Mushy Foods

So here I am finally able to eat purreed foods! When I was eating Jell-O, I couldn't wait to have cream soups. When I was eating cream soups and pudding, I couldn't wait for purreed! BUT what did I eat today? About two bites of baby food banana mush and about four bites of baby food sweet potato and then about eight bites of purreed clam chowder (I actually meant to get the creamed potato out)... Does that sound like a satisfying day???!!! I am SCARED to try new foods. I don't want to get sick; I don't want to mess anything up inside... I have no idea what full or "satisfied" feels like! If I did, I probably wouldn't be heavy... How do you know how much to eat??? An ounce? Anybody else have food phobias now?

Amy, Your pouch will let you know when your full. Some of the signs of over eating are hiccups, vomiting, stomach pressure in chest, and dumping. I remember the first few things that made me sick, they were all healthy foods, not junk foods. I'm about 9 months out now and I can probably eat 6 ounces. Initally your pouch can only hold an once or two. You should be fine. Around six months was when I noticed I could eat more. I feel pressure when I over eat or over fill my pouch. Good Luck and stay hydrated. Jennifer

I start sneezing when I am over doing it. Trust me you will know when you are full. I have the pressure when I get full. You got to eat to keep strong. I am 16 months out and still dumping very bad on almost everything and still throwing up like 3 to 4 times a week. I do very well on deli turkey........And bagles..... I love bagles....I can eat the top or bottom of one. can't do the whole thing right now. But in a days time I can get it all gone.......I am very underweight and trying to gain back.....The doctor wants me at 120 lbs. I am 95 lbs today.....You just gotta try little bites of new foods to see if it will stay down...........................I think that is my problem now. I was so worried about eating and not eating that my body got use to not eating and now look what shape I got myself into.....The nurse told me at the hospital that I went so long without eating that my body don't want food. That is why I am throwing up so much. I reject food. And my pancrease is all screwed up now from it........Please eat a little some thing... And relax god will take care of all of us.... good luck and god bless Amy

Dear amy that is a low weight. Did you have lap band, or "gb"? How much did you start at? What was your total wt. Loss? I was just told at a class not to eat soft wt. Breads. That is what a bagle is , right? I was trying figure out how you sliced it. Was it mostly the crust? 16 months is a long time. I'm shocked that you still have the problem of throwing up. I will look forward to hearing from you. I'm having "lap band", hoping by dec 15th, not approved yet. Have a great day! Nobetterwomen, bridget from new jersey

I had gbs. My start weight was 260 lbs. Total loss is around 170. I am throwing up so much because my pancrease is not doing what it is suppose to do. I started some new meds. This month. They seem to be helping. I still just can't do any sugar at all and nothing fried. The doctor told me to eat anything I can and anything I want. He just wants me to get back up to 120 lbs. I want to be 110 lbs. I don't know why but a bagle does well with me. I don't do loaf bread good. It is kinda sticky.....I put my bagle in the oven and toast it and load it up with ff cream cheese. Bagles has 320 cals in them. So I eat one 1/2 then later on eat the other 1/2. At this point I am so low in weight I have got to have high calorie food. The doctor told me when I was in the hospital getting (tpn) jars of fat... That I was dying......And that if I did not keep it at 1800 calories a day that I would die. He said 4 times about undoing my gastric bypass. I told him no I would not die a fat person.....I will not have it undone. If I die I will die skinny............Good luck to you and hope things go very well for you.......... Let me know how thing go for ya...... God bless amy