Calling All Long Term Sleevers: How Much Food Does Your Stomach Hold Now?

[coops 1,790]

Great post...

At 18mths I can still eat between 6-8 oz of food in one sitting, this provides me with a good sense of fullness... anything more and I get horrible. I have started to weigh my food again, because I want to get to goal and to see how Mr Sleeve was doing... so, I can eat the same amount now as I could at 6mths with the same sense of fullness.

Hope this helps ...

[Indymom 132]

I'm only 5 months out - so I'm not a long-term veteran - but I am at about 4-5 oz capacity. Here are some examples of what I eat at each meal.

lunch ~ costco chicken burger (about 4 oz) and 3-4 sliced cucumbers

dinner ~ 1 oz cooked Pasta (probably 1/8th of a cup if I measured it that way), 2 turkey meatballs, sauce and a tiny side salad (and a few nibbles of garlic bread, yum!).

Breakfast ~ 1/4 cup egg beaters, 1 oz Canadian bacon, 1/2 oz shredded 2% cheese, 1 sliced mushroom and a bit of diced Tomato.< /p>

[lsereno 2,525]

I'm 7.5 months out.

Here's a typical day:

Wake up: Soy Milk Latte

Breakfast: 1/2 slice whole wheat toast, 1 C. Greek Yogurt made into smoothie with 2 strawberries, a splash of OJ, 1/2 C. Water, and 2 T Splenda

Lunch: Lowfat string cheese, 2 oz. lowfat Salami, 5 whole wheat wheat thin crackers, little cutie tangerine

Dinner: 3 oz. chicken, 1/4 cup potatoes, 1/3 cup vegetables

After dinner snack: 1/2 apple with 2 t. Peanut Butter

Lynda

[Dooter 1,457]

Very good. This is encouraging.

[Dooter 1,457]

Wow. I wrote this forever ago! 2 1/2 years out, and I can eat a lot more than i'm happy about. I can easily eat about 8 oz. of almost anything. Straight Protein gets uncomfortable after 6 oz, but anything else.... I can hold too much, so i can't get sloppy.

[kungfuaaron 27]

Great post! As a 6'2" man I was concerned weither I wouldn't get enough callories with the standard size stomach that they leave you with. My Dr explained that because I am anatomical larger than a smaller- shorter person and as such I am left with a larger pouch. So this question my have some variables such as size and height. I am on soft foods and can eat a little over a cup at a meal with NO issues.

[Carol1560 45]

WOW, I am really suprised at some of these answers.

WIth me, it depends on what I am trying to eat. But if you follow the rules, Protein first

The Protein is much denser and is sitting heavy in the tummy.

So I can eat like medium chicken breast and maybe 1/2 cup of salad.

I am thirteen months out. I still feel restriction and get hiccups.

[mochax 50]

I'm 15 months out and here are a few typical meals I've had over the past month. 1 egg, 2 pieces of bacon and 1/2 a piece of toast 1 piece of super supreme pizza, hand tossed dough, didn't eat the crust 1/2 a sandwhich with 5-6 chips 2 string cheese with 4 crackers 1 cup cottage cheese 1 Jr Bacon cheeseburger from Wendy's w/o the bottom bun 3oz steak and two bites sides 1/2 a side salad and 1 bone of ribs + 2 bites of a side dish. 3 chicken wings and 2 french fries After each of these meals I am positively stuffed meaning I would get sick if I ate one more bite.

This was a good example to share. Thanks! Makes me feel like I can still have a tiny window or normal, just restricted some, which is fine.