Gastric sleeve full feeling

[maddie86 2]

Hi everyone

I am currently 6 weeks post op, was just wondering what some of you experience when you are "full" although I get full on most dense Protein, but it's not really "I'm stuffed" full - it just feels like food at the back of my throat... Will I get more restriction soon? I've heard stomach nerves are still healing? Any advice would be greatly appreciated

[BRG 39]

Do you want to feel "I'm stuffed"?

[maddie86 2]

I guess so... Isn't that the purpose of the surgery lpl

[BRG 39]

No it's not the point.

[Savedbygrace22 28]

Maddie86

Are you still eating mushy stage foods?

You want to eat very slowly, putting your fork down between bites. Chew Very well for what seems like an over exaggeration. Swallow, rest, then take another tiny bite. Concentrate between bites on how your stomach feels. When you feel food in your stomach moving around and you have had several tiny bites with rest between them; and these tiny bites would equal to about 3 normal pre sleeve bites; then you have probably had enough. When you start to feel saity, but could still eat more if you choose, but you really are not hungry anymore; it's time to stop eating. We need to eat very slowly because when we do not, before our stomach has time to get the message to the brain that we are full; we have already over eaten and food will back up the throat. It takes 20 min for the stomach to get the message to the brain that the stomach is full. Some people start to burp and hiccough when they are too full. I like to stop before that happens, and it only takes one bite too many to get that unpleasant process started. :-)

So we must eat slowly and get to know our new tool. I just started puréed foods yesterday. I think I can make it now. You will do well, you just have to get to know your new tool slowly.

You will feel more compression when your stomach completely heals and when you are on regular, or at least more dense foods. Remember always to eat your Protein first.When we get all the rules down it will be easier to get through our meals. Hang in there. We got this.

Edited May 20, 2014 by Savedbygrace22

[maddie86 2]

Thank you so much! That is the answer I am looking for! And here I am worrying I have stretched my stomach lol thank you!!