How's your restriction?
For me, I'm pretty tight. Ok I had gutter thoughts for a quick second, lol. Sometimes I look on the menu thread on a different forum & am amazed about how much people can eat years out. So I'm wondering if most people still retain most of their restriction even years later.
I already know newbies will still have their restriction. I'm just curious about those further along.
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another. T-Rebel
I CAN eat quite a lot of food, but I try to avoid it. Some days though, my pouch seems like a bottomless pit...and that's avoiding slider foods.
I've never understood how random small pouch days vs big pouch days are with me. Some days, I'm pushing my plate away after 4 bites. Other days, I think I could hoover up an entire rotisserie chicken in one sitting.
I woke up in between a memory and a dream...
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Haha, hoover up a chicken! Now my imagination is running wild. I've been eating this pot pie, it's small but I still have to eat it in stages. I think it's all that breading & I usually don't eat carbs in the form of bread. Sweets however is a whole other story.
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another. T-Rebel
Lol lol ... I asked 4 a large pouch believe it or not ( cuz my favorite foods r salad n veg ) then TOTALLY regretted it .... wanted a DS ... I still have very restricted days but I graze .
I suppose I can eat anything ... looking good in a bikini n being active during the summer when I used to hide is a great incentive also jes wantin a brand new life and a real chance 2 achieve my dreams .
While I still have big and small pouch days, for the most part, I could eat as much as any person who did not have surgery. For me, restriction is less every year.
Because. I can eat, does not mean that I do. But I miss the earlier years when overeating was physically impossible. I still need dense protein to be full on a small amount of food.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I was told when I had my surgery my new sleeve would ultimately hold 8 oz (by weight). I am almost 3 years out, and that is exactly right. I can eat 8 oz, but if I try to eat any more, I'm in pain. I usually try to make my meals 4-6 oz of protein, depending on the day, and the rest fat and good carbs (still Keto), but no more than 8 oz.
I'll have to try that out. I haven't weighed my food since my early days of weight loss.
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another. T-Rebel