How much can you eat in a sitting

I am terrified that I am eating too much... How many ounces can you eat? I know meats are more dense so we cant eat as much but what is your average meal? Thanks! Beckie

I've not really tested my limits for quite awhile. I try to keep each meal at 1 to 1-1/2 cups volume. I probably could eat more, but shouldn't. I also find that some days it seems like I could eat a bunch more, other days I get full on a small volume of food. I don't eat until that "full" feeling hits as I'm afraid that I'd be doubling the amount of food that I actually ingest. This wasn't much of an answer, Sue O.

I never count my ounces of what I eat. It depends on what I'm eating. Softer foods I can eat more of. Meats I have to stop sooner as I can't eat much meat are I get sick. Breads I love but makes me sick at times as it gets stuck so I toast my bread. Today I had 2 cups of coffee for breakfast. For lunch I had a piece of toast and maybe a mouthful of spare rib meat that I skinned off the bone and that's it so far for me. I'm not a big eater to start with. Now I'm drinking my water down. Now tomorrow I might eat more. I go through stages of eating. One day i pig out and then next I hardly eat. Try the cottage cheese test. Sit down and eat until your full and then you'll know how much your pouch can handle. You measure what you have left from the cottage cheese container. Donna 338/167

Well here is an example from Friday night 4 small bites of kc strip steak 3 teaspoons of sweet potato 1 bite of salad I was stuffed Last night 1C Chili this morning 2 eggs over easy 1/4 c cottage cheese Today lunch 2oz chicken very full I think my pouch differs meal to meal Kelly

my favorite meal is about 2 ounces of Chicken Breast and 1/2 to 1 cup of Salad I also practically live off of Subway. In once sitting I can eat half of a six inch and about 1/2 cup of salad. Yumm... I think I'm going to go to subway right now!

Gosh, after reading how much y'all can eat, I feel like such a pig. Here is what I had today... B: 2 scrambled eggs and 2 strips of bacon. L: a ham and cheese sandwich on rye toast and about 1/2 c chicken soup D: a hotdog and about 8 tator tots S: NSA Ice Cream bar About 100 oz of Crystal Light Orange Sunriser Unfortunately, not much bothers me or my pouch. Some days I eat more than others. I usually don't eat until I have that full feeling. When I do, I am miserable for awhile. And I agree that the more dense, the less I can eat of it. If it is salad, I can eat nearly 2 cups worth. That scares me. I don't measure any of my food, and haven't since I was allowed on solids at 12 days post op. But I kinda feel like this... I have lost a total of 116 lbs... I must be doing something right.... Hugs, Susan

I've been worried lately that I seem to be able to eat so much. But I'm comparing it to what I could eat several months ago, not what I could eat before my surgery. Compared to what we could eat for months after our surgery, what I eat now does seem like a lot. I think we have to redefine 'over-eating' because it's not the same now as before the surgery. There's no way we could eat in one sitting what we could before surgery. I have been eating too much lately though and my scales haven't moved down in several weeks. But the good news is they haven't moved 'UP' either. But I'm ready to lose 40 more lbs (lost 96 so far), so I need to quit eating so much.