How do you know when full?

At the beginning, I religiously measured portions of 1/4 or less and could barely tackle those over half an hour's time.  I had no desire to pu**** because I didn't want to mess up my surgery.  Once I was healed, I could eat more but if I went one bite past full, I had this awful feeling some DSers call "chest brick."  Kinda like a huge-ass brick right in your esophagus!  So I learned to recognize that feeling and how I felt just before it, and I made sure to stop BEFORE chest bric****urred!

I have only vomited once or twice since surgery, when I ate something without being mindful at all.  When I concentrate on the food and eat with proper concentration, I don't get overly full or sick.  While I don't have the restriction I wish I had, I have really learned how not to overdo it and that feels good, because pre-surgery I never stopped in time and I almost always felt lousy.

I too get a runny nose and will have a short spell of hiccups - like maybe 5 or 6 and then they stop.  Ah, the wonders of the DS!

Best,
~ Lois ~

Runny nose, check.

Seriously, I have a mental block against vomiting. Will. Not. Do. It. But the first time I ate too much, I almost did. Shrimp scampi, and it was good. I figured, "What's one more shrimp?" I'll tell you what one more shrimp is - it's hanging over the toilet, with your mouth doing that disgusting watering/drooling thing, spitting and praying that you could just PUKE. This from someone *****fused to puke through 3 pregnancies.

Yeah, it hurt. And it took over an hour to go away. Felt like I was full of cement, and it was horrible.

I DO NOT overeat anymore. I have found, though, that the slower I eat, the longer it takes to fill up. So I have had to learn to eat slower if it's something really yummy, and that way I get all my protein in. If I woof it down, I only get a little bit.

OMG, this sounds just like what would happen to me when I had the lapband on.... the watery/drooling/spitting and praying  and the waiting for it to pass or come up.  It hurt.  It was horrible! 

I hope this doesn't happen to me when I get my DS.  

i guess i get a runny nose... but mostly for me i just loose interest in what i was eating and then if i am really full it looks gross, everything looks gross. =]

With RNY I'd begin to foam - phlegm would build up and make me sick. I'd have to run to the bathroom and hurl.  With the DS sleeve, I just feel full. If my nose starts to run it's a signal.

I just ate too much catfish. I know I did. I won't have any problems but I'll be uncomfortable for a few minutes.

I get the hiccups/burps when I'm "done".  I have learned to eat much slower than I used to.  I've only ever really overeaten to the point of discomforta a few times.  And each time was because I ate too fast and didn't recognize being full until too late.  I've never puked though (thank God).  

I don't do the runny  nose, sneezing, hiccups or any of that.  I did vomit once and I'm pretty sure it was due to overeating at about 3 weeks out.  I felt full and kept going for another few bites.  Then over the next few hours I felt horrible and nauseaus and was doing my best to not puke (I was on the road).  I puked a few hours later (about 10  minutes after I got home) and felt WONDERFUL. 

Now, I just feel full.  Sometimes I'll still want to try and cram in a few more bites if it's something yummy, but I try not to do that since I don't want to stretch my new stomach and I don't want to have that too full feeling.  By "too full feeling" I mean that way overstuffed from too much Thanksgiving dinner feeling you get now as a pre-op.

I'm a sneezer and hiccupper!  My nose starts to run.  I am also one of those peeps that refuse to throw up.  I'd make a horrid bulemic.  Hanging over the toilet and drooling  cuz of vagus nerve stimulation wishing I could puke has happened to me too. I eat sloooooooowly!  That's the key.

Hugs,
Ratkity

This is going to sound weird but I will be eating and after a few bites when I put something in my mouth, it "rejects it".  I don't want to chew and I make this "hmmmm" sound almost like I just ate something bad or weird tasting.  The sensation comes from my mouth.  My stomach does not feel full and I don't have any other feelings.  I wonder if that is how normies feel????
 
Sure enough, within a minute or two I'll get the hiccups!!!    If I haven't eaten enough protein, I'll wait about 15 minutes and eat more.  The 2nd round I can eat more.  I can get in a good amount of food if I just give it time. 

Cheers,
Cathy