Question about the full feeling?

I havent gotten to eat yet but I am curious as to how you KNOW you are done eating?  When I had the lapband they told me the same thing.  The only time I ever felt full was when I had gone too far and food was caught in my band and I would throw up.  Im hoping this isn't similar.

Because with the band I NEVER felt full unless I was going to throw up.  It was either one or the other- stop eating before I felt full or overeat and throw up.

You get a full feeling. I have yet to have the foamies or get a sick feeling.. The first time you eat anything even close to solid- think pudding, you will notice a couple things.. you start to feel full and usually have some kind of sign, hiccup, burp, or runny nose- sometimes a sneeze. But if you continue to eat (even a spoon or two) you will feel a sense of fullness higher up- at the base of your throat almost. Just do it slooow and pay attention, you'll feel it long before you feel sick or vomit if you go slow.

I agree that if you eat slowly you will have some kind of sign.  Burping was another sign for me early out.  I now get burps or runny nose...so strange!  Make sure you measure your food and pay attention....mindless eating like while watching TV or talking to friends can easily cause you to eat too fast or too much.  I have never thrown up but I have suffered through many times of agony from eating a bite or two too much or too fast.

I usually get this bubble feeling in my stomach, its hard to explain.  Once I get that feeling, I can usually only take one or two more bites.  I have overdone it before and been uncomfortable but I havent thrown up yet and I dont think Ive ever had foamies either.

i find that if i take one bite too much, i get this feeling like i can't catch my breathe or i cant tell a deep breathe.  passes in 5 minutes or so.  i love the full feeling, never use to feel full at all.  i could have eaten a whole side of beef.  i'm not kidding

EAT SLOWLY, as OPs have said.  Like a couple minutes between bites.  Use a timer if you have to.  The full feeling takes time to be received, and the only way not to eat to the point of vomiting or pain is to go slow.  Also eat tiny bites - the size of a pencil eraser.  Some people use baby spoons to reduce the size of their bites. 

I'll say this, it's really odd to eat this way - I used to be a human vacuum cleaner, just sucked everything up in seconds.  It's been quite a challenge to change that, probably the hardest part of this whole process, LOL.  But it does happen eventually.  As others have also said, you'll learn everything for yourself, what signals you get and when, usually thru trial and error. 

Congrats on your surgery - it's an interesting, fun, and educational journey.

My full feeling with VSG is very different from the lapband.  I wouldn't feel full with the lapband.  I would all of a sudden get to the point where I have to vomit just like you, yet I would still feel hungry.

With my VSG, I get that full feeling I had before the surgeries.  If I eat a few bites too many I feel like I had a big Thanksgiving dinner, but thankfully don't feel like I have to vomit.