how much can you take in?

[pammie37 103]

I am having a tough time recognizing when I get full til its too late ..I am 8 days out and I "eat" about every 4 hours about 3 oz of soup..I take about 15-20 min to eat and by the time the last spoon goes in..PAIN!!!! Why cant I "feel" the full feeling before this???? So frustrating.. and yes I have cut back..lol..still happens..I am lucky to get 300 cal in a day

[pottergirl 261]

i still mess up....i measure all my food.....sometimes i can eat it all and sometimes i throw some away

[PdxMan 4,292]

It tells me your stomach can't handle 3 oz. Cut it back to 2 oz for awhile and eat more often.

[Threetimesacharm 1,400]

You may also be eating too fast, to big of a spoonful; use small spoons and take small sips of Soup.< /p>

[sastexan4u@yahoo.com 43]

I'm about 10 days out (postop) I can only do a little at a time I set my timer on my Iphone for every 10- mins and then set it again for 15 mins when I eat to slow down I use baby slips cups and do 1-oz.at a time I all so use baby spoons.. and slip slips If I eat to fast man...o man PAIN...good luck to your new life It takes time for the brain get use to a new stomach size...

[dixiejuju 15]

I am 2 days post op. I have a lot of gas today. I have been drinking a Protein Shake, broth and some Water. With the gas pains it is hard for me to be able to tell when I am drinking too fast as I can't tell the difference between which pain is which???

[Texasgeo 49]

I am 2 days post op. I have a lot of gas today. I have been drinking a Protein shake, broth and some Water. With the gas pains it is hard for me to be able to tell when I am drinking too fast as I can't tell the difference between which pain is which???

Buy gasx strips, they help a lot.

[Texasgeo 49]

I am having a tough time recognizing when I get full til its too late ..I am 8 days out and I "eat" about every 4 hours about 3 oz of soup..I take about 15-20 min to eat and by the time the last spoon goes in..PAIN!!!! Why cant I "feel" the full feeling before this???? So frustrating.. and yes I have cut back..lol..still happens..I am lucky to get 300 cal in a day

At 8 days out you should not be worried about cals, you should be concentrating on get you Protein in. Protein helps the body, stomach, heal. I know all Dr are different, but mine has us on a liquid diet, Protein shakes, broth, ect., for the first three weeks after surgery. No Soups or pureed food till week 4. I tried a cream of broccoli Soup and it hurt bad, i went right back to shakes. you have to listen to your body everyone is different. Sounds like yours is telling you it’s not ready for the next stage. Go back to shakes for a few days and see how you feel.

Good luck, don’t push yourself to fast.

[sastexan4u@yahoo.com 43]

I agree with TexasGeo walking helps a lot and just slow down you had major surgery and recovery takes time you just had about 85% of your stomach remove my Dr said it about 4 mos be fore you can real take on food Good Luck It gets better every day ..Good Luck!!!

[Ima Loser 197]

Eat 2 oz every three hours rather then eatting 3oz every 4 hours! That should help...

[NurseGrace 509]

This is just a simple mistake in what you should be fundamentally looking for as a bariatric patient in regards to what feeling you should be searching for

Your goal should not be to get "full" your goal should be to eat enough to keep you going. Comfortably unhungry, actually.

Pushing your new tummy to absolute capacity isn't the best.

[pammie37 103]

This is just a simple mistake in what you should be fundamentally looking for as a bariatric patient in regards to what feeling you should be searching for

Your goal should not be to get "full" your goal should be to eat enough to keep you going. Comfortably unhungry' date=' actually.

Pushing your new tummy to absolute capacity isn't the best.[/quote']

I am not trying to make myself full..I am simply looking for a sign for my body to say STOP.. I am sorry if I somehow misspoke.. I am trying to follow my Dr's instructions so everything goes smooth..I really dont know otherwise. If I knew how stop eating when I was comfortably unfull I would have never needed surgery..I only wanted to compare what everyone else is eating or drinking that is new to this..I thought that's what this whole thing was about..Sorry

[moregoodtimes 331]

I am not trying to make myself full..I am simply looking for a sign for my body to say STOP.. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I am sorry if I somehow misspoke.. I am trying to follow my Dr's instructions so everything goes smooth..I really dont know otherwise. If I knew how stop eating when I was comfortably unfull I would have never needed surgery..I only wanted to compare what everyone else is eating or drinking that is new to this..I thought that's what this whole thing was about..Sorry

Just a couple of thoughts....

1 - your stomach has a massive wound and at 8 days... does not feel equipped to tell you its full... Its thinking about healing only

2 - many/most dont feel the full signal until you eat dense Protein. Even if you can drink down a whole shake pretty quickly with no discomfort, those first two ounces of dense Protein will most likely instantly give you that signal youre waiting for

Just be kind to your pour tum for now without making it deal with more than a few ounces at a time. Just keep working the program and it will work for you. Best wishes!

[Rycherchick 147]

8 inches

[Rycherchick 147]

Oh oh lol not more than 4 table spoons. 6 wks post op