Question:
Does anyone know of a way to test your pouch size?

I am 4 months out today and have lost 102 pounds. I dont need to be analyzed about why I want to do this,I am just curious. So anyone know how to test your pouch size? Thanks in advance!!    — Shannon L. (posted on July 21, 2002)

July 21, 2002
I have always heard that you could test your pouch size with cottage cheese. I have not tried it but have read it in several different places.
   — Sandy T.

July 21, 2002
The Cottage Cheese Test...I dug this up off the internet. Purchase a container of small curd low-fat cottage cheese. Begin the test with a full container, and perform the test in the morning before eating anything else (this will be your breakfast on that day). Eat fairly quickly until you feel full (less than five minutes). Note that the small soft curds do not require much chewing. The idea with the rapid eating is to fill the pouch before there is much time for food to flow out of it. After eating your "fill" of cottage cheese, you will be left with a partially eaten container that has empty space where cottage cheese used to be. Start with a measured amount of water (16 ounces, for example), and pour water into the container of cottage cheese until the water is level with the original top level of the cottage cheese. Voila - the amount of water poured into the container is the functional size of the pouch. If this is your first time doing the test - DON'T PANIC. You are likely to find that the "cottage cheese" size of your pouch is way bigger than your surgeon told you he/she made it at the time of surgery. Dr. Flanagan's data indicates that the average size of the mature pouch by cottage cheese test is 5.5 ounces. He has also found that sizes ranging from 3 to 9 ounces have NO IMPACT on the person's success in weight loss.
   — Jon W.

July 21, 2002
I would do the CC test but out of a 2 cup measuring cup. Put the CC in the m. cup and eat out of that. That way you can measure what is missing by the cup, not having to pour water into the left-over CC.
   — Cheri M.