Eating too much?

[Mimi52 103]

I've been reading on here and most can only eat 2-3 oz at a time. My surgery was on 9/27 and I am not having issues eating 4 oz at a time. I am losing but worried eating too much. I eat about 4-5 times a day. Is this too much? I am getting about 50-60 grams of Protein a day. Adding Protein powder to meals.

Pre-surgery 211

SW 201

Now 179.4

Thanks

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[Bufflehead 6,358]

If you are losing weight and are content with how the weight loss is going, I wouldn't worry about eating too much (assuming you are not eating to the point of physical discomfort or pain, which you should never do).

If your weight loss slows down significantly or stops, you would want to reduce the amount you are eating. (Don't fall for the completely unscientific stuff about "starvation mode" or you need to eat more in order to lose weight -- if any of that were true, anorexics would be fat and people in concentration camps would be chubby).

[Mimi52 103]

Thanks for the advise Buffleheads. No not eating to point of discomfort.

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[FrankyG 1,450]

Are you weighing/measuring your food? Are you tracking what kind of food you're eating and what you're drinking? Are the levels of Protein, fats, carbs, calories and general nutrients good?

As long as you are monitoring your food and getting what you need (water/protein/etc) and still losing weight well, you're fine.

If you slow down or stall out for long period of time (over a month with no weight loss and no fat loss/muscle gain) then would be the time to make adjustments in how much and what you're eating.

[TheCurvyJones 721]

Also I will add that people romanticize not being able to eat much and tend to freak out when they can eat more than 4 bites of something. You're still eating MUCH LESS than you were before surgery and as long as you are a) not packing it in or grazing/eating when you really don't need to be and b)still losing on the amount you're eating, stay the course.

If you're tracking how much you eat and the calories you consume, you'll probably find that you're in a normal range. The Sleeve is designed to cause the body to need nutritional input every 2-4 hours. That varies depending on your body makeup and your metabolism but just because you're not existing on 300 cals a day doesn't mean you're doing it wrong.

I've been reading on here and most can only eat 2-3 oz at a time. My surgery was on 9/27 and I am not having issues eating 4 oz at a time. I am losing but worried eating too much. I eat about 4-5 times a day. Is this too much? I am getting about 50-60 grams of Protein a day. Adding Protein Powder to meals.

Pre-surgery 211
SW 201
Now 179.4

Thanks


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Edited November 10, 2016 by TheCurvyJones