Eating too much (less than two weeks!)

Hi Angry Don - I know you have tons of responses, but I'll add my voice. I too could shovel in pudding and cottage cheese at will and feel fine at two weeks. I too was terrified that this thing wasn't working. At 5 weeks, I am 28 pounds lighter. I also threw up most of my food on Sunday and Monday. solids are tough. i'm not saying you don't want to talk to your surgeon about it but yogurt flows out of your pouch almost as fast as it flows in. I guess what i'm saying is give it a couple more weeks before you go out and swallow a steak. although, i know the anger thing - i'm at a crappy point where i see other people eating and i get really pissed off. actually, i get pissed off when i think about food. i really miss it. my husband had the nerve the other day to say something tasted good. i almost bit his head off!! but we were talking about you! take care and don't feel like you're alone - from the number of responses i would say that people understand. --angry Deb

Hey (Angry) Deb, Thanks for the great feedback. This is the type of thing I was looking for. There are so many posts about people who vomit on water or get full on liquids that they feel broken - and my sympathies really do go out to them. But I was feeling like a freak because I wasn't feeling anything on liquids! The information I have gotten from people who say that they are experiencing the same thing, but that it went away on solid foods is helping to convince me to give this more time. It is still not easy. If I could just ignore feeling hungry, or if food was not a source of comfort and entertainment, I would not have needed the WLS in the first place! My only hope now is that I have the same "training" experiences once I switch to more solid proteins. Thanks for understanding the anger too. I chose this name because I wanted people to know up front who they were dealing with. There are a lot of sensitive people around and I don't like to insult anyone who doesn't deserve it . Good luck with you and the hubby. I guess you'll be training him as well about how to behave around a WLS patient. - Angry Don

ERRRRG. I write you because you've got the anger thing too. jeez, i'm just pissed off all over the place - i'm just venting. really. i'm not crazy - this just sounds like i am... i'm pissed! i was reading a book and the guy was eating pizza. and i wanted to hurl the book across the room because some *&!*@# character in a book could eat pizza and I can't. i have all the feelings that i guess in psychobabble i used food to manage and now i can't. i'm just hating having had this operation - and i know it is good for me, and when i can get into a size 12 or whatever i'll be thrilled but you know, i really want to eat. and i hate it that i can't. and i can't even talk to my husband about it because i get pissed at him - why? because he can still eat pizza. i'm such a child - in my head i keep thinking it isn't fair. why do i have to be so fat that i can't control myself and have to get freaking surgery to make sure i don't need hip and knee replacement by the time i'm 45 and don't die by the time i'm 55. other people don't have this problem. and then i say to myself, hell, life isn't fair. and look at all the people that don't have enough to eat and you need freaking surgery to stop eating and you're whining about pizza. ARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHH. supposedly writing this will make me feel better - but i'm not seeing that yet.

i bet if you go out and get that chicken sandwich you will know it! i was the same way i started eating meats,breads etc and i have puked everyday. i thought i would never have a dumping episode but boy do i have them now. misty

Misty - question for you - not from a judgemental point, but from a "Man, that's me!" point...is the dumping keeping you on track? Do you make the "right" choices after you've had an episode? I'm afraid my high pain tolerence and my poor relationship with food will override the sick Talk to me!

well i am dumping on foods that my doctor has told me to eat. baked fish, broiled meats,all good choices. except last week when i was on vacation i had a couple of fried shrimp. but for the most part i always eat steamed shrimp and things that are very low sugars fat etc. he told me to keep on trying these foods and in 3 weeks if it wasnt better then he would check for a stricture. misty

Hi Missy, I have the same question - is the negative food related physical feedback affecting your view of food as comfort and entertainment? Frankly, I am counting on this - and I had better damn-well dump on sugars! - Angry Don

hi no i am eating the right foods. i have elimanated breads. i took one bite of mc donalds icecream that my son had and i dumped and dumped. so i know i cant have sugers praise the lord! other than that i eat all baked,steamed foods i just dont tolerate meats. misty

hey Don, I had my surgery a month ago today. I always felt hungry from the beginning. As soon as I came home from the hospital I thought I was eating too much. Liquids and puree did not satisfy my "hunger" at all. At 7 days I was eating 4oz yogurt, string cheese and 6 wheat thins. As I began eating denser foods like Wendy's chili and meatball, if I ate too fast or too much I would become extremely uncomfortable. Then at 3 1/2 weeks I ordered a tuna wrap. I only had a few bites but it didn't agree and I had to vomit. It is just a trial and error process. However, now I become full faster and feel more satisfied. Make sure you get your protein, vitamins and fluids in. I think dehydration adds to the hunger feelings. The way you are feeling is normal. Just try to be patient. At two weeks I was questioning what I had done to myself too. But now I am 30 lbs down and feel more positive then ever. Good luck, Rhonda

I can understand your emotions. Somedays I feel that way, somedays I don't. My eating is more restricted than my drinking. I'm unable to crush all my meds like I'm supposed to because the taste is so bad I gag. So I cut them into tiny pieces and swallow them whole. It takes ALOT of water to do that, so I'm downing at least 6 ozs at a time. My surgeon said that basically water goes straight through us, so that is natural to happen. As far as the food goes, I would just try and stick it out and eat as little as possible. It's great that you aren't feeling a lot of pain, even though you are not learning your boundaries. In the end it wil all be worth it. I'm down almost 30 lbs 3 weeks out, but I've gained a pound twice in that time. It was discouraging, but I know it's not staying so that helps. I just hope it works out because I'd hate to see you stretch your stomach out and all your hard work be gone. I'm wishing you the best of luck, Amber