Learning my pouch...question

[drw2 9]

I'm just now able to eat pureed food. Now that I'm able to "eat" I'm learning to feel the pressure in my chest telling me to stop eating.

It's hard to feel that sometimes then I overeat and it feels aweful!!!!!

So my question is, did y'all feel this way and have a hard time knowing when to stop eating? It's only happened twice but my gosh It's awful.

Btw I had gastric bypass.

[Cervidae 2,389]

I had similar issues in the beginning, but now I'm nearing 5 months out and it is much, much easier to know exactly when to stop and exactly when it's time to take another bite. It gets easier, just take this time to heal and learn your body's new language and you'll get there

[winklie 518]

@@drw2

I have this all the time. I agree it is very confusing. I am on an unrestricted diet and am adding foods VERY slowly. One of the keys is to eat without any distractions. I was skeptical at first, but did as I was told, now I understand. Eat slowly is the big key, and I am terrible at that. But it takes upwards of 15 minutes before your stoma can signal the brain it is full, that is why you get the pain first, then the full feeling. Sloooooooooooowly eat. It gets better though once you get back to solid foods. I weight everything, I have my first steak the other day. I bought a 1 pound delmonico steak, cut it in two and had 6 oz of steak after cooking. That and 3 oz of asparagus and I was full. However, I usually get hungry fairly soon after eating. After the steak, 4 hours later I was still full. More dense food will take longer to empty, leading to eating less, which increases weight loss. I am running about a pound a day for the last month. Just by eating more dense food. I get 700-1000 calories a day, all my Protein and I shoot for 80-100 oz of Water. And I am never hungry.

You'll work it out, it takes time. One piece of advice I give to new folks, get a Fitbit, for three reasons, first their website is great to log your food. Log everything that goes in your mouth. Everything. Even a tic tac (not that I would eat one) would be logged. Secondly, activity tracking. A Fitbit makes you aware of your activity and holds you responsible. You can't deny what it logs. And lastly, and this is a biggie, the heart rate sensor. One of the early signs of dumping is Tachycardia. When I am eating and unsure If I am full, or if I start to feel a bit off, first thing I do is check my heartrate. If it is elevated, guess what? You are on the verge of dumping. My resting heartrate is between 50-70 bpm, When I see it in the low 90s, I stop eating and toss whatever is left away. If you actually dump, a heartrate of 120+ bpm is not unheard of. The Fitbit is a great device and worth every penny.

[Threetimesacharm 1,400]

Measure out all of the food you are going to eat. This way if you know that 3 ounces is what you should be having you can't eat too much as you have already measured out your portion.