Question:
I can eat 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and still be hungry, almost 5 months Post-op.

I am not sure if my hunger is all in my head or if 1/2 cup isn't enough. I'm so afraid that my pouch is stretched out. Anyone 5 months post op out there that has tried the cottage cheese test? How much can you eat?    — Jonna M. (posted on January 8, 2002)

January 7, 2002
The cottage cheese test is not actually eating the cottage cheese, it is bolting it down as much as you can, as fast as you can, till you are full and can't eat another bite. Aside from that, 1/2 c. of cottage cheese, a soft food, isn;t likely to keep many people over 2 months out full long. Eat real food, slowly, well chewed, until you are full. *That* is our new sensible diet plan.
   — M. A. B.

January 7, 2002
More than 1/2 cup. I will try it tonight and report back in. My surgery was July 23rd. Pouch stretching is NORMAL, and overated as a problem. Malabsorbtion helps usa to keep the weight off.
   — bob-haller

January 8, 2002
I am almost 5 mos out and keep certainly eat more than 1/2 cup. I had open RNY and depending on the consistency of the food, and the mood of my stomach, I can eat a cup, sometimes about a cup and 1/2 depending on what it is.
   — [Deactivated Member]

January 8, 2002

   — Denise W.

January 8, 2002
I am 3 weeks post op and can eat 1/2 to 3/4 Cup of cottage cheese. I was worried and called my BTC nutritionist who said it was perfectly fine. Cottage cheese is soft and kinda liquidy...not too heavy...so I think that makes a difference.
   — Karen B.