Question:
I just ate a whole entire peanute butter and sugar free jelly sandwhich
I am 20 months post op and was able to eat an entire sandwhich for the first time I feel like crap now not sick crap but geee wiz im a pig crap...is this normal for me to be able to eat this much? i am open rny...down apx 145pnds... — Deanna Wise (posted on August 20, 2003)
August 19, 2003
I am over two years out, and yes, you can eat entire sandwich by this time.
Now, I would say that it depends on how much filling you have in the
sandwich. If I eat a fast food sandwich, I usually take the top part of
the bun off and eat the rest. Still, this is usually all I can eat with a
few french fries. Oh yes, I am talking about the small hamburger, not the
quarter pounder! :0) You know, you could have ate something much worse.
Peanut butter is a great source of protein, and the sugar free jelly is
almost all fruit. Don't feel bad, feel great at the good choice you made.
— sheron H.
August 19, 2003
Like the other poster said, don't beat yourself up. Maybe next time try to
limit it to 1 slice of bread and fold in half and then have something else
for the rest of the meal. The peanut butter is high in fat and carbs but
the carbs are much more justifiable than refined carbs, just like fat free
refried beans are high in carbs but good protein. Learn something from
this - you ate too much so next time you'll cut back the quantity and enjoy
the smaller portion.
— zoedogcbr
August 19, 2003
Peanut butter has protein and only 7 carbs per 2 Tbsp. serving although it
is really high in calories. Don't beat yourself up over one sandwich but do
remember how it made you feel to eat something like that. I always think
"Is there food in this food?" and in a PB & J there is not
much so make a better choice or just decide that that is your treat. p.s.
145 pounds is AWESOME!!!!!!!
— Carol S.
August 20, 2003
I'm jealous. Not to make light of your fears, but I'm 13 months out and
since about 8 months out I've been able to eat a whole sandwich (meat,
pb&j, whatever) 90% of the time. I can eat a whole
Detour/uturn/one-way bar. Not the little ones either. What I've tried to
do is make sure that my sandwiches are dense; whole grain breads and dense
toppings and I don't eat the side or bottom crust (I love the top crust
:>) I know my SL is intact and no fistula and my pouch is perfectly
"normal" for where it should be so I'm not worried about that.
Just have to control the little food demons to make sure what goes in is
dense enough to keep me full a long time. Good luck!
— [Deactivated Member]
August 20, 2003
I think your normal. A PB & J is not a fat stuffed sandwich so I think
you would be able to eat a whole sandwich. Many post-ops as far out as you
can eat an entire 6 inch sub from subway too so your OK. Now if you could
eat an entire Quarterpounder, I'd worry.
— Cindy R.
August 20, 2003
When hungry I can eat a whole pizza hut personal pan supreme. Yes it
concerns me but its normal for long termers. Chewing good I can eat more
too. We had a long discussion at thew WLS support group picnic this past
weekend. I miss the never hungry days.
— bob-haller
August 20, 2003
Peanut butter is a good source of protein, much better than say a Mickey
D's burger and frys.
— ChristineB
August 20, 2003
fortunatly for you that really isn't that much, i've been able to eat that
much for months. probably since five months. now at nine months out i'm
really worried i can eat! i can eat a whole 9oz lean cusine meal
"most" of a chicken whopper with a few fries, a senior steak with
steamed broccli and half a cheese bread from slizzer, a small boneless pork
chop with 1/4c of veggies and 1/4c of rice a roni, a whole chicken or tuna
salad sandwich minus the top and bottom crust, two slices of pizza no crust
and this is probably more information than you cared for but no you didn't
eat to much. would that be to much for a normal person to eat ? don't we
want to be normal? take care. kimberly open distal rny 11/12/02 -119lbs
— kimberly T.
August 20, 2003
Just ask yourself, would you have made this same food choice 20 months ago?
Would 1 PB and SF Jelly sandwich have been enough? I just read an article
that says that when you get cravings, PB or peanuts are a good way to get
rid of the craving, Complex carbs take your sugar up slowly and let it come
back down slowly so you don't crave again for a long time, the SF Jelly
just psyched out your taste buds, they thought they were getting a real
treat. Try whole wheat next time. I used PB alot post op, when I started
losing my hair and figured out that it wasn't the lack of protein (I got
plenty of fat free protein) it was the lack of fat (they told us to be
completely fat-free,unrealistic and unhealthy). 145 lbs at 20 months is
awesome, keep up the good work.
— Roberta Murray
August 21, 2003
I am 2yrs + postop and can sometimes eat a whole sandwich . . . And
sometimes I can't. To be honest, I'd rather have a half a peanut butter and
strawberry Polaner's spread sandwich on my sprouted wheat bread than a
slice of cake! It is a real treat. And like others have said, you could
have made a lot worse choices than that.<p>Don't worry too much about
the volume. For me, the amount I can eat changes from day to day, from meal
to meal. If I haven't eaten for a while or if I am PMSing, I'll probably
eat a whole sandwich and be hungry 2 hours later!
— ctyst
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