Veteran's please explain

How a person, who had RNY over 5 years ago, is capable of eating a Big Mac meal with medium fries, including pop, in 20 minutes? No dumping, no carb crashing. I witnessed this awhile ago, and it scared the bejeebers out of me. Is there a point after so many years that you can get more food in? Or just poor choices gradually over time? I know that there's no way I could even attempt the Big Mac (not that I would want to), and even that many fries (I could do a few...but again, I have no desire to).

That made me sick just reading it. All that gross food. I look forward to the vets answer

The WHOLE Big Mac and all of the fries AND a pop?

I have no clue, honestly. Continuous overeating, stretching of the stoma.... I can't imagine.

Everything...done in 20 minutes. I just sat there with my jaw dropped. I know that when we're first out our stomas are small and angry from surgery, which is part of the reason we can't get as much food in. And then eventually it is bigger and we can fit a proper amount of food in our pouch. But at what point do we reach the max?

And this is an example. At one month, I decided to attempt A small wendy's chili. I could eat about 1/4. By one year probably 1/2 and now about 3/4 (I hadn't had it in a long time, so I wasn't sure just how much I would get in). Will by two years it be the whole thing? Is that how it works?

Yep, the worrywart Kelly is wondering and worrying about the future again lol. But seeing what the vets eat in our What are you eating/doing today link, tells me that it's probably done healing and stretching (because I eat as I should).

Sorry if this is confusing. That whole situation confused the crap out of me!

Yikes, that is scary. I can't imagine eating that much food. Even at almost 5 months out I still surprise myself at how little I can eat in one meal. As an example, I tried some whole grain pasta for dinner last night, I measured out 3/4 cup serving and could NOT fini**** Got really full, and that's a pretty small portion for a regular person. (I don't normally eat higher carb but got some to try)

Stretching the pouch/stoma really scares me. I know it's up to me and the decisions I make but it's scary to think about

1/2 a hamburger and I am stuffed.....I dont touch pop.....fries go mushy so I can see someone being able to eat a medium fries....

I feel sorry for this person....food demons....especially when you indicate they ate it in 20 minutes......how much have they gained back?

30 plus pounds.

I'm more then 5 years out and I would never be able to eat that much in one sitting. Mind you I can certainly eat more now then I could at a year or two out. Probably a cup or so of food depending on how dense it is. To this day I still don't eat and drink at the same time.

This person is probably washing the food out of their pouch by drinking and eating at the same time allowing them to eat more.

I have days when I seem to be able to eat more then others too. One day I can eat a small sandwich and the next I will eat  2 or 3 bites and be full.

If this person has decided to go back to the unhealthy eating that made them morbidly obese in the first place they will find a way to get it in. Once you chew up all that food and add liquid it becomes kind of a slider food that passes through the pouch quickly and is surely a recipe for disaster.

Linda

Ah, so you can eat more than say when you were two years out? Interesting. But I like to hear that you still have the "full" days. I get those now. It's amazing what our pouch can do!

But yes, it made me sad to watch.

Possible. I've got a colleague who had RnY in Utica five years ago and we often cross paths at the grill station of our cafeteria, the cheeseburgers there are WAY bigger than big macs, plus fries and DIET cola  are his default choice. Don't know how long it takes him to consume it, but shouldn't be longer than a lunch break time, i.e. about 30 minutes. So he drinks with food, eats meat with carbs at the same time - it explains how everything gets through, And yes he regained big time - he looks over 300 pounds.

Look at stats, at 5-10 years out, do you think all these regains come from eating 1/2 cup of protein loaded foods per meal? no way, there should be SERIOUS eating to regain 100 pounds.