2 weeks post-op eating pureed (soft) foods - how much food?

I can't say that I am ever hungry, but neither am I stuffed by food post op. I have been sticking to my doctor's recommendation for 2 oz of meat and a quarter cup of veggies at a meal, and I have lost 15 lbs in two weeks, but I don't get a really full feeling from that amount of food. So this evening I tried to gauge what being full would feel like. For dinner I was able to comfortably eat 8 oz. of cottage cheese and 1/4 cup applesauce without problem. I stopped the test then, although I only felt relatively and not completely full. Having done that, I am just comfortably full. I discontinued drinking water 15 minutes before eating, and did not drink anything afterwards for about 1.5 hours. I "burped" a small amount of air and then felt fine after finishing my meal. I have never been nauseated from eating or drinking anything post op. Could I have an enlarged stoma or is it too early to tell?

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