I am shocked at how much i am able to eat

For the past 2 days i have been slipping up and eating more than i normally do. When i went to my 4 week post op last week Dr. Dallal just told me to eat until i am satisfied. But i ate more than a half a cup today of turkey hot dogs and baked beans. Makes me wonder but im not doing that anymore i am sure gonna measure everything, what kind of doc do i have lol. Can i lose some more weight please lol

I don't normally say this but - IGNORE your DR! Measure everything! When he did your RNY the nerves in your stomach are cut, you don't regain that feeling for 4-6 months! I was never hungry and never felt full until almost 6 months out. It also takes at least 20 minutes for your stomach to realize that it is full.

So you are doing the right thing - measure your food.

Here's to continued weight loss!!

Liz

amen to what Liz said. You cannot be satisfied yet. Your tummy and brain are not reconnected yet by nerve regrowth. Measure. Just because you can eat it does not mean you should.

your right and im really not gonna listen to him im in such a hard place i feel like all i have are you guys to guide me. I have been doing good and staying on track but i am still measuring and gonna continue. I wanted to see if what he was saying was true gosh if i listen to him he will have my stomach stretched back out in no time. I so wish i could of had it done at Barix, i love you guys. You all are always there for me

you are welcome. I think it is hard because we are so indivdual. It is easier sometimes for the Dr. to set fluid limits to accomodate people. Alot of us were lucky enough to have a surgeon who hammered in the facts to us about what we can and cannot do. He will still look you in the eye and say " if you arent excercising then you wont be as successful or have long term weight loss" he is right. We are here for ya

Thank you Nicole, and i am sure on my exercise routine! If nothing else gotta get my exercise in. Do you think this is bad?

My night snack

i have a magic bullet so i get frozen strawberries they have like 11 sugars but natural no sweetner in them and i fill my bullet up with them and i take some no sugar added cranberry grape juice and pour some in the bullet and make a smoothie and sometimes(which i need to do everytime)is add a scoop of my vanilla protein powder.

Is that to bad to have mostly everynight not always though and i cant alwasy fini**** oh and then i add a splenda to make it sweet. i usually give jimmy the leftovers.

Also i need to find a flavorless protein powder im spending so much $ on these things and i hate them. The last one i got at GNC cost me 59 dollars and i dotn like it. He said i could return it does anyone have any good ones they have gotten from GNC that they could tell me about

tHANKS AGAIN LADIES!!

That snack is fine - just get some protein in there, use the powder or add a yogurt in! IT'll be a creamy smoothie! Use the greek yogurt and it is about 17 grams for 6 ounces!!

GNC I believe will return protein with a receipt. Buy sample packs until you find one that you like. The chocolate Max protein at GNC Is very good. Also remember that you can add part of a scoop into things throughout the day and it will add up! There is something like 25 grams in a scoop so if you put it in 5 things during the day you won't really taste it but you get the protein in! THere are also things like isopure that is more like a juice then a powdered protein.

Liz

the best tasting protein I have found is MAX PROTEIN available only @ GNC on cottman Ave. in this area anyway. when you buy protein from GNC if you have the receipt they will exchange it.
I don't like the flavoreless protein powders they are not tasteless some people like them but I can taste them.
Good Luck to you
Susan

I saw that Syntrax Nectar makes a flavorless protein powder...you could try that perhaps.
Lisa

Thank you ladies i will be on the lookout for the Max protein, susan was that the protein you gave me to taste?