Looking for fullness

Hey dudes, I'm only 2 weeks post-op and still on liquids, but I'm wondering when I might be able to reasonably expect to feel that wonderful feeling of fullness my new little stomach should be sending me?  Obviously, it hasn't happened yet, so is that something I should progressively experience as I start to progress through the pureed/soft stage and start to add "real" food back into my diet? Down 23 pounds in 2 weeks and loving the way the numbers keep reducing! Bill

I experienced fullness for the first time at about 5 weeks, though it wasn't that allover, loosen the belt fullness, it was more like a high tightness.  Since then, I now feel like I experience fullness occasionally in something approaching the old-days kind of feeling, but in reality I've probably just adapted my mind to process the new signals as I used to the old.  I'm not sure I'll ever get that Thanksgiving feeling again (and indeed, not sure I want to; the discomfort of knowing I ate too much has me too worried about stretching my pouch, if that's even possible, to enjoy it). Right now, I get a deep satisfaction (short of stuffed, but like I've eaten quite well, say a nice steak and a potato), after many, many, 4-6 ounce meals, and that's enough for me. I hope what I just said makes sense.  It's hard to express these sensations in words that are easily understood if you haven't experienced them.

Man I know what your talking about.  I am 8 days out and down 25lbs.  I dont really have a sence of 'full' either.  I know the water and stuff goes right through.  I can tell you that I love to eat the Flavor Ice Lite and Sugar Free Popsicle.  they help out a lot. Keep up the good work. Sean

Yo guys! Congrads on you surgery and dealing with the glories of the liquid stage.  Just follow the menu and don't worry about the fullness right now.  The swelling going down and the new pouch learning to digest,..your body is doing as much adjusting as yu and your head are relaearning and adjusting.  When you get to soft foods, you will encounter fullness but it is  now a different experience.  For me it is a high pain or like a bubble in the top of my stomach or throat just above the new pouch.  Yuo very much need to stop when you get there and not try to force down that remaining amount of food, or you will just suffer and probably throw it back up anyways.  And the throwing up isn't viloent vomiting, it is more like burping and reverse swallowing, but it comes back none-the-less.  Unpleasant at best and not attractive to onlookers,...so you'll learn to just not go there. That satisfied full feeling that got us obese,....wellyou RNYers,...like I had,...hunger isn't what it was before, ...eating isn't what it was before,....feeling satisfied isn't what it was before.  I have had it once in 9 months and it wasn't any big deal.  It is not a goal.  My goal is protein first and stopping with out being sick, when ever that signal comes and it varies depending on what I'm taking in; i.e., meat versus a smoothie, protein bar verses mashed potates, chili verses fish or chicken. It is a different life on this side of surgery and there are many benefits.  Following the program helps adjust the mindset to the new lifestyle.  If you hold on too much to the past dependence on pleasures derived from eating, you could also develop or shall I say, maintian the bad habits that caused us the obesity probles we are trying to defeat.  I came to realize like going out to eat was no longer about me and my buddy food, which it was clearly more about than who I was with. but I didn't realize tha until I couldn't eat more than a copuple of bits and I was full. Stressers need to be dealt with a cold drink of water, a walk, talking to someone, etc. etc, and as strange as it seems, that is a good thing. So short answer,...let go of that needing to feel full and fell the satisfaction of successfully following the program and find new adventures in the additional time we use to spend eating. Go forth and succeed.  That is what being a loser is really all about. Joe 9 months, down 172 total, 138 sinece WLS

I asked much the same thing last November, and it was Dx (our resident guru here) *****plied that until my pouch has totally recovered, that "full" feeling wouldn't be there and it takes somewhere in the range of 4 to 8 to 12 weeks to get there. That said, by mid Dec as I remember, my pouch said FULL and I loved it after only I think like 4 oz of food. Since then it continues to register that FULL feeling everytime I eat almost and for all types of food but not liquids at all. Also, for me the "extra" item that reminds me I'm FULL, are the 3 or 4 hiccups I get from the Vagus nerve reaction to the full pouch which is like a "confirmation" that yup, I'm FULL. Your mileage may vary, but don't worry, it's the best feeling there is! :-) Jim