It’s been exactly 3 weeks since I had the gastric sleeve surgery and I’m really having difficulty adjusting to my new stomach! Specifically, I am having difficulty gauging when I’m full. I’m just starting the puréed stage and I will feel fine when I eat a few spoonfuls of food and then I will feel terribly full and it is so uncomfortable! Oddly, I can drink a protein shake (10 oz.) or eat yogurt (8 oz) and I feel fine. When I try to eat puréed meat and vegetables, some how I eat too much. Do I really have to count how many spoonfuls I can eat? Most importantly is there anything that I can do to get relief from that horrible fullness feeling? I have heard other people say that their body gives them a sign when they are full but my body keeps fooling me? I’m so frustrated and starting to dread even having this procedure!

It’s been exactly 3 weeks since I had the gastric sleeve surgery and I’m really having difficulty adjusting to my new stomach! Specifically, I am having difficulty gauging when I’m full. I’m just starting the puréed stage and I will feel fine when I eat a few spoonfuls of food and then I will feel terribly full and it is so uncomfortable! Oddly, I can drink a Protein Shake (10 oz.) or eat yogurt (8 oz) and I feel fine. When I try to eat puréed meat and vegetables, some how I eat too much. Do I really have to count how many spoonfuls I can eat? Most importantly is there anything that I can do to get relief from that horrible fullness feeling? I have heard other people say that their body gives them a sign when they are full but my body keeps fooling me? I’m so frustrated and starting to dread even having this procedure!

I am worried with knowing when I'm full as well. Is the feeling I'm having just because, my tummy is reacting to what I'm putting in it? I thought it would be much easier to know when I was full. I think I over did it tonight. I ate a scrambled egg and then had a pudding cup. I felt like I had a huge air bubble in my throat, tummy ache, slight nausea. What does that mean? Is that dumping?? This process is really difficult.

I am worried with knowing when I'm full as well. Is the feeling I'm having just because, my tummy is reacting to what I'm putting in it? I thought it would be much easier to know when I was full. I think I over did it tonight. I ate a scrambled egg and then had a pudding cup. I felt like I had a huge air bubble in my throat, tummy ache, slight nausea. What does that mean? Is that dumping?? This process is really difficult.

FYI, it is possible that the eggs contributed to the nausea. For some reason eggs do that to me, and I'm almost 1 year post surgery. It doesn't matter how they are prepared - scrambled, fried, hard boiled - and I loved them all before surgery. Just sharing my experience.

things like protein shakes and Greek yogurt go right through you - we sometimes refer to them as slider foods. They're fine to eat/drink, but they're not going to make you feel as full as dense protein does.

Yes, at this point you should be weighing and measuring everything you put into your mouth to ensure you're staying below 1/2 cup.

Slow it waaaaaaaaay down. You could try to take a bite or two, put your fork down, wait 10 minutes. If after the 10 minutes you feel any fullness/tightness in your your stomach or chest, wait another 10 minutes, if not, take another one or two bites. Rise and repeat until you finish your pre-portioned out meal OR when 20 minutes have gone by and you still have fullness/tightness, whichever comes first.

I know this sounds tedious, but it may help you avoid the pain of overeating, and allow you to learn your body's new tolerance levels. Hopefully, once you get to know your cues and limits, you will be better able to navigate at a higher speed limit.

P.S. It still takes me a relatively long time to eat my meals at 8 months out. I learned that my stomach seems to fill up on smallish amounts of food, so I need to wait for it to digest or whatever before I put more in it. If I don't, I will start to hurt and possibly barf. And I hate hurting and barfing, so I do what I can to avoid it....i.e., eating slowly.

Edited June 22, 20197 yr by ms.sss