Dime sized pieces for the rest of our lives?...

[Rraine 6]

Hello everyone...

Just a silly question...Is it so that we will be cutting our food in dime sized pieces for the rest of our lives?...Maybe later once the pouch is somewhat a little bigger, do we still have to eat such small pieces of food...Just wondering...

[Introversion 1,876]

Nope. After the first six weeks, I was no longer cutting food into small pieces.

I am 27 months out (2 years & 3 months) and my sleeve's capacity has greatly increased since those early days. I can easily tolerate three pieces of chicken (2 drumsticks and 1 thigh), although I opt for smaller portions. The days of getting full off a few bites of food will be temporary for most people.

Good luck to you.

[Pam_2-06-2017 375]

I never really cut my food into tiny pieces but then I haven't tried steak yet and I'm 5 months post op. I really just practiced chewing my food thoroughly. I started doing that pre op when I learned my surgery date. I was surprised how little I chewed before surgery. Crazy.

[ssflbelle 829]

1 1/2 years post op and to this day I still follow many of the skills I was taught to apply to be a mindful eating. I continue to use a small lunch plate for all my meals, I cut my pieces of meat into the size of a nickle, (so yes it is a bit bigger now) lay my fork down between each bite, chew, chew, chew again until it is almost liquid and don't drink anything during the meal. I see no reason to go back to eating bigger pieces of food.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

13 hours ago, Rraine said:

Hello everyone...

Just a silly question...Is it so that we will be cutting our food in dime sized pieces for the rest of our lives?...Maybe later once the pouch is somewhat a little bigger, do we still have to eat such small pieces of food...Just wondering...

No.

If you saw me eat you would never know I had WLS. At all.

I never cut dime size pieces, I don't even have the patience for that at all.

[EmmyJ 184]

I don't even cut them that small. They're smaller bites than I used to take, but definitely not dime sized.