Re: 2 years out...need to know how much

November 3, 2003

First question that comes to my mind... and the group is probably tired of

reading this from me ... but are you drinking with your meals? DON'T DO IT

if you are.

I could eat an entire subway sub at one sitting. I could probably eat two if

I nibbled slowly and sipped a beverage and allowed myself a long enough

eating time.

The fluid does it to me. Pushes the food into the pouch and makes room for

more. If I don't drink with meals I feel full and I am okay. Don't graze.

Allow yourself a certain amount of time to eat a meal and when the time is

up... stop eating. You will find when you walk away that you are satisfied.

UNLESS you have a mechanical problem which is a whole different kettle of

fish and others on the list can address better than I could. But you will

not know unless you follow the POUCH RULES FOR DUMMIES.

I used to think they were for immediate post ops. I used to think they were

for everyone else but me. They are great guidelines. I am not perfect. But

believe me they have helped me decrease my portions and stop obsessing with

dieting mentality. I am losing again. Slowly but I am losing.

B from NJ

Open RNY 6/25/01

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2 years out...need to know how much

> Has anyone in here asked their surgeon as to how much food at one

> time we are to eat? Say, you are having chicken breast for supper

> with green beans. Meat and veggie. How much chicken and how much

> veggie? I was wondering how much the pouch can hold at one time,

> safely, after 2 years out of surgery. I never fill full. I eat, and

> when I eat too much, I usually end of throwing it up. I can eat an

> entire six inch subway sandwich, bread and all at one time and keep

> it down, but just barely. But, you see, I don't want to keep doing

> that. What I want to do is measure my food before I eat it so that I

> will get just the right amount. And I don't know how much. Should

> it be like 4 ounces of hamburger and 2 cups of green beans? I have

> been on a diet recently that required me to eat, at lunch, four

> ounces of meat and 2 cups of salad...and for supper, 4 oz. of meat

> and 3 cups of vegetables. It has been very very very difficult to do

> this. I am hurting my stomach, and usually in pain. So, this is why

> I need to measure the APPROPRIATE amount of food for my pouch and

> then eat it. Does anybody know???

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

>

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November 3, 2003

When I had my surgery, my surgical reports " pouch 30 cc " . 50 cc is just

under 2 ounces. 2 ounces is 1/4 cup. Now, 21 years later, I can eat about

1/2 cup in a sitting.

Your surgeon should be able to tell you what your pouch size is. Get a copy

of your surgical report, too.

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2 years out...need to know how much

Has anyone in here asked their surgeon as to how much food at one

time we are to eat? Say, you are having chicken breast for supper

with green beans. Meat and veggie. How much chicken and how much

veggie? I was wondering how much the pouch can hold at one time,

safely, after 2 years out of surgery. I never fill full. I eat, and

when I eat too much, I usually end of throwing it up. I can eat an

entire six inch subway sandwich, bread and all at one time and keep

it down, but just barely. But, you see, I don't want to keep doing

that. What I want to do is measure my food before I eat it so that I

will get just the right amount. And I don't know how much. Should

it be like 4 ounces of hamburger and 2 cups of green beans? I have

been on a diet recently that required me to eat, at lunch, four

ounces of meat and 2 cups of salad...and for supper, 4 oz. of meat

and 3 cups of vegetables. It has been very very very difficult to do

this. I am hurting my stomach, and usually in pain. So, this is why

I need to measure the APPROPRIATE amount of food for my pouch and

then eat it. Does anybody know???

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November 3, 2003

Try limiting meals to one cup total, or what can be consumed in 15 minutes

at a normal, conversational pace. At least 3 hours between meals.

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