Valeriesaum 2 Posted July 12, 2012 I'm 4 weeks out and am only supposed to be eating 2 ounces. But I have no problem eating 4. Maybe more, but I haven't pushed it. I started on solids today and it was better, but not much. I'm eating slowly. This worries me. I hear so many people say they barely get their 2 oz in and feel like they're gonna vomit. Anyone have this problem? Val Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angelakay2 117 Posted July 12, 2012 I am 4 weeks out today and worry about the same thing. I feel like I can eat 4 ounces. Do you get hungry within an hour or 2 of eating? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MinaT 669 Posted July 12, 2012 I am 5 weeks out and I can barely get in 1/4 cup of Soup, and I can get in about 1 to 1 to 1.25 ounces of tuna with ff mayo & 3 teaspoons of 1% cottage cheese. I also had hernia repair, adhesion removal and some serious complication that caused my surgery to run to 7 hours, when the anesthesiologist dropped the esophageal tube into my stomach while the doctor was stapling and it got stapled in me. It took 5 hours for them to remove it and I think there was some compromise of the size going from my esophagus into my stomach, though I was told there was none. I just started pureed foods so it's definitely harder to tell. I was only able to eat 1/2 cup of sf pudding at a time, but I did get an entire pudding cup down, so that's a big improvement for me. I have Lupus, so I think I'm a slower healer also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LindaS 316 Posted July 12, 2012 It really depends on what you are eating. There are some things I can eat quite a bit of, but foods that are dense in Protein are usually very limited in quantity. I found that refried Beans tend to fill me up very quickly. Even at 11 months out, I can't eat 3 ounces of them. 1 MinaT reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sherry77 166 Posted July 12, 2012 I am 5 weeks out and I can barely get in 1/4 cup of soup' date=' and I can get in about 1 to 1 to 1.25 ounces of tuna with ff mayo & 3 teaspoons of 1% cottage cheese. I also had hernia repair, adhesion removal and some serious complication that caused my surgery to run to 7 hours, when the anesthesiologist dropped the esophageal tube into my stomach while the doctor was stapling and it got stapled in me. It took 5 hours for them to remove it and I think there was some compromise of the size going from my esophagus into my stomach, though I was told there was none. I just started pureed foods so it's definitely harder to tell. I was only able to eat 1/2 cup of sf pudding at a time, but I did get an entire pudding cup down, so that's a big improvement for me. I have Lupus, so I think I'm a slower healer also.[/quote'] OMG that sounds terrible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boots321 42 Posted July 12, 2012 I can eat 3 maybe 4 ounces at 5 weeks out....yes, I'm hungry every 2 hours. 3 serenekolaski, MinaT and angelakay2 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angelakay2 117 Posted July 12, 2012 I can eat 3 maybe 4 ounces at 5 weeks out....yes, I'm hungry every 2 hours. I'm glad I am not the only one who is hungry. I get full and the next thing I know, I'm hungry! 3 MinaT, ShouldBlittler and Iwant2Bthatgirl reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kamrie37 134 Posted July 12, 2012 I am 4 weeks out. It seems like I can eat a lot too. I also get hungry w/in a couple hours of eating. Today's food so far: B- Chiboni yogurt 6 oz.. I ate the whole thing. L- 7 shrimp w/ cocktail sauce (tiny shrimp) Later I ate the other 6. It was a total of 3 oz of shrimp. I weighed it at home. S- A Frigo lite cheese stick dinner - I am eating meatloaf. I measured out about 3 1/2 - 4 ounces of meatloaf. I will probably only eat half. Here are the stats in My Fitness Pal but including the whole meatloaf: Calories Carbs Fat Protein Breakfast Calories Carbs Fat Protein Chobani Greek Yogurt - 0% Peach Non-Fat 6oz (170g), 6 oz 140 20 0 14 Frigo - Light String cheese, 1 Cheese stick 60 0 3 8 Add Food Quick Tools 200 20 3 22 lunch Generic - Shrimp, 85 g 80 0 1 17 Add Food Quick Tools 80 0 1 17 dinner Mccormick - Cocktail Sauce, Original, 1/8 cup (60mL) 45 10 0 1 Hunt's Meatloaf, 1/8 of recipe 210 13 8 22 Add Food Quick Tools 255 23 8 23 Snacks Add Food Quick Tools Totals 535 43 12 62 Your Daily Goal 800 40 40 70 Remaining 265 -3 28 8 When you're finished logging all foods and exercise for this day, click here: COMPLETE THIS ENTRY Water Consumption We recommend that you drink at least 8 cups of Water a day. Click the arrows to add or subtract cups of water. Up0Down Today's food Notes Edit Note View Full Report (Printable) Calorie Counter Blog Terms Privacy Contact Us Jobs Feedback Brands Community Guidelines Copyright 2005-2012 MyFitnessPal, LLC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kamrie37 134 Posted July 12, 2012 How much are you all eating? And what types of food? Can you give me a basic breakdown? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
butterbean 30 Posted July 12, 2012 I'm 6 weeks out and I eat 9 tbsp of soft scrambled egg whites, 4 oz of tilapia, 3 oz of chicken. I haven't really had any red meat yet. I eat half a can of tuna (with a little mayo and pickle relish), 2 light cheese sticks, 1 chobani champ (for kids), etc. I would say I can handle 4 oz of most things, but the tilapia seems be the lightest. I eat a little creamed spinach with that. I do not ever get hungry. I have to make myself eat so I get my Protein in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UTGal99 327 Posted July 12, 2012 What size bougie did each person have? 1 bigkim reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Valeriesaum 2 Posted July 12, 2012 How much are you all eating? And what types of food? Can you give me a basic breakdown? I had 3 oz of yogurt for bfast, 3 oz of mashed potatoes with a little bit (1oz) of roasted pork for lunch, decried Beans with more pork for dinner.< /p> I also get hungry in between. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MinaT 669 Posted July 12, 2012 OMG that sounds terrible. The mistake made by the anesthesiologist definitely yes, but regarding food, I was never a big eater, I was just a big girl. I never ate Breakfast, lunch or Snacks, just dinner and I had zero metabolism. I also just moved to purees so instead of starting with light things, I went right to tuna and mayo, which is a lot denser, so it's a learning curve. I should have started with a few teaspoons of refried Beans instead of a heavier meat. I would still do the surgery again, my surgeon was awesome and even with the complication it was worth it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kamrie37 134 Posted July 12, 2012 I have no idea what size bougie I have. I just ate my dinner and I only ate 2 oz of the meatloaf. My counts for the day: 430 calories 37 carbs 8 fat and 51 Protein. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
backtolife 5 Posted July 12, 2012 I think I eat a lot compared to others that are nearly 5 months out. B- silk chocolate soy drink 6 oz before work out L- 4 oz refried Beans with cheese n sour cream D- about 4 oz broccoli n beef . Forgot to measure ate right from take out container S- grande nonfat carmel macchiato from Starbucks S- 1 cup all natural aged white cheddar pop corn. I'm not full. I just no I've had enough bad stuff today. So sip sip sip the rest of the night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites