Too much food?

[Ssearle 2]

I was sleeved on 9/28, and have had an absolute textbook recovery; walking over a mile five days after surgery, doing laundry, getting in all my Water & Protein, and back to work a week after surgery. My question is this: now that I am on puréed food, I thought I would recognize the "full" feeling. I ate a 5.3 oz. cup of oikos yogurt for lunch. Since my dietician said my stomach would initially hold 2ounces, shouldn't I feel stuffed? I feel like I'm satisfied, but not full like I overate. Does the puréed food pass through very quickly like the liquids? Will I not feel truly full until I am on regular food? Doing great, but feeling a little confused.

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[KristenLe 5,979]

@@Ssearle You should be measuring your food and sticking with the recommended portions. Something like yogurt is going to go through your sleeve rapidly - you won't necessarily feel full. The goal isn't to feel full anyway - just satisfied.

[heidikat72 935]

You are not yet fully healed and therefore shouldn't rely on feelings of fullness. Also you won't really feel your restriction until you take in dense Protein like chicken. Yogurt actually counted as a liquid on my plan so it definitely won't give you the same feeling as if you had eaten dense protein. As Kristen said, right now you really need to measure your portions and stick with it and accept that the goal isn't to eat until you feel full or stuffed.

[Ssearle 2]

What are the recommended portions? My puréed & liquid diets just gave guidelines of 60-80 grams of Protein & 60 ounces of liquid every day and 500-800 calories per day. No mention of portion size.

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[Butch Luce 100]

I am 3 1/2 weeks post op. Can eat puréed chicken and ground turkey and veggies. About 1/2 cup I feel stuffed. I ate too much one time and it seemed to "get stuck" in my throat. So, I stick to 1/2 cup of whatever it is and quit. I agree that yogurt passes through pretty quickly but again, I try to eat no more than 1/2 cup. I also bought a variety of Bariatric Pal Protein Soups and they are pretty good much they pass on through pretty quickly and it's not long before you think you need to eat again. Good luck!

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[KristenLe 5,979]

What are the recommended portions? My puréed & liquid diets just gave guidelines of 60-80 grams of Protein & 60 ounces of liquid every day and 500-800 calories per day. No mention of portion size.

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At 3 weeks mine is 1-2 ozs and goes to 2-4ozs soon after. No limit on liquids.

[Ssearle 2]

Thanks, everyone!

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[breuxo 78]

yogurt is a slider food it's basically liquid goes through just like Water which is why you should measure it out

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[ginabee38 91]

yogurt is a slider food it's basically liquid goes through just like Water which is why you should measure it out

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Aha! This was so good for me to read! I am still pre-op, but I have been eating a lot of soft high-protein foods like greek yogurt (with chia seeds to slow down the digestion), plain cottage cheese and ricotta cheese. I tend to eat 2 of these in the morning, around 8 and 11, but I find myself still hungry (stomach hunger, mostly). Maybe I need to eat more *dense proteins*, but I don't eat meat, so it's hard. I do eat fish (such as tuna), but I don't like to bring it to work so much.

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[KristenLe 5,979]

@@ginabee38 Beans, hard boiled eggs, add veggies to your meals.

[ginabee38 91]

@@ginabee38 Beans, hard boiled eggs, add veggies to your meals.

Thank you! Tonight I added some fresh raw broccoli and some large grape tomatoes with some low-fat ranch dressing. I also had a veggie hod-dog (not terrible, but not even close to the real thing). My stomach-hunger is definitely better, but my head-hunger is still there. I know the head-hunger will still be there post-op, but I'm praying it lets up a bit...at least for awhile!

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[KristenLe 5,979]

@@ginabee38 I hear you - head hunger is brutal. I've been coming up with recipes for my mushy food stage that I can't have until 10/26! Lol

[ginabee38 91]

@@ginabee38 I hear you - head hunger is brutal. I've been coming up with recipes for my mushy food stage that I can't have until 10/26! Lol

So, you're still on liquids? My surgeon told me that we can go home on purees if we can tolerate it. Based on everything else I've read, it scares me a bit to go to purees so quickly. How far out are you?

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[KristenLe 5,979]

@@ginabee38 I'm still pre-op. Next Tuesday is surgery.

[ginabee38 91]

@@ginabee38 I'm still pre-op. Next Tuesday is surgery.

Keep us posted! So excited for you!

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