Portion size

[~Primrose~ 24]

Hello, I had the sleeve surgery on 2/7 and I've lost 37 pounds starting from the pre-op two week diet date. So I am 3 1/2 weeks post-op and it has been so long since I have had an actual meal that I'm wondering if I ever will again and if so, when that would be. I am so grateful for the tool that I have but will I ever be able to, let's say, eat a regular serving of lasagna or a slice of pizza? I know these aren't things we are supposed to eat and got some of us here in the first place but I don't see why maybe once a week we couldn't have something like that. I feel as though I'm never going to be able to eat in a restaurant again. The only "real" food I've had is smooth egg salad with very little low fat mayo. I could only eat maybe 1.5-2 Tbsp. total and I was completely full. I know the whole point of the surgery is to get full faster and with less food but I didn't think the portion size would be that small. I know I'm only 3 1/2 weeks out but is this how it's going to be or will it change and when? Thank you...

[_Kate_ 2,224]

People can eat whatever they want and how much they want, they just have to accept the consequences. I eat out a lot but tend to stick to starter sizes and even then I can’t always finish it. I am coming up to 3 years out and so happy I still have that restriction. You will be able to eat more in time, your tummy is still healing right now, so please don’t worry!

Do I miss regular sized meals, hell no. if I tried to finish a reg sized meal I’d be throwing up in the loo and being sick is not my idea of a good time.

Congratulations on the surgery!

kate 🙂

[abefroman329 704]

“Regular” is a nebulous term. Yes, you can finish one slice of pizza, don’t know about lasagna. Fast food hamburgers don’t sit right with me, even when unless, even In-N-Out Burger (dammit). I’m a little over 2 months out and, when eating out recently, have consumed:

- Half of a kids’ (5-inch) pizza

- Half of a bacon, egg, and Gouda sandwich from Starbucks

- Half of a kids’ tortellini with meat sauce meal from Fazoli’s

- A wing and a leg of fried chicken

For now, get used to one or all of the following: Ordering from the kids menu (and being appalled at the fact that this is a portion of food intended for a child), splitting meals with another diner, and taking home doggie bags with you. On the plus side, you’ll constantly be clothes shopping for ever-smaller sizes, you won’t have to pay more for larger sizes, and you’ll discover crossing your legs hurts because it’s now bone resting on bone.

[Losebig 508]

Typically people say they can fit about half a cup of food in the first 6 months and then eventually 1 cup after that. I’m sure there is some variance. At 3 months out I think about 4 ounces of Protein is my max