Can anyone else eat a good amount of food at a month out??

[swizzly 901]

FWIW, I have always felt I could eat more (and much more easily) than a lot of people on here as well. I've been on full solids since day four post-op, and though I took a fairly conservative approach at first, I could eat a whole egg straight away. I could probably eat an egg and a half at this point, likely not two. My plan calls for three meals and three Snacks per day, and I usually get in 800-1000 calories per day. I am fine with that, my past experience of doing 400-600 calories per day was absolute shit on my body. If I lose more slowly, that's okay.

The other day I was out shopping and walking around town all day and I realised I was starving, so ducked into a (new!) Burger King that has just come to town and had a cheesburger -- I took off the top bun, ate half the burger with bottom bun, then ate just the remaining meat without any bun. So about 1/3 of the total bun + the entire meat/cheese patty. And I was full after, but not overly so. It went down well and I felt awesome after. I can eat bread, Pasta no problem. I'm not a huge fan of rice, so I don't even bother. I eat 30g of bran flakes (about 1/2 cup) + about 2oz of milk over it and that makes a nice satisfying Breakfast.< /p>

There are not foods I can't tolerate, and I don't have to chew like a madwoman or eat sloooooowly. I was briefly inclined to become neurotic and anal about it, but then I figured, meh, feck it -- I am enjoying post-op life and getting in a lot of quality food. I feel like I'm doing very well.

I also drink coffee every day and have an occasional glass of wine. Very occasional. This is Europe, it's all allowed no problem.

[Hip 2]

Thanks for your post Swizzly!

[Mystee 2]

One thing we all need to keep in mind is that Hip is male so it is possible they gave him a bigger stomach because of that fact. It would be nice if more men had posted here for him to compare with.