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I know that this question can get you reamed. But I'm wanting to know a year, or two or three later what is the most you can eat at a meal?  This will by no means keep me from surgery but I'm wondering if I will ever again get to eat a full slice or two of pizza or eat at least half a plate of food a the Chinese buffet every once in a while?

3 1/2+ years out...can eat 2 slices of piizzaa (though I should stop at one)!!  I'll tell you what I eat at the local restaurant on a typical day to give you an idea.  I'll order a cheeseburger (yeh, I know...no lectures), salad, and a ice tea.  I'll put lemon and Splenda in the ice tea and a small amount of sugar.  The cheeseburger is about the size of a Whopper (maybe 1/4 smaller)...with the fixings.  I'll blot out the grease with a couple of napkins first.   I will eat about half the cheeseburger and half the salad.  Also drink about 6-8 oz of tea.  I always ask for a container...or bring my own (Tupperware type of stuff).  I will have the food later that night or for breakfast the next morning.  Between 6-12 months your pouch (RNY) expands and you can eat more.  The first few months you can only get a small amount of food in, so you need to do protein first (to avoid losing muscle mass).  But after that you eat like a 110-120 pound woman.  Just more thoughout the day.  Brian 

that is very insightful thank you.

I'm like 10 months out. I can eat 2 slices of pizza, BUt normally stop on one. I do spoil myself every once and while and go to a Chinese buffet where I eat one normal sized plate. The biggest thing for me is that I don't eat with my meals. I wait around a half hour later to drink, its still taking me a little bit to get use to that.

Maybe not getting reamed but you run the risk of starting a surgery war!

If you go the RNY route then yeah your portions will be restricted a year, two or three out.

If you go the Sleeve/DS route then yeah you can do more.

Your mindset will change, food will not be as important to you as it is now.

You will not want to eat 2 or 3 plates of chinese food after surgery.  When you get a pizza you will eat a couple pieces and be satisfied, then you still have 3 or 4 meals of it.  Get a steak and have 3 meals of it.

It is a worry we all had, but really your attitude will change.

I am 4 years out of the DS, and can eat as much as a normal thin person. I can eat 2 or 3 slices of pizza, I can eat a full value meal from McDonalds with a large diet coke, when I go to a buffet, I can eat 2 plates of food, plus one set of desserts.

Depends on what kind of WLS you are having ...

 DS and Sleevers can typically consume more food than RNYers and banders, due to the larger "stomach" size ..  Over the years, this amount tends to more even out ..