VSG Maintenance Group
Question for vets re: restriction
(deactivated member)
on 9/24/11 5:46 am
on 9/24/11 5:46 am
I am having a normal day. This is what I ate for breakfast and was satisfied.
By weight, it was 4 ounces, using a digital food scale.
2 ounces-chicken breast
1 ounce- cheese
1 ounce- brown rice gluten free tortilla
no sauces or seasonings were eaten, it was just those 3 ingredients folding over and browned into a quesadilla in a panini press....YUM!
Remember I have a severe wheat allergy, so I'm not sure if wheat flour tortillas fill a person up more, or swell, and I don't know if my rice based stuff slides more. I hope they are all comparable.
By weight, it was 4 ounces, using a digital food scale.
2 ounces-chicken breast
1 ounce- cheese
1 ounce- brown rice gluten free tortilla
no sauces or seasonings were eaten, it was just those 3 ingredients folding over and browned into a quesadilla in a panini press....YUM!
Remember I have a severe wheat allergy, so I'm not sure if wheat flour tortillas fill a person up more, or swell, and I don't know if my rice based stuff slides more. I hope they are all comparable.
At 8 months, my capacity hasn't changed much from 3-4 months out. I can comfortably eat 4oz (1/2 cup) of mushy things like cottage cheese, and 2 1/2 (generally) of anything dense. I measure and limit myself.
Carolyn (32 lbs lost Pre-op) HW: 291, SW: 259, GW: 129.5, CW: 126.4
Age: 45, Height: 5'2 1/4" , Stretch Goal: 122 
I noticed that I could eat more at 9 months out.
I never measure my food nor have I ever tested my sleeve size. Honestly I don't believe in it because it's not practical for me.
However, I do eat until I am satisfied and not til I am full. My sleeve is finicky. Some days I can put more into it and some days I can put less. But if I put too much it will definitely remind me whose in charge. I have no qualms in saying that...I am my sleeves *****
When I am satiated I stop.
Eventhough I can eat more then I could 6 months out. It's still a significatly less than what I ate two years ago.
I never measure my food nor have I ever tested my sleeve size. Honestly I don't believe in it because it's not practical for me.
However, I do eat until I am satisfied and not til I am full. My sleeve is finicky. Some days I can put more into it and some days I can put less. But if I put too much it will definitely remind me whose in charge. I have no qualms in saying that...I am my sleeves *****
When I am satiated I stop.
Eventhough I can eat more then I could 6 months out. It's still a significatly less than what I ate two years ago.
Highest Weight: 380 Consult Weight: 357 Surgery Weight: 309
Goal Weight: 220 (9/29/10) Revised Goal Range 215-220 Current Weight: 224
Plastics: Circumferential Lower Body Lift - 11/18/2011
Gynecomastia - 6/14/2012
I guess we all are.....LOL (deactivated member)
on 9/25/11 3:33 am
on 9/25/11 3:33 am
Well, I did the cottage cheese test. I can eat 8 ounces here at pretty much a year out. This is right on course for a 36 french bougie. I read where Frisko said that 36 french could eat 8-12 ounces at a year out. I'm OK with that. It's a whole heck of a lot less than I could eat before surgery.
