Question:
I'm 9 months post op..how many ounces shoudl i be eating at once

at this stage of the game? i knwo some days its more than others..but 5, 6, close to 8?? i'm near the point where i need ballpark here...thanks you guys!!!!! heather 9mosRNY 340/157    — hdziema (posted on August 21, 2003)

August 21, 2003
Heather, I am also nine months out. It seems to me that I can eat between 6 and 8 ounces of food on a regular basis. Sometimes less, but not usually more. What I find interesting is that I have begun recently to feel like I can eat *so much* that I tend to put way more on my plate than I should. I cannot eat it, but it's like my brain is saying that I can eat so-called normal amounts now. I really don't know if this is a self-sabotage thing or what, but I have noticed it and now make the effort to only get a very small helping. If I am really and truly still hungry afterwards, I can always add a little more. However, I don't want to get into the bad habit of putting too much on my plate and feeling compelled to finish it up. Better to start with too little than too much. Hope you're doing well with your journey! I've been a slow loser, but I've lost 85 pounds with 15 to go. I feel great and am thankful every day for this surgery. God Bless, Gerry
   — Gerry Y.

August 21, 2003
I am not too far behind you. I am 6 mo post op (almost 7), down 116 lbs. My doctor considers 4-6 ounces of food "medium" amount. That's what I am eating and I am still losing quickly.
   — SarahC

August 21, 2003
Doesn't sound out of line to me. I am 6-1/2 months and eat anywhere from 3-6 ounces, usually 4-5. Shrimp is one thing I can eat tons of and I suspect sometimes it reaches 7-8 ounces. This seems to have become my post-op food challenge. I don't have trouble leaving other stuff alone or eating very small quantities, but shrimp just goes down so darn easy and I usualy do not eat anything else with it, other than ketchup. <p>If most meals you can keep in the 5-6 range then it would appear to me things are fine. Just make sure it's mostly protein.
   — zoedogcbr

August 21, 2003
I am 9 months out too, and have not as a rule been able to eat that much at all. If I make 2oz of a protien I am surprised as it does not happen that often. What I am starting to feel is real hunger for the first time and as others have said "carbs go down real easy". I can eat a lot of carb ounces. So far the most I can eat is 1/2 of a cream cheese sandwich. Three shrimps and I am full. I have been concerned that my portions are still so small. Thanks for your question it has helped me too. Cathy RNY11/14/02 down 110lbs
   — cathy G.

August 21, 2003
Interesting...My surgeon strictly says to NEVER eat more than 2 oz. at a time, until you have reached your goal weight! What does everyone think of that one? 6 weeks post op, down 32 lbs.
   — Michele B.

August 21, 2003
Michelle, early out I would have nodded at my doctor and said "sure, sounds great"...but at over a year out (and not quite to goal yet), I'd be giving him what-for over the idea of 2 ounce meals until I reached goal. For ME, that would not be even close to realistic and I'm afraid that eventually I'd jump feet first off the band-wagon and start eating wrong. I usually eat about 6 to 8 ounces 3 times a day and a 2 or 3 ounce snack once or twice a day now. Still losing...slowly now, but going down :>) I HOPE 2 ounces until goal works for you! Good luck!
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