How's YOUR restriction doing?
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on 9/2/11 10:57 am
on 9/2/11 10:57 am
I am a little over 6 years out and I am about the same as Ms Batt. Some days I can eat a LOT and other days..meh... nothing to speak of. Sometimes I will be starving and am filled up on 1/3 of the meat entree..forget the salad or anything else. I am so glad for the malabsorption.
Michele
Michele
I also have a tiny Dr. Anthone tummy. Today I am 4 weeks out from surgery, and I've also noticed that some days I'm MUCH hungrier than others, but I can only eat a maximum of 3 bites before I get sick, which I try to avoid but happens sometimes.
I too, before surgery was able to eat 2 fast food meals at one time. At Burger King, I would eat a full-size Whopper with cheese and bacon, a traditional chicken sandwich (the one on the hoagie bun), most of the 2 sets of fries, and most of the REGULAR Cokes that came with the meals! At other times, I could also eat a whole steak burrito with guacamole added from Chipotle, in addition to chips and guac or salsa and a REGULAR Coke! With pizza, I could easily eat 1/2 of a large 3-topping pizza (4 pieces), plus breadsticks and sometimes a salad. With a regular soda, of course. So right now, I'm eating way less than 1/4 of what I used to eat. I was always a big eater though, even as a child, although I was lucky and was not overweight while young. When I was with my ex-husband, I could out-eat him easily!
I too, before surgery was able to eat 2 fast food meals at one time. At Burger King, I would eat a full-size Whopper with cheese and bacon, a traditional chicken sandwich (the one on the hoagie bun), most of the 2 sets of fries, and most of the REGULAR Cokes that came with the meals! At other times, I could also eat a whole steak burrito with guacamole added from Chipotle, in addition to chips and guac or salsa and a REGULAR Coke! With pizza, I could easily eat 1/2 of a large 3-topping pizza (4 pieces), plus breadsticks and sometimes a salad. With a regular soda, of course. So right now, I'm eating way less than 1/4 of what I used to eat. I was always a big eater though, even as a child, although I was lucky and was not overweight while young. When I was with my ex-husband, I could out-eat him easily!
What restriction? Gots none as far as I can tell. Ask Ginger what I ate for lunch yesterday: At Ruby Tuesdays: Tilapia covered with cheese and shrimp. baked potato with butter and sour cream, sweet potato fries and a cheese biscuit. All of it. No problem.
If I don'****ch my carbs I can easily gain weight.
~Becky
If I don'****ch my carbs I can easily gain weight.
~Becky
I still feel like I have a ton of restriction. At a year out, the only time I feel ike that I can eat a lot is right before my cycle. I get a day or two where I can literally eat all day long and never feel stuffed. Most times I eat a few bites every half an hour or so. Thank goodness I am a stay at home mom and don't have to pack my food for the day!
Four years out and I can eat a kid's fast food meal less half the fries and half of the bun. I can eat two large thin crust slices of pizza minus the crust.
If I'm going out to dinner or going to have a big-ish meal, it helps if I eat something 2-3 hours before. It seems to stretch my stomach a bit allowing me to eat a little more. If I start on a meal totally empty and very hungry, it takes very little before I am too full to eat more.
So, it IS still working just fine.
If I'm going out to dinner or going to have a big-ish meal, it helps if I eat something 2-3 hours before. It seems to stretch my stomach a bit allowing me to eat a little more. If I start on a meal totally empty and very hungry, it takes very little before I am too full to eat more.
So, it IS still working just fine.
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if I eat something 2-3 hours before. It seems to stretch my stomach a bit allowing me to eat a little more
Kelly, hmmm...Interesting idea. With me it seems like after I eat dinner, I just keep eating about every hour. Maybe it's because I have stretched my stomach or something....I just eat all night long.
-Jenny
Kelly, hmmm...Interesting idea. With me it seems like after I eat dinner, I just keep eating about every hour. Maybe it's because I have stretched my stomach or something....I just eat all night long.
-Jenny