Restriction Do You Feel It???

I know the further out we get in our WL journey we can eat more and tolerate more food.  My question is have you lost your feeling of restriction or do you still get a feeling of fullness when you are eating.  Does your pouch still send you a signal to say "Okay that's enough?" Or do you say when you've had enough?

mostly i say these days

with some foods, my pouch still tells me, but not like in the beginning

so i guess its back to using that big tool we all have, our brain.

thats scary some days, cause the food part of my brain never worked so well.

hugs, jacki

I still do not have a physical sensation of gnawing hunger.  Which doesn't mean I don't want to eat: but that's a mental thing.

I do know when things are "too full" and if I'm not careful I can create some pain that would make me wish for death (before vomiting begins).  Not chewing raw apples or carrots in particular.

When people write that they think their stomach no longer works I think: "yeah, try swallowing something without chewing it completely...you'll learn if things are working pretty quick"

So I don't get a hunger feeling but I do get a "you better stop now" feeling.

Typically I feel satisified from eating long before I feel the restriction of my pouch... however if I do keep eating passed the point of being satisified my pouch will definately let me know.
One thing Ive noticed is different times my pouch will feel different - one day I can eat a 1/2 of sandwich, another day I can barely fini**** and feel full... its a strange thing. I still try and keep mindful of portions and only put on my plate whats enough so I am not tempted to keep eating passed the point I know I am full.. especially when it comes to something yummy I love to eat :-)

I can still feel it.  Granted I can eat more now than in the beginning but it is still there.  It also depends on what it is.  yogurt wil blueberries...can eat a lot of because it is liquidy...but 1/2 a chicken breast and I am done.  I do have that...one more bite and I am gonna hurt feeling...I know I should not eat to that point...and usually do not but sometimes it still creeps up on me.

I can eat an awful lot before I get that full feeling - I don't feel sick or anything.  So it's up to me to say when to stop.  :o(

Thanks for responding.  I too can sometimes eat things and be full after a few bites, but then other times epending on what it is it seems like I could eat forever.  Just wanted to know if it was me or something that occurs with everyone.

I'm almost 6 years out and I still have restriction. If I choose to ignore the feeling of fullness with "just one last bite", my pouch puts me right back in my place and that one last bite comes right back up...I know, TMI...sorry about that.

If I eat dense protein like grilled chicken breast I can feel it, but on an average day I do not feel a true "restriction" in my pouch anymore. I eat more by portion size and when the portion on my plate is done, then I'm done eating.

I had my RNY dec 2002. Started at 286 now 186 never lost as much wight as I wanted. i dont feel any retsiction at all and I can eat normal sized meals and am hungry all the time. nowadays I have to depend on brain energy to not eat. Im constantly on a diet now to maintain the weight loss.