When Can You Strech Your Sleeve.

[suzy1230 8]

How long after surgery can the sleeve strech?

[smileen 17]

I have heard from others and on websites 12 - 18mo. don't know I am 12 weeks eat about 1/2 cup at each meal.

[Bubbaloo10 55]

I had my surgery yesterday and got out today. My surgeon told me it would stretch some over a period of time but would probably never be able to go more than 8 oz at one sitting (two decks of cards). This is because the part they leave behind is mostly muscle that moves the food through. If you try to stretch it more than that, it's gonna hurt.

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

i was told by my NUT the sleeve doesn't "really" stretch. well maybe a little

i heard that the problem you would have with the sleeve possibly "stretching" is if you graze all day, and all day, and all day............. thats what causes it to stretch, and then regain your weight

ok experts weigh in - did i say that kindof correctly?

kathy

[Brandi Lewis 6]

I'm over a year out and mine has stretched a little Not a lot. You have to be so careful not to eat sliders you fit more of those foods in than say your Proteins. I have found at times I'll eat sliders over proteins to avoid that uncomfortable feeling of meat.< /p>

[iwantobthin 8]

What foods are considered sliders?

[viana1 16]

I'm curious about the "sliders" too?

[clk 3,519]

Sliders can be soft foods like ice cream, yogurt, custard, etc. For many of us, other foods are sliders, too. Mostly junk food! popcorn slides, as do things like chips or crunchy Cookies. Anything you can chew into tiny little bits that doesn't swell when it hits the stomach (not meat, bread, rice, Pasta, etc.) is a slider food.

The best thing to do when you first start out is to stop that pylorus up with your dense Protein first - there's more than one reason eating Protein first is a good thing! Doing this prevents you from overeating your other foods because the dense meat will take a while to digest. Sliders are an issue when you have an eating problem (like overeating, bingeing or emotional eating) and especially when you don't track every bite you put in your mouth. It's easy to "forget" to record several hundred calories if you graze all day.

And to answer the original post, you'll find an increased capacity to the point where you eat mostly normally around 6-9 months and you'll reach your "forever" capacity sometime between 9-15 months. I'm nearly two years out (21 months) and I still eat very small amounts compared to people without surgery.

It takes real work to stretch a sleeve. Not just overindulging once in a while - it takes eating to the point of pain and sickness repeatedly to stretch the stomach out and it's still never going to be even half of what it once was.

~Cheri

[Brandi Lewis 6]

My Dietition explains sliders like this. Think of your new pouch as a funnel. Sliders are foods that will easily slide through the funnel causing you not to stay full long. You want to eat foods that will block up that funnel. Like your Proteins and veggies. Stuff that will not just slide right down your funnel.