Stretching

[lunarose 97]

Hi, I am two weeks post op all is good but I am having a devil of a time figuring out how much to eat. I keep overeating and feel stuffed I get a little nausea but it passes quickly. I worry that I am stretching my new sleeve out is it possible?

Nancy

[MINI-Me 196]

Nancy - don't overfret about stretching ... but try to eat a little slower. You'll find that point a little easier if you slow down a bit. Try putting your utensil down between bites, etc. I know it's hard, but you'll figure it out soon. Best of luck!

[lunarose 97]

Thanks Mini Me. Yesterday I made myself two pouched eggs they certainly didn't look like a lot but after almost finishing them I realized one would have been more then enough.

Nancy

[ouroborous 519]

I wouldn't worry about stretching, but it IS a concern, according to Dr. L. He said that particularly overeating can stretch the sleeve post-surgery. Apparently we're not as much at risk as people with an intact fundus are, but there's still some risk.

[NtvTxn 1,262]

Nancy - two eggs is a lot for two weeks post op. I'll be four months post op on the 11th and just now can eat two eggs. Since I feel no hunger, it's hard for me to tell when I'm full. My new 'hunger' or what I call hunger, is an empty feeling occasionally. I weigh my meat and measure other stuff I.E. cottage cheese, veggies etc. I can eat a half cup of cottage cheese for Breakfast now, but in the beginning I could only eat a fourth of a cup. It is just 'safer' to measure to keep from over eating. Even now, I can only eat on fourth cup of Pasta with meat sauce, along with one eighth of a cup of cottage cheese. The restriction is GREAT. I love my sleeve. I'm down 68 lbs, 23 before surgery, 45 since. Good luck - and measure/weigh - and don't push it, 2 eggs is a lot, I am sure 1 would satisfy you, maybe less than one right now.

Hi, I am two weeks post op all is good but I am having a devil of a time figuring out how much to eat. I keep overeating and feel stuffed I get a little nausea but it passes quickly. I worry that I am stretching my new sleeve out is it possible?

Nancy

[lunarose 97]

Thanks guys. I am doing better especially since I started really measuring things but also because I have finally moved away from the need to clean my plate.

Nancy