Too much food?

[srpiccollo 19]

I have been doing really well since day one. Never any pain, vomiting or anything at all. I try I make myself wait 2-4 hours to eat since I never feel full but always want to eat. My issue is I can easily eat a regular meal and I'm only 6 weeks out. I was given the ok for regular food and everything but am concerned I hurting myself by eating. Here is my normal day: 64-80 ounces of Water Breakfast -shake, snack- 2 hard boiled eggs, lunch 6" inch subway veggie sub, snack 1 sugar free Jello, dinner 4 oz baked white fish. I average 700 calories a day, get in at least 63 Protein and average 22 grams of fat. My doctor doesn't seem concerned but reading all these stories about gaining it back and only able go eat 2 ounces of food is freaking me out. I still lose 2 pounds a week (same as I always did when I was only doing 400 calories in the beginning.) so scale is really slow but always has been. I am down 18 pounds since surgery. That seems like nothing for 6 freaking weeks but I am still happy. Anyone one else like this? I know I eat fast but gave trying to slow down and chew more. I always following the wait to eat rules too. I guess I just want some input from others who are having same experiences or had them. Thanks in advance.

[Pelekania 156]

I am curious...are you eat bread with your veggie sub?

[eerica30 12]

I read another post similar to yours, she found out the did not cut enough of her stomach. Make sure that's not the case with you.

[sarahzamudio1091 185]

Wow , that's a lot !

I wish I could. Eat a 6 inch sub !!that would last me all day !! I'm 3 months post op .

[PdxMan 4,292]

I am curious...are you eat bread with your veggie sub?

I'm curious about this, too. I am almost 21 months out and I can eat half of a 6" Subway tuna sub with the bread.

[fyre_storm 1,412]

I eat a full six inch sans the bread and I'm 5 months out

[sharonintx 1,275]

I want a Subway sandwich! If you are still losing weight at a pace you are comfortable with and not feeling sick I would go for it. You'll get a lot of replies about that being way too much etc. but we are all different and there shouldn't be a 'normal' that applies to every person.

[kyllfalcon 768]

This comes up every now and again. Being sleeved reduces the circumference of the stomach, but not the length. Stomach length varies greatly. My surgeon showed our group photos of actual stomachs he had sleeved, the shorted being just a few inches long and the longest at 19 inches!! It looked enormous!!

Anyway, that longer stomach even though sleeved will hold a lot more food than the shorter sleeved stomach.

I think mine is longer than average, because I can eat more than most too. But I lost weight anyway.

[MommyofFive 243]

Maybe it has something to do with heights. I can't eat more than 3 bites of a subway sandwich and can't finish an entire boiled egg without feeling like I ate a rock and I'm only 4' 11 and 1/2.

[srpiccollo 19]

Yes I ate most of the bread Pn the sub. I am making good choices nothing fried or too high in carbs. My doctor did testing and said everything was normal. My only vice would be pizza and I had one piece last week but could have eaten more that. I limit myself on calories and even if I am hungry dont eat most days. I tell myself this is a tool and I can't be crazy about it. So I write out my calories daily with a food journal. If I have enough calories to eat a slice and it is around I have it. I don't have pizza in my house often and cook 95% of the time so this will work for me. If I was around it more I could see it as my down fall and asked my family to not bring it home. I am short 5 foot 2. So I assumed my sleeve would be short. I also am a type 1 diabetic and have a few other auto immune disorders. I am wondering if that matters. My doctor have done thousands of sleeves but has never had a patient who is a type 1 diabetic and had all my autoimmune issues. I just wonder if that us somehow playing a role in my sleeve if steel. It just seems too good to be true so I am trying to be careful.

[dixiejuju 15]

Wow ' date=' that's a lot !

I wish I could. Eat a 6 inch sub !!that would last me all day !! I'm 3 months post op .[/quote']

Sorry wrong response.

[dixiejuju 15]

I read another post similar to yours' date=' she found out the did not cut enough of her stomach. Make sure that's not the case with you.[/quote']

How did she find out they didn't cut enough out? What did they do??

[eerica30 12]

How did she find out they didn't cut enough out? What did they do??

She had a ultrasound

[dixiejuju 15]

She had a ultrasound

Did they redo her surgery??

[eerica30 12]

She ended up going to another Docor. And yes they did.