Weighing food

[alindsey 230]

Since I went to Mexico I don't have a NUT to check up with so I'm curious who is weighing food and how much are they eating!? I'm 3 1/2 weeks post op! TIA!

[laguerr13 993]

4oz for me, I was sleeved june10th, they say I can get up to 6oz but it takes awhile I'm more than ok with that

[JamieLogical 8,713]

Since I went to Mexico I don't have a NUT to check up with so I'm curious who is weighing food and how much are they eating!? I'm 3 1/2 weeks post op! TIA!

You shouldn't be that general in your statement. Many Mexico surgeons have nutritionists on staff that will continue to monitor your progress and answer your questions post-op. I am 10 months post-op yesterday and I just emailed my nutritionist with a question about 2 weeks ago and she got back to me within an hour or two and this was on a Sunday night! Not all Mexican surgical teams are created equal. I don't wan't someone to read your post and think they can't get adequate follow-up care if they use a Mexican surgeon.

As for weighing food, I did a lot in the first couple of months post-op because I had a hard time "eyeballing" the correct amounts. I was told (by my exellent nutritionist) to start off with no more than 2 ounces once I was on soft/pureed foods. So I weighed out my cottage cheese and such into little 2 ounce plastic containers (meant for baby food I think?). As I progressed and moved onto solid foods, I worked my way up to being able to eat 3-4 ounces of meat. I still weighed my food for a while at that point just to get a really good sense of what 4 oz. looked like. Once I had the hang of it, I didn't weigh my food anymore except when I wanted to "spot-check" and make sure I wasn't misjudging.