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Ive been reading alot of books about gastric bypass though Im planning on being banded Ive only found two books on banding and though the procedures are different I believe I ultimatly could benefit from the experience of others and tips and tricks they use.

Ok so to the point I came across this cheese Test

The cottate cheese test its a test to see how big your stomach pouch is. So heres my plan I plan to try it pre band and then again after band. JUst figured it would be interesting to see how big my stomach currently really is.

I was wondering if anyone else has come across this or done this? and would they be willing to share there results.

So after I hit the market tomorrow I should be able to test it on Friday morning I'll post what I find.

Eva

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ok so pre band I can eat about 7oz and Im stuffed funny how I can drink way more then that but thats all the cottage cheese I could eat before I wanted to hurl in those 5 mins. I guess I'll try this after with my band and see what happens.

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Interesting - I'm pretty sure I could eat more in the afternoon than I could first thing in the morning though - I can sometimes get tight even on yogurt in the morning.

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Eva, I dont know that you are going to like the results if you do this after banding. If you do it before you get any fills the cottage cheese may be able to easily go through your band thus not giving you the results you wanted. If you wait until you have some restriction and you eat to see how much you can eat you will probably make yourself sick?

Either way good luck! Why not just ask your doctor how big your new pouch is after surgery?

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