Guest guest Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 This whole " amount " issue was bothering me to distraction yesterday, my day of popcorn infamy. Background: I ate a WHOLE bag of popcorn, no problemo. One of those 3 serving bags. This was around 12:30 pm. Naturally I started to think that my surgery had failed and I was once again a bottomless pit. Well by dinnertime at 5:30 pm, I was able to eat only about 3/4 of a 4 ounce cheeseburger (yes it was on a bun). Maybe 4 small oven fries too. That was IT. I was on the verge of exploding. I was VERY happy to feel this way! My pouch was in fine form & doing it's job! YIPEE! So the moral of the story is: I think it depends on what kind of food, and also about how on some days you can eat a bit more/or less than on others. Lucille In a message dated 11/15/2003 5:53:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, Graduate-OSSG writes: > amount to eat > > I was wondering about how much some of you can eat. I am 2.5 yrs out and > can > eat 2 slices of pizza ( i dont but can) or a double cheese burger with 1/2 > box of fries. I still can not tolerate milk or ice cream. I dont do sugar > over > 16 gr. per sitting. I also still have some problems with certain pastas and > breads, dry meats such as chicken breast. > I still cant drink while eating either. > > > > Y > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 In a message dated 11/15/03 1:29:10 PM Central Standard Time, DisDog@... writes: > I was on the verge of exploding. I was VERY happy to feel this way! > My pouch was in fine form & doing it's job! YIPEE! > -------- Sometimes there is no more joyous feeling than knowing that your pouch still works! LOL! I just barfed this afternoon after lunch (I tried to put a bite of cheesecake on top of some chicken) and I couldn't be more thrilled! We're weird ones, aren't we? Beth Houston, TX VBG - Dr. Srungaram 05/31/00 - 314 lbs. 11/01/02 - Abdominoplasty 11/29/02 - 160 lbs. 5'10 " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 In a message dated 11/15/2003 2:35:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, BethVBG@... writes: > Sometimes there is no more joyous feeling than knowing that your pouch > still > works! LOL! I I've got to agree with this! Last night while the kids and I were at the mall I realized I needed to eat something...funny how before surgery it seemed as though I was always planning my next meal/food-fest, last night while walking the mall and taking in the sights of Christmas...yes the malls/stores are all decorated for Christmas...i started to feel like I needed to eat (I get the shakes/light headed feeling if I forget to eat...) anyway, the kids wanted Burger King and I usually get a salad from BK but a chicken sandwich sounded sooooo good (minus the roll), I ate about 1/2 of the first half and took another bite, it was then I realized...my gosh if i swallow this Gerty (the name my family has come up with for my pouch) will NOT be happy! I picked up a napkin, spit it out ever soooo carefully so as no one would notice, when my 15 yr old daughter asked " Mom are you getting sick? " I explained no, but I'd had one bite too many, realized I had to get rid of it rather then let it go down and then proceeded to tell the kids that here it is, 1 yr out and my pouch is still intact! THANK YOU GOD! The rest of the night it was an ongoing joke as to what Gerty woulda done had I swallowed that bite! LOL! Sherry www.picturetrail.com/sherrylw (view Military Ball Album) Lap RNY 11/15/02 Dr. O'Malley-Rochester, NY 334/194 " Don't ask that it be easy, ask that it be worth it. " " In life we all have ups and downs. It is your choice of whether you stand up to the downs or sit down and enjoy the ups. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 OMG Sherry! I was peeing my pants when I read this! GERTY! That is hilarious! I LOVE IT! That is so charming that your family has named your pouch! Okay I am dying to know the derivation of Gerty ... why that name? I hope it isn't related to a miserable case of G.E.R.D! You will appreciate this: when I had my belt lipectomy back in Sept. they sent me home with the customary 3 drains and right away my husband and I named them: Puffy, Gushy & Parchy (one puffed up, one was very prolific, and one was rather arid in it's output -- we weren't particularly imaginative LMAO!) However, it never occurred to us to name my pouch, I think because my pouch doesn't have alot of personality (sort of like those friggin' drains did!) ROFL! My husband got a big kick out of your Gerty too! Lucille In a message dated 11/15/2003 7:08:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, Graduate-OSSG writes: > anyway, the kids wanted > Burger King and I usually get a salad from BK but a chicken sandwich sounded > sooooo good (minus the roll), I ate about 1/2 of the first half and took > another > bite, it was then I realized...my gosh if i swallow this Gerty (the name my > family has come up with for my pouch) will NOT be happy! I picked up a > napkin, > spit it out ever soooo carefully so as no one would notice, when my 15 yr > old > daughter asked " Mom are you getting sick? " I explained no, but I'd had one > bite > too many, realized I had to get rid of it rather then let it go down and > then > proceeded to tell the kids that here it is, 1 yr out and my pouch is still > intact! THANK YOU GOD! The rest of the night it was an ongoing > joke as > to what Gerty woulda done had I swallowed that bite! LOL! > > Sherry > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 What you're saying makes alot of sense, Beth. The rational part of me understood what was happening when I chewed up ALL that popcorn (the actual volume was compacted) -- it was the nutso part of me that got a little panicky. I do a big big bowl of salad every day -- same concept. Even so, I will often do my dinner salad for my afternoon snack about 2 hours before dinner, this way I can get in another veggie with dinner, which I think is advantageous to good health. I recall whenever I asked Dr. Gagner about ultimately how much food I would be able to ingest, he always spoke in terms of CUPs (he said about 1 1/2 cups) -- not ounces. But if I'm home I will measure out my protein and my fats (an old Weight Watcher's habit I guess, but done now, as you say, mostly to get a feel for nutritional value.) Still, I have noticed that 3 ounces of sea bass sits alot different in my pouch than 3 ounces of hamburger meat. And I bet 3 ounces of rice would sit enormously different! Lucille In a message dated 11/15/2003 7:08:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, Graduate-OSSG writes: > I have a hard time getting newbies to understand that a food SCALE is > not what they need starting out. They need measuring CUPS. And, they need > to > consider what the food is going to look like AFTER it's chewed up. Many a > new post op freaks out over being able to eat two cups of lettuce -- > assuming > that they have blown their pouches. > For us, weight measurement of food is only meaning full in terms of > calculating nutritional values of certain foods which use weight as the unit. > > Beth > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 somehow i find that comforting yes we are weird janice Re: Re: Re: amount to eat In a message dated 11/15/2003 2:35:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, BethVBG@... writes: > Sometimes there is no more joyous feeling than knowing that your pouch > still > works! LOL! I I've got to agree with this! Last night while the kids and I were at the mall I realized I needed to eat something...funny how before surgery it seemed as though I was always planning my next meal/food-fest, last night while walking the mall and taking in the sights of Christmas...yes the malls/stores are all decorated for Christmas...i started to feel like I needed to eat (I get the shakes/light headed feeling if I forget to eat...) anyway, the kids wanted Burger King and I usually get a salad from BK but a chicken sandwich sounded sooooo good (minus the roll), I ate about 1/2 of the first half and took another bite, it was then I realized...my gosh if i swallow this Gerty (the name my family has come up with for my pouch) will NOT be happy! I picked up a napkin, spit it out ever soooo carefully so as no one would notice, when my 15 yr old daughter asked " Mom are you getting sick? " I explained no, but I'd had one bite too many, realized I had to get rid of it rather then let it go down and then proceeded to tell the kids that here it is, 1 yr out and my pouch is still intact! THANK YOU GOD! The rest of the night it was an ongoing joke as to what Gerty woulda done had I swallowed that bite! LOL! Sherry www.picturetrail.com/sherrylw (view Military Ball Album) Lap RNY 11/15/02 Dr. O'Malley-Rochester, NY 334/194 " Don't ask that it be easy, ask that it be worth it. " " In life we all have ups and downs. It is your choice of whether you stand up to the downs or sit down and enjoy the ups. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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