MARY-excellent post! I predict you will have great success, when you become a "postie"! I especially liked what you said about "luck has nothing to do with it"-FABULOUS !!

Keep up your research--both from the medical community, and from here. Q and A, with peeps who have "BTDT" is priceless. I encourage to ask ANYTHING..but..put on your fireproof panties, and be ready for honest answers. There are some peeps...like me...who tend to not be "fairy fart and rainbow type posters"...and will only be honest...I don't want other peeps to make all the stupid mistakes I made...

Godspeed, on what will prove to be the most exciting journey of your life!!!

gINA,  may I say the same to you:) excellent post, thank you for putting this into words, my thoughts, your great way of putting it:)

You don't feel full because the nerves that signal your brain when you're full were cut during your surgeon and they have not healed yet.  You have not stretched your pouch.

However, the foods you are eating are not going to help you reach your weight loss goal.  Are you in therapy?  If not, you might want to make an appointment with a therapist.  Eating Cheetos and apple pie and stuff like that so early out is not wise.  It's like you are trying to sabotage yourself.  Were you trying to dump?  Why would you want to make yourself really sick?  That is something to talk to a therapist about.

I rarely post advice because I'm a "newbie", but your question deserves an answer.  My best advice - 

1.  AVOID THE FOODS THAT GOT YOU TO THE OPERATING ROOM!

2,  Find a good nutritionist and see him/her often.

3.  Eat high quality protein

4.  Avoid low quality carbs

5.  Live your life as if you will dump and never test yourself.  Once you know the answer, you will fight the urge to deviate from your plan.

6.  Read, read and re-read posts by others who have walked this path before you.

I wish you the best and sincerely hope you find a good path for this journey.

I think logging all of my foods in myfitnesspal.com has been a large part of my success so far.   I thought I knew a lot about nutrition, but I got a few surprises when I started logging!   Best wishes

Thanks silverbell.. :)

Yes! I have weighed and logged every bite I have eaten since surgery, and I feel this is the biggest key for my continued success.

I'm not going to add anything that hasn't been said yet. Get a handle in this NOW, this is the good times the real challenges will be here sooner than later. 

Call a a nutritionist and therapist on Monday. 

Hey there  I also had RNY surgery on Nov 4th.

I also don't get that "full" feeling like I did pre-op but I expected that. I'm lucky that I have my mom around who had the VSG and she helps a lot. Tonight for dinner I steamed 2 oz of Tilapia and 2 baby carrots. I was halfway done and feeling satisfied. I didn't feel the need to eat anymore but really wanted to get more protein in. My mom insisted that I stop and I'm glad I did. I've seen her get sick MANY times thinking she wasn't full but really was. You don't want to do that.

I'm really just loving this time of feeling no hunger pangs. Take advantage of it! 

When you try things just to say how you'll react, you are playing with fire. One day, you will find the one delicious thing that you just loved before surgery and you'll realize that you can eat as much of that ONE THING as you want...

And then you'll eat it, and eat it, and eat it - even in "moderation" - and your weight will get stuck and eventually creep back up and up and UP until you're where you were and then you'll be on here asking "Why and how did this happen?"

Please take my advice and just stick to what you're supposed to be eating. Don't try things that are going to suck you in, like chips, cookies, candy, etc. because that is a dangerous road. I'm not saying you can never have those "bad" things again, but GIRL! You are three weeks out. Give your body time to adjust to the new things that have been done to it. Fill up on liquids and protein. Fill up on those things until you FEEL FULL, because trust me, you will start to feel full.

Good luck to you.