Hey guys I have a question regarding the amount of food a person can handle after gastric sleeve surgery.
I’m wondering if a person would be able to eat a little bit more in volume week after week or the sleeve won’t handle what it can now at week 3 post op?
I can barely eat 2 teaspoons of mushed tuna

Your help and experience are much appreciated

**correction** Will not handle more than it’s now handling at week 3*

Hi, I could eat about three tablespoons about 3 weeks after my op. I am now just over 8 weeks out and can eat possibly 5 tablespoons, but, it all depends on what I am trying to eat. Slippy things like mash potatoe and soup etc go down a lot easier than solids like a chicken fillet for example.

I found that round about week 4, something kind of "popped" and I was able to eat more after that happening, it was very noticeable.

Obviously people vary but from reading other peoples posts, it seems that a lot of people are able to eat more as the weeks and months progress.

You have to remember that your stomach is still very swollen and once the swelling goes down, things will be a lot easier for you x

Edited July 14, 20188 yr by Neversaynever

At 5 months, here is an example of what I can eat

From the same thread, @Creekimp13 posted what she eats

I am 3 months out, I can definitely eat more than I did at 1 month post op. I probably can eat 3 ounces or less of solid food and am pretty full. I make my own Greek yogurt and I measure that out with my blueberries and that's about 3/4 cup but it takes me about a half hour + to eat it and that's more of a slider food. @sillykitty your link to that thread was great, that helped me too. It goes to show you how different everyone's sleeve is. It was nice to see what people ate too, I'm sick of everything I'm eating!

@neversaynever thanks a lot for taking the time to reply. That’s really helpful ✌?

@sillykitty those links are absolutely helpful thanks a lot

@magpie26
Thanks a lot for your reply. I’m so confused how my sleeve still can’t handle 2 liters of water everyday in addition to food. I’m very certain that I’m not getting enough protein & water during my day.

On 16/07/2018 at 2:55 AM, booaleez said:

@neversaynever thanks a lot for taking the time to reply. That’s really helpful ✌?

@sillykitty those links are absolutely helpful thanks a lot

@magpie26
Thanks a lot for your reply. I’m so confused how my sleeve still can’t handle 2 liters of Water everyday in addition to food. I’m very certain that I’m not getting enough Protein & water during my day.

I log everything in myfitnesspal as I am also worried about my protein intake. At least this way I have an indicator as to how much I am taking in, if its low for the day, I have an extra glass of milk with extra milk powder in to boost my protein for the day and also it helps with my liquid goals.