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I'm a few days behind you and pretty much in the same boat -- if it's actual food (egg, meat, cheese) only about 3 oz if I eat slow. I can get through a whole greek yogurt or skyr but it takes about an hour.

Although I could have them if they are soft, I still haven't moved past proteins to add veggies yet, still focusing on moving from mostly liquid proteins plus a meal to 2 meals plus the liquid proteins.

Hi joe. I wouldn't worry about that. I wish I was physically stopped at 2 ounces. What are you eating. I got to eat what you eat. Lol

So for me, breakfast is 1/2 yogurt.

Morning snack cheese stick

lunch premier protein shake

afternoon snack cheese stick (see the theme)

dinner 1oz chicken thigh

evening snack snack well rice purring or 1/2cup sour ff yogurt

joe

I'm 51/2 years and could eat lots morethan the one cup of food my surgeon tells me to eat. I wasn't allowed one cup until after 6 months out. Eat a measured amount like 1/2 to 3/4 c and then stop. If you feel hungry wait your 30 minutes and drink instead. Eating til we felt full is what lead to us needing surgery and if we do it now we can regain all our lost weight.

I'm 6 weeks out and can maaaaybe eat 2-3 ounces at once. About 1/4c of food, dense meat or dairy protein. Cream of wheat and mashed cauliflower probably go right through the pouch. I can eat 1/2 a cup of greek yogurt and I'm done...have to eat it slow, too. I'll usually take an hour to eat a 5.3oz light and fit greek yogurt, for instance.

I don't add carbs. We can make glucose from protein, and I get my protein first and I easily hit 90g a day if I am diligent. I still do a 30g protein shake at least once, and sometimes twice if Harvey Jr. is being an anarchist re-adjusted stomach. Lately I've been between 70-80g just because I've been nauseous a lot, though.

What you are feeling as fullness, well, isn't. It's food pressing into the esophagus which has nerves that still have senses. Your pouch probably does not yet fully. I would measure for sure. I could probably eat quite a bit more if I ate to capacity, but I measure instead because I know I can't trust my estimates. My past has taught me that...I will overeat.

Always eat the protein first, very slowly, and eat everything else after. Even without a pyloric valve/sleeve it will be pretty full in there.

Hi. I can't believe the difference. I went for a Greek yogurt before and was almost done in less than 15 minutes and then made sure I slowed down. I should have basically the same restriction as you guys. I'm so upset

I don't really feel restriction unless I eat dense protein, like a hunk of meat. I would have to eat a lot of yogurt to feel restriction...

I think this a person-to-person thing. I was just like Donna early on and Greek yogurt killed me if I ate more than a small amount. I can eat 7-8oz now if I'm good and hungry but I definitely feel restriction if I eat that portion.

I'm 6 weeks out and I couldn't eat more than an ounce of tuna at a sitting, or I was in excruciating pain. I found out the hard way to measure and weigh your food or you will regret it. To me it is intense chest pain, I imagine a heart attack feels like this. If I had too much food or chased it too quickly with water this would occur. So for my lunch I would split a tuna pouch, eat 1/2 and then 2 hours later eat the rest. I struggled getting my protein in and found Genepro unflavored protein powder 1 tablespoon is 30g protein and 57 calories. Plus it mixes with anything and doesn't change the flavor of it. All of that being said the only thing that didn't bother me is Greek yogurt.

Since we have no vagus nerve or the portion of it that connected to the stomach, it is almost impossible to tell when you have eaten too much. I've had to find the very subtle signs that tell me I'm approaching too much food and I stop. No extra bite, just stop or I will regret it. At this point 1C is a lot of food, I eat 1-2oz of protein first then if there is any room a bite or two of veggies. Consider yourself lucky if you haven't experienced this pain, but the goal here is not to pu**** and see how much we can eat around our pouch. I'm too serious about losing weight to try to "cheat".

OH has a great article about slider foods, check it out:

http://www.obesityhelp.com/articles/what-are-slider-foods-sh ould-i-be-wary-of-them

I also found this on another website, it gives a few good examples:

"Slider foods are foods that "slide through" the pouch after gastric bypass surgery. Because gastric bypass patients no longer have a pyloric valve between their pouches and their small intestines, very wet, slippery, or liquid-like foods slide right out of the pouch. Imagine your pouch as a funnel with a very small opening in the bottom. If you pour something like well-chewed chicken or well-chewed beans into that funnel, it will take a while for that food to leave the funnel. However, if you pour something like yogurt, mashed potatoes, or soup into that funnel, it will not take long at all to leave the funnel.

Since slider foods don't stay in the pouch for long, you'll get hungry soon after eating them. Avoid slider foods if you want to feel full longer. Partial List of Slider Foods

• Yogurt
• Pudding
• Ice cream/frozen yogurt
• Gelatin
• Cottage cheese
• Mashed potatoes
• Cream of wheat
• Soup
• Chili (especially if it has much liquid/broth in it)
• Cereal with milk (including soy milk or almond milk)
• Smoothies
• Applesauce
• Pasta, if combined with a lot of sauce"