I skipped the pureed phrase and went to soft foods. Did I stretch my pouch by doing

this? I am a little over a month post op and have lost 26 lbs but that was lost in the liquid phase. After the full liquid phase I tried pureed for a day and couldn't stand it so I ate already mushy foods (oatmeal, mashed potatoes etc.), soft consistency foods and if not soft I chewed food down to mush before swallowing. I am concerned that I damaged/stretched my pouch because I'm not having any problems with eating a considerable amount of food and wondered if my skipping pureed is the reason. I ate 3/4 of a subway grilled chicken salad today (in a dish about the size of a regular dinner plate) and was only comfortably full when I decided to stop eating. I could have finished the whole thing...no problem. I've been able to eat food that had some grease in it (eg: oven baked salmon cakes, an hot wings), bread and rice without any discomfort or 'dumping'. I'm wondering if my egg sized pouch is really the size of a grapefruit? Generally I'm not eating as frequently as I should so when I do eat, my stomach has been empty for sometime so maybe that's why I can eat a good bit before feeling slightly full. I'm not doing well with meeting my 73g protein and 64 oz liquid requirement so I guess I'm impeding my own success. I can fix these things but my biggest concern is why am I able to eat so much (when most people can only eat a few mouth fulls of food at this point) and why am I able to tolerate greasy and/or fried foods without having any reactions like everyone else? I was relyingon having these negative reactions to help me get the weight off. Without them this was a waste of money (mine since I paid for it) pain and time. This is my last chance at getting the weight off once and for all.. Someone Please tell me there's hope!!

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