I'm about 2-1/2 years' out and my restriction is still there...although much less than it was the first 6 months.  I can eat about one-third to one-half of the amount that I could pre-op.

Remember those first few months when 2 chicken nuggets from McD's could do us in?  Well, that held true for me anyway.  When I was about 3 months out my dad bought me a 4-piece chicken nugget from Mc"D's and I ate 2 and felt as if I just ate a big Thanksgiving Day meal.  I suppose that's because my doc makes his sleeve's so small.

Now I can eat 6 pieces, a handful of fries, and half a medium diet coke.  I get full, but not uncomfortably so. 

This sort of scares me...but the scale is staying put...soooo...  What I DO need to do is reel in my sugar addiction--but that's a whole different thread.

So how is YOUR restriction doing?

My restriction is still alive and well. Boy is it well! When I go out to eat with the MADS, they laugh at me because I eat so little. My family will also laugh at times. {sigh} But that's ok because I think I'll have the last laugh.

--gina

Mine is situational.  Like yesterday for instance.  I was STARVING!  I got to the restaurant and probably ate about 3 or 4 bites and I was stuffed.  That was frustrating as I was truly craving the food (mexican food)...but I just brought the leftovers home.  I knew if I forced myself to take a few more bites I'd probably get sick.

I eat pretty normally, far as I can tell. A quarter pounder with cheese with about 3/4 of the bun and four or five fries and I'm done.  But if I eat it too fast I'm in trouble. Found that out yesterday. UGH. Bellyache city.

In the last few months, I have found my restriction to be much less. SADLY!

 My restriction is still alive and well - but of course, not nearly what it was as a new-op.    I kinda miss those days!      Tonight for dinner I had five large coconut shrimp and a serving of broccoli/cheddar/sunflower seed salad.     For lunch I had one taco, one half of an enchilada, about1/4 c. beans and some tortilla chips.       This is at easily less than half of what I could have eaten as a pre-op.    I am certainly grateful for my malabsorption!

I can eat a normalish-sized meal.  I don't eat the bread or starch most times, but I can usually polish off all or most of an entree portion (unless I'm at a place famous for big portions, of course).  Then I eat about half.

My weight is still in control and I've been eating like this for at least 2 years, so I'm really not very concerned about it.  I take advantage of my malabsorption by eating high protein and ignoring fat, while watching carbohydrate (though I still eat a fair amount of carbs).

I don't eat chicken nuggets from McDonalds though (too much carb in the breading IMO), so I can't make a comparison.  I will eat the chicken nuggets from Chik Fil A occasionally though.  I usually order 8.

Or the grilled chicken strips at jack in the box, I can eat all 4 and be really full.

I'm not concerned.  I used to polish off 2 full fast food meals with fries, maybe a shake, and a coke.  This is only a fraction of that.

I'm coming up on my eight-year mark, and I can eat about twice what I could at six months out. For instance, there's a local seafood restaurant my mom likes, and we went there recently.

I remember the first time I ate there after surgery I was about six months out. I ordered my 'usual', the small jumbo shrimp (lol!), which is six LARGE fried shrimp, a baked potato, two hush puppies, and cole slaw. I managed to eat three of the shrimp, NO hush puppies, a few bites of the potato, and half the cole slaw.

When we ate there a couple of weeks ago, I ordered the same thing. This time I ate ALL the shrimp, most of the cole slaw, about half of one hush puppie, and a few bites of the potato.

My restriction varies from day to day, as does my hunger. Some days I can eat the legs off the table, others have don't really have any interest in food at all.

I am a little over 6 years out and I am about the same as Ms Batt.  Some days I can eat a LOT and other days..meh... nothing to speak of.  Sometimes I will be starving and am filled up on 1/3 of the meat entree..forget the salad or anything else.  I am so glad for the malabsorption.

Michele

I also have a tiny Dr. Anthone tummy.  Today I am 4 weeks out from surgery, and I've also noticed that some days I'm MUCH hungrier than others, but I can only eat a maximum of 3 bites before I get sick, which I try to avoid but happens sometimes.

I too, before surgery was able to eat 2 fast food meals at one time.  At Burger King, I would eat a full-size Whopper with cheese and bacon, a traditional chicken sandwich (the one on the hoagie bun), most of the 2 sets of fries, and most of the REGULAR Cokes that came with the meals!  At other times, I could also eat a whole steak burrito with guacamole added from Chipotle, in addition to chips and guac or salsa and a REGULAR Coke!  With pizza, I could easily eat 1/2 of a large 3-topping pizza (4 pieces), plus breadsticks and sometimes a salad.  With a regular soda, of course.  So right now, I'm eating way less than 1/4 of what I used to eat.  I was always a big eater though, even as a child, although I was lucky and was not overweight while young.  When I was with my ex-husband, I could out-eat him easily!   

Hey Kinzi!...

I just noticed we are switch sisters! I was switched on the 5th of August as well, and I think we've lost about the same amount of weight. Good Job! Okay, that is all.....I just got excited to see that we were reborn on the same day

You're right, we are switch sisters!    It's amazing how quick the weight comes off early on, isn't it?  I do feel "reborn" kind of like a caterpillar in a cocoon, waiting for my transformation to be complete!

What restriction?  Gots none as far as I can tell.  Ask Ginger what I ate for lunch yesterday: At Ruby Tuesdays:  Tilapia covered with cheese and shrimp. baked potato with butter and sour cream, sweet potato fries and a cheese biscuit.  All of it.  No problem.

If I don'****ch my carbs I can easily gain weight.

~Becky

ok I am one week out and I feel like I have little restriction- it is there but I can drink really well and I am getting in liquids easily, I have not vomited, but Im not eating yet- well jello and pudding but i thought i would have more restriction. we will see what happens.

I'm 11.5 years out.  I have zero restriction.  I eat as much as I did pre-op.  It's been like this for at least 6 years.  My DS works like a charm...it's all about the malabsorption.

I still feel like I have a ton of restriction. At a year out, the only time I feel ike that I can eat a lot is right before my cycle. I get a day or two where I can literally eat all day long and never feel stuffed. Most times I eat a few bites every half an hour or so. Thank goodness I am a stay at home mom and don't have to pack my food for the day!

Four years out and I can eat a kid's fast food meal less half the fries and half of the bun. I can eat two large thin crust slices of pizza minus the crust.

If I'm going out to dinner or going to have a big-ish meal, it helps if I eat something 2-3 hours before. It seems to stretch my stomach a bit allowing me to eat a little more. If I start on a meal totally empty and very hungry, it takes very little before I am too full to eat more.

So, it IS still working just fine.

if I eat something 2-3 hours before. It seems to stretch my stomach a bit allowing me to eat a little more

Kelly, hmmm...Interesting idea.   With me it seems like after I eat dinner, I just keep eating about every hour.  Maybe it's because I have stretched my stomach or something....I just eat all night long.

-Jenny