How much can you eat at 4 years or more postop?

Hello All,

I am 5 years 6 months postop.   This what I can eat

Breakfast
3 slices of turkey bacon( I eat this about 30 minutes before I eat the oatmeal)
Cup oatmeal

Lunch
6 inch roasted chicken sub( I think this is  alot for a ryn wls patient)  I am full, but I am not in pain or dumping.
Then sometimes I cannot eat a whole lean cuisine

Very much curious what others can eat at one time.

I am 3.5 years - can I still be allowed to answer????  LOL!!  Imma say my **** ANYWAY!!!  LOL

B - protein shake (still can't eat food first thing in the morning to this DAY)

L - protein infused oatmeal, 3 slices cooked bacon (mine is pure pig)

L#2 - 2 fajita tacos from taco cabana on corn tortillas - eat the insides of 1.5, .75 of one tortilla

D - I'm sitting here with a BK stacker and fries - almost half the burger and about 10 fries - I feel like a whale.......

Cheese and crackers later on.......

That is not a lot of food. When we have surgery they pretty much make our stomache the size of a child it then stretches overe time. My appetite varies from day to day but yes, I can eat the breakfast that you describe as could my toddler. The sub, I don't know the size but I get the smallest that they sell but can rarely eat all the bread but will finish the meat. Same w/ a sandwich made with two slices of bread.

My ability to eat varies. I can eat a good amount of salad and fish but meat and pasta fills me quickly.

Meals are hard to judge. I am 4 yrs out and I have always felt like I could eat more than others.

I can eat 2 boiled eggs 3 pc of bacon and 2 slice of toast some mornings... then some mornings I am full with one egg 1 pc of 1 sl of bacon.

I can eat an egg mcmuffin/add bacon to it and be full.
eat a lean cuisine and be about to pop.

I made chili today I had chili and a piece  of corn bread about 1 ladle full I was full. 1/2 cup.  Later I had tortilla chips with chili and cheese with a spoon of black bean and rice on it.  about 12 chips i was full.  some days i can have one can of slim fast and be full for hours.  It really depends on the time of day as to what I can eat the later in the evening I cannot do it.   last night 2 chicken tenders and I was done.  nothing with it.  It just depends.

I ate a quiznos 1/2 roast beef sub tonight (about 6 inches) I weighed it since it looked big and I though I would have to cut it but it came out to 7.5 oz in weight so I let myself have it all.  It also fit on my little plate.  My point is that sometimes sandwhiches can be decieving in weight and size. Lean cuisines are about 8-12 oz.  so it is probably bigger than your sub sandwhich. 

i like to read posts like this.  one of my fears is that i'll never be "normal" again.  i thought that for the rest of my life i'd be eating one chicken nugget and a sippy cup of water for dinner.  i'm cool with being full of that little bit of food but i just didnt want to look  like a weirdo.

if that makes sense.

Dont worry Sam.  Believe me you will be able to eat more than a chicken nugget the farther out you get.  Best Wishes on your up and coming wls.

Thanks guys for your replies.  Even the one less thn 4 years postop.  :-)  LOL!  I thought the breakfast was pretty normal, but I was shock that I could eat the 6 inch sub.  Glad to see what others are eating.  For a min I thought I was gone to have to get my plubing check .  :-)

Hi there stranger, it's been a long time. Glad to hear that you're still doing good.

Be Blessed,
Sharonne

I'm 2 years out.

a half a boiled egg, if its scrambled then one whole egg

a small plate or saucer size of pasta, chicken, etc.

very small portions still and I am happy about that