4 weeks out!!!!

hello everyone well im 4 weeks out and down 42 lbs!!!!! but i think im eating to much i have 3 meals 2 snacks and my meals are 1/2 cup of food. but 1/2 of it is normailly soft food like mashed potatos or cottage cheese anyone else 4 weeks out eatin 1/2 of food at one time? julie k

Julie, It sounds like you are doing fine. If your doctor said to have snacks, then by all means follow his/her orders. My surgeon suggest 3 meals a day with no snacks but then again, how is it not snacking when it takes an hour to eat! lol Heidi

thanks for your response...now thats another thing o have heard if it takes you more that 20 minutes to eat toss it cz if you take longer it means your grazing julie k

Yeah, my doc and nurtitionist both won't let me eat past 30 minutes. On average (since I am measuring my portions) it takes me about 20 minutes to eat.... I can't eat more than 1/2 C. of anything at one time. Even when I am having a "snack", I make sure to take at least 20 minutes and not over 30. Did your doc or nutirionist give your orders like this? Of course each surgeon and nutritionist is different...LOL! Brightest Blessings for a Wonderful Day~ Jamie M. aka Lady Autumn Weight- 257/217/146 BMI- 44.1/37.2/25 Height- 5' 4" lbs lost: -40 Surgery Date: 1/19/05 My WLS Journey Site: home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-LadyAutumnsWLSjourney No matter what size, we are all Goddesses inside!

I am 7 weeks out but was eating 1/2 cup of liquids or pureed/soft foods at 3 weeks out. If that is what your doctor said to do you are fine. Now that I have started solids last week that has gone down, though! I can eat 2 oz. of meat at a time and I am cutting my snacks out because I am so full!

I am 5 weeks out. I have been eating 1/2 cup ever since I came home from the hospital. I was eating 1/2 cup pureed & now I am eating 1/2 cup soft. This is all according to what my Dr. told me, so I wouldn't worry. Good Luck!

whew!! thanks that just made me happy...lol i plan to stay on that for a while or untill my pouch tells me different,,,lol