Can't tell I'm full!!! :-(

Hi everyone, Is anyone else having problems telling if they are full or not? Sometimes I think I feel it and sometimes I don't. My surgery was April 29th and I thought I would feel full now that I am on pureed foods but I can't tell sometimes. Thank you for any input someone can offer. Heather 346/307/151

I felt the same way at this stage. I did pu**** with some mashed potatoes n fat free gravy (at the pureed stage). I ate too much, was way too full and nauseated for almost 2 hours afterwards. I have not pushed it since. I do not care for that sick feeling afterwards. I now stop at the slightest hint of feeling full and I am satisfied. This should improve over time. Hugs, Sandy

I have the same problem. I had surgery on April 25th... and I still can't seem to tell what the boundries of my pouch are. I've been on pureed foods now for about a week, and out of everything I've tried, I can't seem to feel "full". I don't know. I'm sort of afraid to pu**** too. I talked to my doctor's office, and they said that it's just a sign that I'm healing well... ??? I don't know.

Hi Heather, I know this may sound awful but I think you have to go through it to find your limit !!! When I started on soft food I didn't know until it was too late, then comes the stabbing chest pain and awful belly ache !! Or worse !! Now I am better at knowing my limit because the pain is so awful I don't ever want to feel it again!!! I can't even imagine the pain of eating something that your not supposed to!! It depends on what you eat too some stuff sticks around in your pouch for a bit and some stuff moves right through. Yogurt I can eat a whole 6 oz cup cottage cheese I could only eat 2 bites and then it made me sick, it is way too much trial and error !!! Best of Luck!! ~Jennifer

I am not sure when I am full or not but at the same time I don't pu**** for fear of getting sick. I drink a protein shake in the morning and in the afternoon and drink in between and I am never really hungry. I will puree a half a cup of whatever is for dinner and add protien to that and I stll never really for hungry. Sometimes I just forget to stop and eat but never feel hungry .

This certainly may not work for everybody, but my nutritionist suggested that many people begin to hiccup when they've about reached their limit. I happen to be one of those people and so, when I begin to hiccup. I stop. I haven't overeaten in 9 weeks postop and always feel satisfied. Greg Sands 342/274/178

The only way I can tell that I'm full is when I start to burp! I stop right away then. I don't necessarily feel full (no pain or tightness in chest) but the burp does it! I listen to the little bit most people can eat and I think I am doing something wrong. At almost 4 weeks post-op, I can eat 2 oz. of chicken, almost a whole egg, 6 oz. of yogurt, almost a whole 8 oz. protein drink. But I've lost 23 pounds in 24 days, so I guess I'm doing it right. Today I ate the egg too fast and really paid for it. My stomach ached like it hasn't in weeks! Linda 240/217/150?

Hey Stormy, I also had my surgery on the 29th It's hard to dicipher your new tummy and the clues its given you in the past don't apply any more. I'll tell you what happened to me. I went to full liquids/soft foods about 5 days ago because I was feeling soooooooooo weak on the clear stage. Anyways my hubby made me a scrambled egg the first food i'd had in over a week and I tried to eat it slowly and after I finished it I didn't feel full. Hubby fixed me another egg and 2 bites into that egg I felt things staring to shift, and I knew I had eaten too much!! Then the chest pain came I was sooooooooooo miserable for hours!!! Now I at least have an idea of what my tummy can hold about an eggs worth;) I wake up drink my protein shake then during the day I just snack about every two hours or so either applesauce, mashed potatoes, cream of wheat, sf pudding, cottage cheese, etc. Yes unfortunately you're gonna have too kinda pu**** to find out what your limit is just do it slowly and once you're close you'll know!! Good Luck. Kriss

I can't tell when I'm full but my meals are all 4 oz. So when that 4 oz. is gone, I'm done. I've always been able to fini**** However, one time I ate too fast and was burping like crazy. Learned my lesson

Thank you for all of your posts. It has helped so much knowing I am not the only one out there with this problem. Good luck to all and thank you again. Stormy 346/307/151