Re: Re:Re: Re: Re: amount to eat

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In a message dated 11/16/03 4:27:28 PM Central Standard Time, DisDog@...

writes:

> this way I can get in another veggie with dinner, which I think is

> advantageous to

> good health.

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I agree with this one - I pretty much always violate the " protein first " rule

at meals by eating my veggie first. I figure I can get my protein through my

shakes if I don't have enough room for the meat after the veggie. Heaven

knows my veggie intake isn't anywhere near what it should be. <sigh>

Beth

Houston, TX

VBG - Dr. Srungaram

05/31/00 - 314 lbs.

11/01/02 - Abdominoplasty

11/29/02 - 160 lbs.

5'10 "

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Yeah, like 3 oz crushed gravel. LOLOL!

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Re:Re: Re: Re: amount to eat

> 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

> >

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

No kidding! LOL! But at least with actual gravel you might get some

mineral value out of it.

I don't think I've eaten all of an ounce of rice since surgery. NEVER make

it for myself at home. But I'll have sushi on occassion, and when I do I

ask that they use VERY little rice, and when I get it I'll pick off the majority

with my chopsticks. I just have this image of it dropping down, settling

bottom pouch, and then rapidly

swwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnggg\

ggggggggg like a malignant starchy blowfish!

Wonder if brown rice presents the same problem .... anyone?

Lucille

In a message dated 11/17/2003 3:36:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

> Re: Re:Re: Re: Re: amount to eat

>

> Yeah, like 3 oz crushed gravel. LOLOL!

>

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I can't eat more than a tablespoon or two of rice, noodles or pasta - it

swells in the tiny tummy and the only times I have returned my food

(twice in 4 years) it has been rice.

Amber

Re: Re: Re:Re: Re: Re: amount to eat

No kidding! LOL! But at least with actual gravel you might get some

mineral value out of it.

I don't think I've eaten all of an ounce of rice since surgery. NEVER

make

it for myself at home. But I'll have sushi on occassion, and when I

do I

ask that they use VERY little rice, and when I get it I'll pick off the

majority

with my chopsticks. I just have this image of it dropping down,

settling

bottom pouch, and then rapidly

swwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnn

nnnnngggggggggggg like a malignant starchy blowfish!

Wonder if brown rice presents the same problem .... anyone?

Lucille

In a message dated 11/17/2003 3:36:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

> Re: Re:Re: Re: Re: amount to eat

>

> Yeah, like 3 oz crushed gravel. LOLOL!

>

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ditto!

Rice is the enemy. Any amount wants to come back up with me. I have

just sworn it off.

Carol G.

> I can't eat more than a tablespoon or two of rice, noodles or

pasta - it

> swells in the tiny tummy and the only times I have returned my food

> (twice in 4 years) it has been rice.

> Amber

>

> Re: Re: Re:Re: Re: Re: amount to eat

>

>

> No kidding! LOL! But at least with actual gravel you might get

some

> mineral value out of it.

>

> I don't think I've eaten all of an ounce of rice since surgery.

NEVER

> make

> it for myself at home. But I'll have sushi on occassion, and

when I

> do I

> ask that they use VERY little rice, and when I get it I'll pick

off the

> majority

> with my chopsticks. I just have this image of it dropping down,

> settling

> bottom pouch, and then rapidly

>

swwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnn

nnn

> nnnnngggggggggggg like a malignant starchy blowfish!

>

> Wonder if brown rice presents the same problem .... anyone?

>

> Lucille

>

>

> In a message dated 11/17/2003 3:36:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> Graduate-OSSG writes:

>

>

> > Re: Re:Re: Re: Re: amount to eat

> >

> > Yeah, like 3 oz crushed gravel. LOLOL!

> >

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

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