How many bites?

[BigD35 2]

I'm still pre-op. I was wondering how many bites are you able to eat for a meal? And also how many months post-op are you?

I'm trying to still get my head around this whole thing. Thanks a lot.

[ljmasterdebater 71]

well for me it depends on the food but normally like 5-6bites and I'm 10months out sometimes more like i said depending on the food

[INT125922 53]

I'm still pre-op. I was wondering how many bites are you able to eat for a meal? And also how many months post-op are you?

I'm trying to still get my head around this whole thing. Thanks a lot.

Obviously we'll all be different but here's how it went for me:

Clear liquid for 3 days after surgery and Optifast shakes from day 4 to 14. Just sipping all day, tiny bits all the time (thirsty a lot too).

Puree week 2-4 - ate 3tsp to start a meal and ate another 3tsp over the next 20 minutes (had to pause about 5 minutes between bites after the first 3).

Soft food week 4-6 whole 200ml tub yoghurt over 30 minutes (normal individual pot of yoghurt). An egg - which would make me feel full like I'd been to the buffet and had 5 plates.

Normal food week 6 not much different volume to week 4-6 but able to gradually add a little more each week

week 12 - could eat small tub fruit salad with a 90 ml valia probiotic and half an Optifast bar all at once (not that I was combining liquids with food or anything though LOL)

6mths out 75g steak and 1 tbls vege. for dinner. still only 1 egg (something about eggs). Average size prawn x 5 (hard to eat many of these for me but steak is fine ?? haha) note. Different sleevers tolerate different things - some can't do steak, some can eat heaps of prawns, some steer clear of eggs and many don't like rice anymore)

11mths out 150g steak alone. 2 scrambled eggs or 1.5 boiled (can never finish the second half of the yolk - dog likes me for it). 20 almonds. A 200ml yoghurt with 30g Can eat a lot of popcorn and vege chips - like 2 normal individual size packs.

Keeping in mind it is only the first 6 weeks that you even have to go through all this. It is a drop in the ocean. I've been on restrictive diets for longer than 6 weeks previously and been OK, this time round though I wasn't hungry or able to eat much so it was easier than I had imagined.