Bust Open My Sleeve

[Miriam 50]

I seem to graze VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERY SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOWLY then.

Here's what I packed today for Breakfast snack and lunch:

4 oz of ribeye steak (all visible fat trimmed).

6 oz of Greek Yogurt (blueberry Chobani)

1 baby bell cheese

Handful of grape tomatoes

6 raisin rosemary crisps from Trader Joes (these are so freaking good!)

1 chicken noodle Cup a Soup

Calories: 541, Fat 15.5 g, Carbs 41.8, Protein 57.4

I just eat what I want when I feel like it. What I don't eat, I will eat later for dinner or something. I'm usually spot on though. I guess I'm trying to train myself to eat until satisfied and not full. I DO NOT like the feeling of a full stomach anymore so this is why I probably eat this way - the slow grazing.

dinner will be lean meat and a veggie and still have me under 800 calories and 65-70 grams of Protein.< /p>

I don't know if I could eat that much even with slow grazing - my sleeve just doesn't have the capacity at the moment. Oh, and I really don't have that much patience :-) But I know that eventually I will be able to get more in and I do NOT want to get back into the habit of grazing for when that happens. If it works for you, though, that's great.

[christine50 9]

I am so glad that I am not the only slow learner.

[aviiva 140]

How do you fit in the Water if you graze I am still trying to balance everything do you wait 30 minutes before and after eating. Do you have to wait with yogurt

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[Catracks 865]

How do you fit in the Water if you graze I am still trying to balance everything do you wait 30 minutes before and after eating. Do you have to wait with yogurt

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Yogurt for me slides right through. What I am trying to say is that I have never been able to not drink all the time. I don't have set meal times per se and I don't wait :30 before and after food to drink.

Sometimes I cut back on the solids and have a Protein shake or now that summer is here, Protein ice cream! I love my ice cream maker!

Yes yogurt would come under that 30 minute rule.

I'd never advise anyone to do what I do. My weight loss seems just peachy. I'm off a stall and back to about 1/2 pound a day weight loss.

Yes, very slow eating over the course of the day seems to work for me as I really hate that full feeling. I feel in control of my eating for the first time in my life and it is good!

[swilke 3]

Wow. Thanks everyone. I'm almost 6 weeks out. I've done well, I think. I have lost 18-20 lbs and about 3 inches almost everywhere. I seem to be In a holding spot teetering 177-179 for over a week now. I see

To be able to eat too much. Well it seems to much because I'm full and often am nervous about busting open my stomach/stitches. I eat too fast too though I have not gotten sick. Very uncomfortable. I think I'm eating slow. Well i am compared to what I used to. I have this other problem. If someone could help???? It's a bit embarrassing, but i am constipated really bad. I've been taking 2 dulcolax moved it to 3 tonight. And eating 2-3 prunes. I had veggies last night and today. And I ate some spinach instead of lettuce in my salad. Hmmmmm any ideas? I think I'm not getting enough Water maybe 40 oz

[kczar 166]

The combination of surgery, Protein and lack of adequate Water is probably to blame. Miralax or Milk of Magnesia should help.

[swilke 3]

Thank you

[Miriam 50]

I have this other problem. If someone could help???? It's a bit embarrassing, but i am constipated really bad. I've been taking 2 dulcolax moved it to 3 tonight. And eating 2-3 prunes. I had veggies last night and today. And I ate some spinach instead of lettuce in my salad. Hmmmmm any ideas? I think I'm not getting enough Water maybe 40 oz

I also had terrible Constipation a few weeks out of surgery. In the end, the only thing that really helped was a laxative. After that, I found that regular exercise made a big difference.