Shrinking Pouch?

August 22, 2003

Can you shrink your pouch back down? I notice that if i " Want " i can

eat 1 1/2 cups of food maybe more. I would like to only be able to

eat 1 cup of food and get that complete satisfied felling. Im almost

2 yrs post-op cant believe how fast time is going- but what got me

thinking was if i can eat more now -how much will i be able to eat 5-

10-15 yrs from now.I dont want to fail at this . I got so many people

watching me and saying my " cousins " 'friends " , friend's wife gained

all her weight back- So i kinda figure if i can keep my pouch from

streching now it would help me in the future , know what i mean?

Tara

August 22, 2003

>From every thing I've learned and heard, it's normal to be able to eat 1

1/2-2 cups of food at almost two years out and, most, maintain on that

amount of food. I will be two years out Sept. 21st and can eat a good deal

of food, I may feel terrible afterward, but can do it if I wanna. I've

dropped about 12-14 lbs in the last two weeks just by changing the things

I'm eating and actually eating more. I'd added lot's of carbs to pack on

some pounds while working out, that worked, and worked well, I went from 184

to 215 lbs in about two months, of course most of it was muscle and I was

way pumped up. I got scared, stopped lifting weights and stopped eating the