Can I be overeating without fullness/pain?
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.
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
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!
RNY to DS Revision 4/29/2011
Dr. Henry Buchwald
"Think twice.....Cut ONCE"
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
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
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.
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.