How much is enough

[Tweety40 52]

I just started today my 2nd stage which is full liquids. I had my shake and some cream Soup. Cream soup went down slow, it took time to eat it. I just felt a little full, but if I took too much it hurt in my chest. And now I had a small container of pudding, which I was able to finsh.felt a little pain so I stop and waited till it went away then I continue. I was just wondering if I should stop eatting and that means I'm full. I m afraid of having too much. I hear so many on hear saying that they can't eat much of anything or a very small amount not a 4 oz pudding.

[Ronjohn 84]

I am 4 weeks post op today and one of those little sugar free puddings is too much. I can't eat an entire yogurt either. I did eat an entire pudding one time and felt like crap afterwards, so I didn't do that again.

When I try something new I always go slow and steady and watch my portion. My eyes are always bigger than my stomach...

[on the fence 2 34]

take it slow. i was also able to eat a whole chobani yogurt or an entire italian ice. once i started on purees like a crushed meatball with sauce you will definetly know what full is. some early signs are pressure possibly hiccups.reading in this forum it seems like there are alot of different feelings to what full is. i will tell you this chicken breast for me was a killer. i felt like a had a golf ball stuck in my chest not a pleasant feeling. its strange some things are no problem at all and then others seem to be troublesome. i just have to remind myself take small bites and eat slow, that seems to be the key. its hard when i have always been a fast eater.

[cindyw41 761]

Stop eating when you're satisfied, not when you're full and Meals should take 30 mins. They say to use very small spoons and that will help you not take such big bites and slow down

[Daisee68 2,493]

Yes what @@cindyw41 said. Limit yourself to eating no more than 30 minutes. (I did 20 minutes in the beginning but as I could eat more, I went to 30.) Sometimes (even still at 7 1/2 months post-op), I feel some fullness after only a few bites but it is nowhere near enough for me to get enough nutrition and if I wait about 5 minutes, that feeling goes away and then I can continue - just not more than 30 minutes! I could not eat a whole yogurt or pudding in the beginning. I would portion out half of the yogurt and add 1/2 a scoop of vanilla Protein powder (or 1/2 scoop of chocolate Protein Powder to the chocolate pudding). It makes it kind of runny, but it got more Protein in and tasted pretty good.

[Kindle 8,667]

Stop before it hurts and don't start again once you stop. Time to surrender your "Clean Plate Club" membership card. There's absolutely no reason to finish all the pudding or to eat till you're full. It's a bad habit no one ever tells you about but we all have (or had) it.

[ididit34 91]

I find it helpful to look for signs of fullness. For me I feel a little strange and then the next bite results in burps, so I take burps as I sign that I'm beyond full.

[Tweety40 52]

Thank you all for the Infomation. It helps to hear others . I go for my post op appointment with my Dr.

[losergrl75 277]

My post op put me on full liquids the day I came home from the hospital. I found 2 oz serving containers in the party section of my local Walmart and I put my yogurt, Soup, sf Jello, sf pudding, etc into those. I also bought baby spoons. Using that container and the baby spoon, it takes me 20-30 minutes to eat.

[Tweety40 52]

My post op put me on full liquids the day I came home from the hospital. I found 2 oz serving containers in the party section of my local Walmart and I put my yogurt, Soup, sf Jello, sf pudding, etc into those. I also bought baby spoons. Using that container and the baby spoon, it takes me 20-30 minutes to eat.

That is a great idea. Thank you. I'm heading there today I'll look.

[Ronjohn 84]

The above idea worked really well for the first 2-3 weeks post op. It also help provide a visual aid going forward on how much food I should be eating, which is very little.