Post Ops: After The Two Years Is The Size Of Food The "normal Size?"

[Kiki Von Moonshine 53]

What does two pieces of pizza look like? Are we talking personal pan from pizza hut?

[Globetrotter 1,340]

The stomach contracting the other day with the tuna salad was difficult to describe, it is like the stomach is shuddering around the food and it definitely feels like a warning to not eat another bite and just back off.

[Sleeved&Hopeful 182]

This is a great and interesting thread! I think that the amount you can eat at a sitting two years out is going to be something we want to explore. It is obvious our sleeves adapt and can handle eating more. It is scary but good if you consume the right foods. I am only 7 weeks out and I already have learned about slider foods. I ate some wheat thins with tuna and I realized I ate far too many wheat thins. Those sliders realy can sabotage weight loss! I have to only grab a couple now because if I bring more I can eat them. Pretty scary! I know what everyone means about slider foods being dangerous to weight loss.

[Amanda131 214]

Sometimes, I feel like a weirdo on here.... I can definitely eat more than my sleeved friends. At one year out, I can eat a normal portion of food. I can eat about 5 oz. of Protein, a normal serving (not restaurant size) of veggies and probably a half to full serving of starch. If we are talking bad food choices, I can eat a small burger and most of a small fries. I can easily eat two slices of pizza.

Honestly, the amount I can eat scares me as I have 30 lbs. to go. I lost weight so quickly early on that I failed to learn some of the good habits that are natural to others. I'm now having to teach myself not to drink with meals, always eat Protein first, etc.

Just another perspective...

[BlackBerryJuice 349]

I'm more than 1.5 years out and no, I still can't eat a full meal anywhere. Even at restaurants that serve "normal" portions. So I doubt you will ever be able to eat what would be considered a full-sized meal.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

I don't have a pizza Hut here. The size of pizza is a thin crust regular pizza.

[Kiki Von Moonshine 53]

Oh ok. I'm in NYC, and for whatever reason, I think our portions might be bigger. I dunno. Nom nom nom. Ugh, now I'm more hungry.