I’m just about 3 months post op. I’ve been eating about 4 oz per meal and losing pretty well. Tonight I had a frozen meal - it was an Amy’s Cheese Enchilada Meals - with beans and corn. I ate the whole meal. I didn’t feel overly full and when I recorded it (I track my protein) it was almost 9 ounces!!! How did I even eat that much?! Terrified I stretched my pouch or something - though I really didn’t feel overly full!

You won't permanently stretch out your pouch over one meal. It takes overeating repeatedly over time.

Also keep in mind that ounces of protein is a measurement of their weight, not volume. While 4 ounces of most meats will be about the same size, the 4 ounce rule doesn't apply to other things. The only thing where we generally use ounces as a volume measurement is liquid ounces.

It takes 2 years of consistent over eating to stretch a pouch. Chances ore if you ate too much you would feel uncomfortable. You will be okay.

I think some of us imagine after surgery we will only ever be able to eat a few mouth fulls at a time but the reality is you should be able to eat a normal serving something and I don't mean the giant portions you when eating out. So eating a serving of a frozen meal is considered a normal size serving

Edited October 16, 20223 yr by SleeverSk

This.

Some people have weird expectations in the long run. However, sometimes I think their surgeons even fuel that expectation or at least they do nothing to combat that (false) expectation.

Dr. Weiner has an interesting video about growing portion sizes on YT. Interesting chart at about 1:30 min

1 hour ago, summerset said:

Dr. Weiner has an interesting video about growing portion sizes on YT. Interesting chart at about 1:30 min

Great video, thanks for posting

It also sheds some light on the often poor results in regards to weight loss after revision surgery (exception seems to be band to bypass; these patients often seem to have good results).

Nah… one meal won’t stretch you. Some foods just go down, settle and digest quicker than others. If a food settles too easily I will tread carefully as I don’t want to fall back into bad habits

On 10/16/2022 at 9:06 AM, summerset said:

This.

Some people have weird expectations in the long run. However, sometimes I think their surgeons even fuel that expectation or at least they do nothing to combat that (false) expectation.

Dr. Weiner has an interesting video about growing portion sizes on YT. Interesting chart at about 1:30 min

Really useful - thank you !