Why I Dont Feel Full

[Mslnzee2010 83]

Okay so today makes 2 weeks that I had surgery I have been following the stages of the diet but it seems when I eat I don't feel full. Well I feel satisfied but not stuffed which is the way I use to eat in the past which is how I got so big. I feel my surgery is not really working I mean I haven't had any complications at all so I am wondering if this is really working for me

[Mslnzee2010 83]

I don't feel hungry either so maybe it just all in my head not sure anyone else feel like this?

[SLEEVEDNBEAUTIFUL 42]

Okay so today makes 2 weeks that I had surgery I have been following the stages of the diet but it seems when I eat I don't feel full. Well I feel satisfied but not stuffed which is the way I use to eat in the past which is how I got so big. I feel my surgery is not really working I mean I haven't had any complications at all so I am wondering if this is really working for me

What stage are you in with eating? What I have learned is that with the sleeve you will not get stuffed as in the past. If so you have over eaten and you will get slimmies. Satisfied is your new stuffed. Make sure your hydrated and getting in protien. That will help in you feeling full.This is a new journey and you will have new adjustments. Don't worry your full.

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

1. Head hunger (we are used to eating larger quantities and it is hard to for the mind to adjust). Most of us have gone through this.

2. Early on you maybe don't have all the sensations due to nerve damage - this is a good reason to measure your food in the first couple of months - if you can't trust your stomach or your eyes - that was certainly my situation.

3. You are way too early to declare failure... you are in the healing phase. Honestly, it isn't until you are far enough out to be on solids and really settled into that the full benefit of the sleeve is realized.

Hang in there - it gets easier!

[JonathanS 75]

Mslnzee2010, today is my official 2 week mark too. I understand what your going through. Things just feel differently for me now then they used to. I drink 2 Protein shakes a day during work and 54 oz of crystal total. By the time I get home from work, I am hungry. So I go to my Soups (without pasta) for dinner. I have been eating a really nice Soup I found from Panera (Chicken). I don't puree it. It is so well cooked that everything is mostly mush to begin with. What little chunks I do get I chew about 40 times to insure they will pass through my new pouch. This gives me a satisfied feeling for awhile. I then make sure I get all my liquids in and it is time for bed.

Let me warn you. I went a little crazy yesterday and decided to eat some cooked broccoli that was on the stove. I was 3 stems in when I finally realized what I was doing. Let me just say that I was uncomfortable for the rest of the night. It was a lesson well learned. Some habits just die hard. I'm used to walking by and grabbing a taste of whatever is cooking. It was not a fun experience and not one that I will be repeating. I was fully aware that my new pouch works!

[doxieville 799]

Also, it's really hard to fill full on liquids. When you start eating solid Protein it's a whole new ball game. :-)

[Robyn Owens-Miille 132]

You will start feeling full as you progress onto solid foods. Measure, measure, measure & chew, chew, chew your food and don't over eat. Trust me, puking hurts!!!!!

[doxieville 799]

Jonathan, my surgeon & NUT explained to me that my new tummy needed to rest & heal before giving it any food to digest. Even well chewed solids were bad news bcs the tummy sees it as needing to digest it. Unlike w solids, it just lets those pass thru. So your tummy wasn't ready to churn on the broccoli. But, ur doc may have told u something diff. The one consistent thing w WLS is how diff all the plans are. :-)

[JonathanS 75]

Jonathan, my surgeon & NUT explained to me that my new tummy needed to rest & heal before giving it any food to digest. Even well chewed solids were bad news bcs the tummy sees it as needing to digest it. Unlike w solids, it just lets those pass thru. So your tummy wasn't ready to churn on the broccoli. But, ur doc may have told u something diff. The one consistent thing w WLS is how diff all the plans are. :-)

You are absoultley right! That is why I claim an episode of temporary insanity! My plan calls for solid foods @ week 3 and vegetables are way down the road. I have been feeling like my old self for awhile and I just wasn't thinking. It however did one thing and that was to prove to me that my stomach is indeed smaller. Back to the soft Soups for me! They feel so much better! :-)

[OneManWolfpack 180]

Man, I'm on the opposite end as the OP. I wish I didn't feel constantly full. Since I'm only 6 days post-op I'm still in the stage of forcing myself to try to get my fluids in... and failing miserably (yesterday finally got up to 36 oz total -- still way low). I know it will slowly progress, but for now I can;t even imagine eating actual food. And like Jonathan I slipped up last night when I woke up and went to the fridge to get some water: poured it in a regular cup and instinctively took two semi-big gulps before realizing what I was doing -- OUCH!!! My stomach wailed angrily at me and I definitely made a promise to myself not to sleepwalk anymore

[doxieville 799]

I think that we've all had that moment of forgetting and then the big uhoh! I did the same thing with water!! OUCH!!

As for not being able to drink much yet, it took me and many others on here a good 2 weeks to get the Fluid intake up. Just keep at it! Don't let yourself get dehydrated. This isn't the time to 'diet'. Breyers low carb popsicles saved me when i was recently sleeved.

[Mslnzee2010 83]

Man' date=' I'm on the opposite end as the OP. I wish I didn't feel constantly full. Since I'm only 6 days post-op I'm still in the stage of forcing myself to try to get my fluids in... and failing miserably (yesterday finally got up to 36 oz total -- still way low). I know it will slowly progress, but for now I can;t even imagine eating actual food. And like Jonathan I slipped up last night when I woke up and went to the fridge to get some water: poured it in a regular cup and instinctively took two semi-big gulps before realizing what I was doing -- OUCH!!! My stomach wailed angrily at me and I definitely made a promise to myself not to sleepwalk anymore <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wacko.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote']

I was like you in the beginning but now I can get all my liquids in I'm not getting that Protein in like I should be getting in I think that's why I'm not feeling full.

[JonathanS 75]

Protein is the key. I really like Premier Protein. I get it at my local Sam's Club. It is the best tasting that I have found. It is also premixed so you don't end up with all that extra air from the shaker bottle.

[doxieville 799]

Protein is the key. I really like Premier Protein. I get it at my local Sam's Club. It is the best tasting that I have found. It is also premixed so you don't end up with all that extra air from the shaker bottle.

That's what I drink also. Good stuff!!

[Threetimesacharm 1,400]

I was like you in the beginning but now I can get all my liquids in I'm not getting that Protein in like I should be getting in I think that's why I'm not feeling full.

Like the other poster said you shouldn't be feeling "full" just a satisfied feeling. If you are full you have eaten too much you have to listen to your body and learn to hear the triggers for, I've had enough. Burping, coughing, hiccups just some of the things people experience. For some of us we know just when to stop.