Can I be overeating without fullness/pain?

mharroun
on 12/27/12 3:30 am, edited 12/27/12 3:30 am - Forest Hills, NY
DS on 11/06/12

Im only ~6 weeks out... I can put down 2 eggs + 4 slices of bacon for breakfast  with little trouble + a hash brown.

Dinner I can eat a 1.5 -2 chicken cutlets before my stomach feels "full", is it just my stomach is less restricted? Or could I be hurting myself without even knowing it? 

I was even able to eat most of a 6 inch  toasted sub (picking away most of the bread) without pain or discomfort.... the only pain I ever get is if I go without eating for half a day (no hunger has its drawbacks heh).

While this makes it easy to get my protein, I worry I may end up hurting myself without knowing it.

 

    

PattyL
on 12/27/12 5:12 am

Skip the hash brown and eat another egg.  Chicken cutlet?  Isn't that mostly breading with artificially formed chicken?  Eat real chicken!

 

Carbs go down really well.  I agree you can eat quite a bit for only 6 weeks out.  Just make sure you are eating the right things.

TaliTali
on 12/27/12 6:05 am - Sammamish, WA

It sounds like a lot but how big is your sleeve? Mine was small so even at 4 years out I can't always eat a lot. I don't truly have PAIN when I overeat just discomfort/hiccups and sometimes I feel a little queasy but it doesn't really ever HURT.

We also shouldn't rely on pain as an indicator of what is right/wrong because it doesn't always work.

Carbs will always go down easy. Try more protein and less carbs and see how your eating changes.

Some proteins fill me up faster than others--I can eat a lot of salmon and beef but chicken is harder on me to eat. I rarely eat more than 1/3 of a chicken breast at a time (about the size of a cutlet). 

 

HW ~ SW ~ CW
310 - 291 - 150

clpeltz
on 12/27/12 10:24 am

YES...you can overeat and hurt yourself.  You are only 6 weeks out...you are still healing.  You have to remember that a lot of nerves were cut when the surgeon created your sleeve.  It takes time for those nerves to heal and until they do, you will not get a feeling of fullness.  That is why we need to follow the post op food plan.  It is a really good idea to measure all of your food and only eat the amount and types of food that you are supposed to be eating at 6 weeks out.  What those are is dependent on your surgeons guidelines.  Every surgeon is different, so refer to what your surgeon tells you to do food wise.  Please, be very careful!

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Dr. Henry Buchwald


"Think twice.....Cut ONCE"

J G.
on 12/27/12 1:15 pm

Yes, at six week it seems like you are eating too much.  Cut out the carbs and eat about half what you are eating.  If you still have some "Head Hunger"  drink some  broth.

 

Keep us posted on how you are doing.

Valerie G.
on 12/27/12 10:30 pm - Northwest Mountains, GA

Different foods just go down differently.  Instead of a chicken cutlet - how about trying some real chicken?   Grab a thigh and leg and see how you do with that, or a piece of steak or pot roast.  The overprocessed foods have so much crap in them.  Try some whole foods and see how you do.  ALSO - try eating until you're not hungry anymore instead of seeking discomfort before you stop.  

Valerie
DS 2005

There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes

Zee Starrlite
on 12/28/12 3:41 am

Wowzer!  Maybe be more thoughtful and drop the bread and hash brown.  That is not a good start.  What are you supposed to be eating?  I am a VSG and I certainly was not given such an advanced diet as you besides that I was "scared stupid" of rupturing my staple line indecision

 

Though the nutritionist is a doll at Dr. R's office, she encouraged me to eat carbs "toast bread".  Don't listen, it is not a good way to start off.


3/30/2005 Lap Band installed  12/20/2010  Lap Band REMOVED  
6/6/2011 Vertical SLEEVE Gastrectomy

mharroun
on 12/28/12 4:11 am - Forest Hills, NY
DS on 11/06/12

So many people to reply to...

The restrictions of the diet ended at the 4 week mark, and I was told I could try eating grains at the 5 week mark.  I know they said at first I should measure my food (and I did the first few weeks) because that 1 extra bite would make a world of difference... now I no longer get the night and day effect.

I do get full but as I said it takes allot more then I would think it should to get that feeling... it use to be I could only eat half an egg... or one egg... but now it takes way more to get the same full feeling (and I tend to stop before I get to the discomfort). I have spoken with the doctor and nut about how easy it has been, but I believe they just marked it up to good fortune and my young age. 

As for the cutlets, I probably should rephrase that to mean any slice of chicken breaded or not, I don't eat that many carbs I just gave the above as an example of what I could eat before fullness. As per my other thread I do sometimes eat breaded meats if the carb/protein ratio is very good.

I also still don't get hungry just pain if I don't eat so I cant really use that as a guide, so I have been eating as much protein as I can with a nibble of carbs here and there.

So far my weight loss has been pretty consistent and overall I feel 5 times better then pre-op and my weight has been dropping consistently and I haven't received any negative feedback from the surgeon office other then being told to eat more veggies. At this rate I should get 80lbs lost by week 8... I cant complain about 10 lbs a week.

 

    

happydsr
on 12/28/12 6:46 am

some folks experience other signals for fullness, which can include runny nose or hiccups, or increased saliva.  See if your body is telling you in some other way that it is full.

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