I'm 11 months out from my sleeve. The past week I've been following a strict keto diet but today I broke down. I was stressed out and I ate 3/4 a bacon egg and cheese sandwich. I've never done that since surgery and I'm so mad that I let myself emotionally eat. Ugh. Have I lost restriction? I'm so surprised by how much I was able to eat.

My surgeon said you would have to repeatedly overeat to stretch your pouch. One time shouldn't be a big deal.

You should be fine. Just don't make a habit of doing this. Good luck!

No, you haven't lost restriction.

Unless your stomach has stretched to the preoperative 40+ ounce capacity and you can easily accommodate 10 bacon/egg sandwiches at one sitting, your restriction is still there.

People seem to be under the impression that the immediate post-op phase in which their tight, swollen sleeves allow them to become full off 3 to 5 bites of food lasts forever.

Nope...the stomach continually relaxes and accommodates more food over the years. Per bariatric surgeon Dr. Matthew Weiner's videos, this is a normal phenomenon.

By 3 to 5 years out you can expect to accommodate three-fourths to 1 entire plate of food (8 to 12 ounces). But just because you can eat this much doesn't mean you should.

Good luck to you.

I'm 11 months out from my sleeve. The past week I've been following a strict keto diet but today I broke down. I was stressed out and I ate 3/4 a bacon egg and cheese sandwich. I've never done that since surgery and I'm so mad that I let myself emotionally eat. Ugh. Have I lost restriction? I'm so surprised by how much I was able to eat.

That's still not alot tho. Think about how u used to be before surgery. It was probably 2 sandwiches and hash browns and coffee/drink. Your still ok I wouldn't be worried

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No, you haven't lost restriction.
Unless your stomach has stretched to the preoperative 40+ ounce capacity and you can easily accommodate 10 bacon/egg sandwiches at one sitting, your restriction is still there.
People seem to be under the impression that the immediate post-op phase in which their tight, swollen sleeves allow them to become full off 3 to 5 bites of food lasts forever.
Nope...the stomach continually relaxes and accommodates more food over the years. Per bariatric surgeon Dr. Matthew Weiner's videos, this is a normal phenomenon.
By 3 to 5 years out you can expect to accommodate three-fourths to 1 entire plate of food (8 to 12 ounces). But just because you can eat this much doesn't mean you should.
Good luck to you. [emoji4]

Ugh I can't wait for this honestly. As long as you eat healthy and know your body you can consume a plate full of nutritious food and still lose weight. I can't even eat food yet I'm still on Liquids 10 days post op.

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That's still not alot tho. Think about how u used to be before surgery. It was probably 2 sandwiches and hash browns and coffee/drink. Your still ok I wouldn't be worried

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I am ashamed to admit, before surgery I could eat 8 McDonald's sandwiches. I could do 4 hot and spicy mcchicken and 4 mcdoubles. Hence why I was 430 pounds.

17 hours ago, KaiserKid said:

The past week I've been following a strict keto diet but today I broke down. I was stressed out and I ate 3/4 a bacon egg and cheese sandwich. I've never done that since surgery and I'm so mad that I let myself emotionally eat.

No, what happened is simply a common thing that is to expected when following a strict diet and has nothing to do with losing restriction or WLS.

I've noticed I can eat more in the past month than I could before. Still not a whole sandwich, where I could eat 2 whole ones before, but pretty close if that's all I'm eating. I think it's just a natural part of the process as you move out from surgery.

On 10/14/2017 at 3:48 PM, Walter.Sobchak said:

I am ashamed to admit, before surgery I could eat 8 McDonald's sandwiches. I could do 4 hot and spicy mcchicken and 4 mcdoubles. Hence why I was 430 pounds.

I could easily do 2 McGangbangs... 2 big Macs and 2 spicy Mcchickens. so bad for u Im glad I can never do that again

As others have said, that isn't much. I'm still in the small sleeve phase, but I used to eat a 20 piece nuggets + large fries and was good (not stuffed). I can't even imagine that now that I get full off of one hard boiled egg.

I could easily do 2 McGangbangs... 2 big Macs and 2 spicy Mcchickens. so bad for u Im glad I can never do that again

Yep, I was taking in about 8000 calories per day. I was literally eating myself to death.

You can not stretch your sleeve. It's a myth.

Your sleeve does stretch over time

http://drmatthewweiner.com/bariatric-surgery-myths/

Your sleeve does stretch over time

So you're saying that you only have a little while or a few years, whatever, to have this diet aid we all went through surgery to get?