Food Capacity

Honestly - enjoy it. As time goes on you will be able to eat more. Dense protein always maxes out the quickest, but I can probably have 6 oz of protein now. If we are talking carbs - it is endless.

I can eat 3-4 oz of protein, a serving of vegetables and a few bites of carbs. People who don't know I had the surgery would never guess when they saw me eat.

I definitely miss my teeny tiny stomach from just post op.

I'm sure I'll be wishing way down the road for my tiny stomach back. Just wi**** was easier getting my protein in, but I've been handling it for this long, so I'm sure in time when I can eat more getting protein in won't be such a chore.

Thanks for your response!

I would bet you anything that, by 18 months, you'll be in a panic because you think you can eat way too much. I've never seen it not happen.

Enjoy this. Take advantage of it to get the excess weight off as fast as you can. When you can eat a lot more, and you go back to some bad habits, you'll be really glad you did.

Thanks. I have no doubt you will be right, when I can eat more further out.

Just wish I could eat a tiny bit more to make it easier getting my protein in, but like I said above to another poster, I've been handling it, and I will continue too.

Thanks again.

Here is Dr. Weiner's perspective on stomach sizing over time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_aahPETzH0

In short, over time you will be able to eat about half of what you could pre-op, which is enough to help us maintain our weight long term, but still provides lots of room to regain if we eat the wrong things. This is consistent with my experience over the past dozen years or so of my wife's and my own post-op progressions.

Thanks for sharing. I have seen his videos in the past....been awhile though, perhaps I should check it again.

yep, take advantage and loose all the weigh you can. Capacity will gradually increase over as much as 18 months. Don't pu**** If you need more protein, drink skim milk or eat gy as a small meal. Just find some protein that is not dense. Protein drinks too. Two years from now you will be grateful for the restriction. Biotin may help hair loss but it does come back. Diane S

Thanks for the advice.

New mothers will talk with each other and compare how quickly their child ate solid foods, walked, and got potty trained. Each little one is on their own schedule but almost all adults eat solid foods, walk and are potty trained.

Your sleeve will grow at its own pace and a year from now it will not matter which day or month you increased your solid protein.