Never Full Until It's Too Late...

[tinfoil_heroine 19]

I'm having an issue...it seems I am never full. I snack all day on stuff. cheese, trail mix, dill pickles, even bad things like crackers and the odd cookie. I have a shake in the morning (had to switch to soy Protein because the whey was nauseating me), and i eat mostly tuna and chicken salads, baked fish, eggs, and other Proteins, almost no bread for meals, very few sweets other than something like fruit or maybe an ice cream.

except. unless it's too late, or when i'm in a restaurant with friends. then i get the fear, and start sneezing, stuffy nose, the whole nine. i know i'm going to be sick, and i am.

i'm a little over 2 months out (i know it's not long), but i am so afraid of a) busting staples because i've gotten sick, or stretching my pouch! what am i doing wrong? i'm trying to be slow?

[prettysleeved1 173]

Maybe if you eat your meals more slowly that will help.

[mrscastillo 32]

That happened to me with the lapband. Don't snack all day. Hats the worse you can do..... Only eat your 3 meals and 2 Snacks..... Sip Water if you get hungry or even a Protein shake..... Chew slowly.....

Also, how are you already eating all that after the sleeve surgery? I heard it took a lot longer to be able to eat like that

[CAsleeve 56]

Don't snack, but have 4-6 small meals...1/4 cup or 1/2 cup at a time and stop. Protein first (as it will help to stop hunger), then veg and fruit. cheese, trail mix, and things like that are very high calorie and fat. Stay away from empty calories, like any thing with white flour, white rice, sugar, limit cheese and dairy, etc.

[tinfoil_heroine 19]

That happened to me with the lapband. Don't snack all day. Hats the worse you can do..... Only eat your 3 meals and 2 Snacks..... Sip Water if you get hungry or even a Protein shake..... Chew slowly.....

Also, how are you already eating all that after the sleeve surgery? I heard it took a lot longer to be able to eat like that

mrscastillo, when I'm at home, I only eat 3 oz. of things like fish, and it takes me about an hour to do it. It's when I leave the house that I have issues, it seems. Those were my instructions from my surgeon. I've lost 53 lbs so far...

[tinfoil_heroine 19]

CAsleeve, thanks...I will try that starting tomorrow, and see how that works for me!

[Diane311 6]

tinfoil_heroine, you're not alone. I was sleeved 5/30/12 and I'm hungry most of the time. I know I still eat too fast, and I pay for it afterwards, but I get so hungry I can't help it. I don't snack constantly, but probably more than I should. It's such a struggle, and probably why I've only lost around 34 lbs...... :-(

[kimbernada 190]

What works for me at a restaurant is that I portion out what I know I can eat, maybe even a little less. Then the rest is boxed up. It's too easy sometimes to miss those cues about getting full when I'm with my friends or family.

[kimbernada 190]

One other thought, I like to "eat by the clock" if I can.

• I get up 5 am during the week.
  
• I have Breakfast at 6 am (shake, egg, etc.).
  
• Then at work, I have my snack at 9 am (shake, 15 pistachios, or 1/2 a Luna Protein bar).
  
• Lunch with my team is typically 11-ish.
  
• I have my next snack at about 2:30 (shake, 15 pistachios, or 1/2 a Luna protein bar)
  
• Supper is about 5:30 (varies)
  
• My last snack (sugar free popsicle or sugar free fudgesicle)
  
• And... bed at 9 pm