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     Could anyone tell me what a balanced meal should weigh for someone who is almost 7 months out? For example...how many oz of protein, how many oz of veggie and starch. I feel like I am eating too much.

      I have a hard time because food doesn't bother me AT ALL. Nothing bothers me. NOTHING. I can eat anything...sugar, fat, bread, all meats etc. I have not even thrown up once in the 7 months since I had surgery. To some of you that sounds like a great thing but it does make it harder because it is all self control. Just like it was before surgery. I have never gotten so full that I could vomit. I thought everyone got that feeling? I rarely feel super full. Oh I'm a mess lol. I could use everyones knowledge!!

I am the same way (except I haven't had bread yet). The closest I came to being "TOO full" was when I had steak, a sweet potato, cherry tomatoes, a shrimp or 2....
Usually I have to make myself stop eating, and it scares me as well because that didn't work so well pre-op

(and I am just now FIVE months postop)

My NUT gave me a sheet with samples of a healthy meal plan... I will try to remember to put some of it up , but it will be tomorrow. Yikes to depending on my worsening memory!

 I don't know the answer to your question but I want you to know your post was a relief.  I am 10 weeks out and nothing bothers me either.  I have not thown up or had any dumping.  I don't have a problem with bite size or eating too fast.  It is like before my surgery but I am not as hungry.

I am not losing very fast - I just hope I continue to lose.

You only get that feeling if you overeat.  Apparently you are eating the correct amounts.

At 7 months out, I was told to eat 3/4 to one cup of food at a time.  I did not weight food but measured by volume because my pouch holds a certain volume.  There is no scale in there.

 I am exactly like you.  I think I over ate once, when I tried rice and it HURT!  Not stuck, just felt like my stomach was going to burst and I had to lay down until it moved out of there.

My doctor said to do 4 to 6 ounces in volume, like 4 cups they gave you in the hospital.  Well, I do 6 more times that not because 4 will leave me starving before my 2 hour time limit.  

I do it by grams of protein.  I need so many grams per meal, so if I get my grams of protein in then I go for something else, like at lunch I needed 10 grams of protein, which I was full when I got that in, so I could not have my fiber one brownie :( (I love those, don't anyone spoil that for me!) LOL

 Hi Amber ~ 

I'm 8 months out (yesterday) and am in the same boat you are.  I can eat pretty much everything BUT I don't.  I don't do candy or chips or baked goods (cake, brownies, pie).  I have had TINY amounts of pasta and rice - and I mean tiny, even by WL standards!  Basically, if it isn't nutritionally beneficial, I try to shy away from it.  Don't get me wrong ~ sometimes I want a treat. So I have some trail mix or a graham cracker with some peanut butter or a chocolate protein bar.  Sounds boring, but I have to tell you I read these boards religiously and I'm afraid of that one thing that I come across that is the thing that makes me violently ill.  Or doesn't. What if I learn I can eat ice cream with no problems. I tell you what - I would be in HUGE trouble. 

On top of that, I'm DIGGING how I look.  The scale is flying in the right direction. I have never looked like this in my life.  There isn't anything I've ever eaten that tasted better than how I feel in a pair of tight jeans. I feel like the hottest, sexiest thing that ever walked the earth.  Have never felt like this before, so I'm going with it.

In answer to your question tho, I stick to the guidelines that the Weight & Wellness center provided (you and I had the same surgeon). 3oz of lean protein first.  After that, I can only eat a few bites of a grain or a vegetable.  For example, tonight I have 3 oz of meatloaf, and 1 string bean and 3/4 of a small (tiny) red potato.  And I was full. Sometimes I'm full BEFORE I've finished what I've measured out for myself, and that's ok.  I can go back to it later.

If you don't get that feeling, you need to strictly measure your food, eat slow slow slow and don't drink for 30 minutes. I would also avoid those non-beneficial foods.  You're still trying to lose, so why even go there?

I am no more experienced at this for you, and it's such a personal thing. I don't intend to sound preachy, so please don't take it that way.  I take this day by day.  If I have a bad moment, I recognize it for what it was - just a moment.  As you said, you need to exercise self-control or you go back to your old ways.  I, for one, want to see you succeed!  

Best of luck!
Kelly