get that if I put one more bite in I'm going to want to spit it out. After a few bites my stomach kind of growls like it's hungry but then a few more bites and I get that warning. Am I doing something wrong? I just ate 3 oz of filet mignonette and 1/2 of a small baked potato an hour ago and I feel hungry now. And I am losing like a pound a week - very frustrated. Help please?

Not sure about everyone but when ever I eat a carb with a meal it makes me hungry. So I would suggest skip that potato and have like an allowed non starchy veggie instead.