9 weeks out & need help
I'm 9 weeks out, down 40+ lbs and can eat just about everything I've tried. I haven't tried rice or sweets and learned the hard way that 1/2 a toasted English muffin is NOT the same thing as toast, so nothing but cheese toast for me in the bread dept. I can eat steak, chicken, pasta, salads and all kinds of veggies. I'm getting in my required 48 oz. of liquid most days (6 out of 7). I haven't been walking regularly but yesterday I briskly walked 1/2 mile and wasn't even out of breath! Today I'm going to try to walk a mile.
My concern is the amount of food I'm eating. I don't really get a feeling of fullness, but I do hiccup when I've had enough. I try to eat slowly but usually finish my meals in 10-15 minutes. This is what I ate yesterday:
AM: 11 oz. Crystal Light Sunrise Classic Orange
Breakfast: 2 oz. smoked ham
Lunch: 2 oz. grilled chicken tenderloin
1/4 C green beans cooked with meat
Dinner: 2 oz. Pulled Pork with 1 teaspoon BBQ sauce
1/4 C green beans cooked with meat
4 broccoli flowerets
1/8 baked potato w/out skin
1 teaspoon margarine on potato & broccoli
PM Snack: 1 oz. No Sugar Added Bread & Butter Pickle (1 spear)
1 oz. Dill Gerkins (2 pickles)
1 oz. No Sugar Added Sweet Gerkins (1 pickle)
Water: 51 oz. (I usually drink about 40 oz. water in a day)
According to FitDay.com this totals:
392 calories 17 g. Fat 12 g. Carb 48 g. Protein
Is this too much food? My surgeon's nurse tells me not to worry, that my pouch was made with about 1.5 oz. capacity and the stoma was the size of a pinky finger. If that is the case then I'm afraid I've stretched my stoma and/or pouch. How else could I consume so much food at one meal??? Help! I'm really scared & worried. I've worked too hard to have this surgery to let this be just one more failure!!
Vickie J.

Vickie,
I'm 9 weeks out too. Here's what I ate today:
Breakfast: 3 oz cottage cheese & 2 strawberries
Lunch: 3 oz chicken & 2 oz spinach
Dinner: 3 oz chicken & 2 oz spinach
Snack: 6oz no fat, plain yogurt with 1 scoop vanilla unjury protein powder & 2 stawberries
Fluid: 80+ oz.
My doctor wants me to get in 80 oz of protein and at least 80 oz water. The program I'm on doesn't add things like breads and potatoes until after 6 months but every program is different. I have to work hard to eat slowly and have my meals take 20 minutes but when I'm thinking about it I can do it!
I hope this helps?
Rhonda