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A couple of days ago I bought a pound of hamburger and made 8 burgers out of it. Two ounces each, right?

So it's been a couple of days and I can't eat it as fast as it will go bad so I gave each of my dogs a burger today.

My 12# dog can eat her weight in food. I can eat 2oz but... my 2# dog can eat 1.5oz.

Now, that's just weird.

Every now and again this surgery type surprises me. I never fully understood true restriction until I got sleeved. When I was banded I could either eat anything and everything or I couldn't get Water down. Nine months later and I'm still floored at real restriction.

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I noticed the same thing about my 9 pound dog. LOL

So what does restriction with the sleeve feel like compared to the band?

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I noticed the same thing about my 9 pound dog. LOL

So what does restriction with the sleeve feel like compared to the band?

It feels exactly like it did before I ever had WLS to begin with, I just get full faster now.

I was one that "full" felt different with a band. I think most experience the same, banded folks complain that they don't get full yet they PB because they ate too much. They are looking for the old full feeling and it's gone. They do feel something, it just feels different with a band. I was starting to forget what full used to feel like until I was sleeved. Now it's back to the same way it used to be.

I can eat one egg or 1/4 sandwich. I can eat 4-5oz of soft Proteins like refried Beans, lentils, etc.

One thing I like about the sleeve, there is no stoma. Things don't get stuck. I like that.

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Restriction and no getting stuck... ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. I can't wait to get this band gone... 9 days to go. LOL.

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Restriction and no getting stuck... ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. I can't wait to get this band gone... 9 days to go. LOL.

Amazing concept, eh? Shocking as a matter of fact! ;o)

No puking, sliming, foaming like a rabid dog, no stoma spewing or other assorted ways to hurl.

I did slime once when I ate too much, come to think of it. But it lasted all of about 3 minutes unlike a horrible stuck episode with a band. :frown:

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Well, I've foamed like a rabid dog. :rolleyes2: But only when I ate more than my stomach could hold. I quickly learned not to do that.

I never felt full before surgery. I'd get an inkling of it and then the feeling would be gone and I could eat more so I figured I wasn't full. With the sleeve, I can almost always tell I'm done. I can't necessarily explain it. But I know it. If I keep going, then BOY do I know it. But I can't keep going and eat another dinner again like I could before.

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Well, I've foamed like a rabid dog. :rolleyes2: But only when I ate more than my stomach could hold. I quickly learned not to do that.

I never felt full before surgery. I'd get an inkling of it and then the feeling would be gone and I could eat more so I figured I wasn't full. With the sleeve, I can almost always tell I'm done. I can't necessarily explain it. But I know it. If I keep going, then BOY do I know it. But I can't keep going and eat another dinner again like I could before.

You were a noob when you had your surgery, revisions already know how to eat. I've never foamed with a sleeve but I did slime once.

When you are stuck with a band you can slime for literally hours. Same with foaming. At least with a sleeve if something happens (at least with me) it's only for a couple of minutes.

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