why do I feel like they are all lying???

I find that I really only like reading this board anymore... I try and read the regular RNY board, but I just feel like they are all full of **** seriously, are people 6+ months out still only eating 2 oz of food any a sitting?  Granted, I'm not eating 8-10 oz of steak, but for dinner I can do half of a petit filet (about 2 oz of meat) and then some veggies, a little soup for an appetizer, and maybe even half a roll.

I don't eat until I feel full, I just take my time, and pretty much know when I'm done.

Do people really measure EVERY SINGLE THING, every single day?

Am I just a huge slacker or are they all full of crap?

I'm getting to the gym most every day, I'm getting my water and vitamins as I'm supposed, and although I've slowed down on the weight loss, I'm still right on track according to my surgeon.

I don't really know what the point of this is, other than to say THANK YOU to this group for "keeping it real" and giving me a place to come where I feel like everyone cares, at least a little bit... :)

 you seem fine to me....I have never, and will NEVER, measure my food out. I refuse to do that. I'm not an infant and I feel like I can tell when I'm full/satisfied, etc and when I'm overfull or whatever. You keep doing what you're doing. You seem like you're doing fine.

Yah, the VSG board has quite a few 'I am 6 months out and I still only eat 3 bites at any meal' (or 400-600 calories a day, only half a taco a meal, or whatever) Maybe they do, or maybe they don't.

I went to OA for a while years ago. Finally quit when I realized that the strongest personality actually MENT IT when she defined abstenance as eating exactly the same foods every day - including a large ziplock full of raw vegies every day at lunch. Literally her palms were turning orange from all the vitamin A. And after two years, I am sure she weighed and measured everything at least a couple times a week 'just to be sure'. She was thin, but that is not my definition of freedom from food obscession.

I am Nadean. I am 11 weeks out from my sleeve gastrectomy. I can eat a whole egg, or 8 oz of veggie soup, or between 1/4 and 1/3 cup of moist chicken, or 2 - 4 oz of thick split pea soup. At this point I am still learning how to be good to myself by stopping before the tube tummy is overstuffed. Still a work in progress, but I can tell that by 6 months, people will not really be able to tell anything other than I am a bit of a light eater. (or maybe I'll just be used to it)

And after a couple years being a fairly regular user of OH, I am really coming here routinely and just occasionally lurking the VSG board.

I can eyeball about 2 oz of meat. I am usually pretty dead on too. I think too many people on the other boards are full of crap. But I do tend to eyeball stuff. I can only eat about 2 ozs of meat and then just a little veggies. If I go out I tend to eat too much salad and get less than my 2 oz of meat. For me it depends on what I am eating as to how much I eat. I know I can usually only eat about 2 or 3 bites of chicken and I am done. The pouch doesn't like chicken.

I have read a lot of bull**** stories on the other boards. Here,  I think we have all become "internet friends" (some even real life meet ups) so we all get each other. You'll find here that people open up more and are not affraid to say they ****** up or did something they aren't proud of. People here will admit that things aren't always 100% perfect - that we actually do have problems.  This is the only board I go to on OH. Sometimes I stop in the MA board but rarely post. Here is home.

Hi... I'm five months out and have lost 102 pounds and I do measure everything every single day. The only time I eyeball is when I'm out to eat and I find then I tend to overeat somewhat. Not a huge amount since I just can't but more than I eat when I'm at home.

However, after five months I have increased what I eat. For the first 12 weeks (after the liquids and soft), my maximum was 1/4 cup of food three times a day (90% protein), no snacks. Now it is 1/3-1/2 cup of food (depending on what it is; 75% protein), three times a day, no snacks. I can eat almost anything allowed without problems with the little tummy. I don't do sugar because I don't know if I dump on it or not and as long as I don't test it, it's still a tool for me. I've been nauseated a few time and thrown up twice but never dumped. When it hit goal in 9 or 10 more pounds, I will starting increasing to the point where I stop losing but never more than 3/4 cup of food three times a day, no snacks. For me (not saying what works for others) this is the only way I will be able to maintain my weight loss. AND I know there will be times when I won't adhere to this but this HAS TO BE THE RULE for the rest of my life.

In addition, I write it all down, the good, the bad, and the ugly because it keeps me honest. I probably won't do that forever. And I do weigh every day so that if I see the scales creep up then back to what works... writing it down, measuring it out and then cutting back if I need to.

And this is just me... because I know me and I know what got me morbidly obese in the first place. Doing these OCD tasks breaks the cycle for me that lead to being fat.

I don't measure, I do have a wonderful software program for my crackberry that keeps me honest. I can eyeball (or the palm of your hand is 3 oz... WW trick) and read how many servings in a container....

I will tell you when I eat to much, I will tell you when I fall victim to the dreaded Cheetos Hot Fries.. And other then when I am cleansing I will drink a skinny ***** or two on the weekends.

I love this board too, and never go anywhere else except the recipe board once in a while but haven't found anything I like yet and I definintly don't post there...

hey dude...you know a lot of people are full of ****and then there are those that need the stucture...the last 15 pounds or so are "hell Pounds" and I never got down to a normal BMI...I graze all day long..but I graze on protein...

unless it's stress eating..then DUCK!!!