Re: Question about meal size & snacks

[Guest guest]

I'm almost 2 years out and I can do 3/4 of a cup to 1 cup food. I

think you are right Amity it diffrent from person to person.

Hugs!!

>

> Hi Mindy,

> I honestly dont think I could physically eat a cup and a half of

food in a

> whole day right now, much less at one sitting. Right now I usually

eat 1/4c

> or less at each meal.

> My nutritionist and surgeon said that my pouch right now will hold

about 2

> ounces of non liquid food. 1.5 cups of food is alot of food! I

would be

> scared to death it would stretch my pouch out.

> I was also told not to eat til I was stuffed or I would probably

vomit.

> Keep in mind though, that is what I was told by my

Surgeon/Nutrionist and

> they all have different programs.

>

> Amity

>

>

> > From: Mindy S

> At the seminar I went to they said (after the initial

liquid/pureed diet)

> that the pouch will hold a cup to a cup & 1/2 of food - and that we

should

> ALWAYS eat that cup of food even if we're comfortable b4 that

point, because

> otherwise we'll be hungry b4 our next meal and that snacking is a

no no.

>

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[Guest guest]

Akbars,

Thank you for this info!!!

Hugs!!

>

> I read a study (I'll see if I can find it again and post the link)

that said two years post op, the participants' stomachs could hold a

range of between a cup and a half and four cups of food. The

participants were all chosen because of their successful loss of

something like 80% of their excess weight. So it seemed that the

amount of pouch stretch at two years had no effect on the

participants' weight-loss success. Good news to me!!

> Re: Question about meal size &

snacks

>

>

>

> In a message dated 5/17/2006 1:03:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

> missmindy6@... writes:

>

> At the seminar I went to they said (after the initial

liquid/pureed diet)

> that the pouch will hold a cup to a cup & 1/2 of food

>

>

> My doc says that the pouch will stretch up to two years out, so the

less

> bulk to stretch the pouch the better.......... I was told that

after I reach

> goal to expect to have 1 1/2 cups of food per meal, but before

goal, your pouch

>

> is the size of a golf ball, and food starts at 2 - 4 tablespoons

(the protein

> shakes between meals will keep you from hunger).... H.

>

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