I am able to eat more than I think I should at this point. I can eat a 6 oz. container of greek yogurt and 3/4 to a cup of denser food like chicken chili. I will be 8 weeks out on Monday.. I am wondering if I still have the loss of sensation that I've read about (because of the nerves being cut) and at some point I will feel more restriction? I guess I should be just measuring everything instead of counting on fullness, huh? Sometimes I am just surprised at how much I can eat now. I am making healthy choices, though.

 I am almost 7 weeks out and really only feel actual restriction with very dense protein.....chicken breast or thigh, turkey, salmon, tilapia, etc. I can only eat a very small amount before I feel that tightening. However, with everything else i'm eating (cottage cheese, string cheese, scrambled egg, greek yogurt and the like) I just measure out a half cup serving and am satisfied with it. I dont get that same kind of restriction at all. I think that's pretty normal?

 I'd make sure that you're getting enough fluids in and enough protein per your nutrition plan. From what I understand, you don't have that "fullness" sensation for some time, so that's why we need to measure everything. Good luck!

I am 7 weeks post op and I feel the EXACTLY the same way you do! I don't have that sense of fullness yet and nothing I have consumed has really bothered me. So it's def a confusing time. I hear people say, "I took one more bite and that was trouble" and I have no idea what they are talking about. I have certainly eaten almost 6oz and was surprised that I could and that I didn't feel full. I am trying to be more strict on my measuring......

Your not alone :)

I'm 6wks out and it's hard for me to feel that "full" feeling. I feel like I could eat more than my 1/2cup serving. I hope that goes away soon!

At one year out, I still measure or "eyeball" my portions. I seldom feel a sense of "fullness" and never in the same way I did pre-op. I have come to notice different "fullness" signals, a sigh and a single hiccup (and sometimes a runny nose) usually means stop or I will start to feel uncomfortable.

My surgeon had us on 2 oz meals up to 3 months, and increasing to 4 oz by 6 months, 8 oz by one year.

Your nerves were cut. Some don't get sensation back for a long time, so following the rules is essential. Your stomach/pouch could be screaming in overstuffed agony but you might not know it beccause the nerve that sends that message to your head is cut.

I began to sense "fullnss" by 8 months fully by a year out.

Just because you CAN eat so much doesn't mean it's a good idea.

I am 7 weeks out, and had similar concerns...it seemed like I could eat more than I was supposed to be able to, and I had no sense of being full.  But after experimenting a bit, I think I've figured out what's going on.   If I measure my food and eat only it, I don't feel hungry and I don't feel full.   But on the couple of occassions when I either unthinkingly or deliberately ate  MORE than that, the sense of "too much" came  very suddenly.

So I guess what I'm saying is that it seems as if when you don't either get that sense of restriction or feel lousy and lose your cookies, it's because you ARE  eating the right amount.  You're doing exactly what you should be doing...measuring and stopping when you finish.  For me, I  needed to push the limits (not always the wisest life choices) to see what it woud feel like if I  ate too much.  After I did that once or twice, I figured out it was better not to and realized that I couldn't actually eat as much as I thouoght I might be able to....I just couldn't tell where the line was until I had passed it.

And by the way,, I was eating a 6 oz. container of greek yogurt or 3/4 cup of chili (which is still   wet, so easier on the pouch) at 4 weeks, maybe even 3.  And at 7 weeks...that's still the right amount for me.

Thank you all for the replies. I am going to make more of an effort to measure my food and be mindful that I might not be feeling how full I really am. I am glad to know that I am not alone in this, too!  I know I am doing something right because my weight loss reflects that, but I am still so worried about going back to my old ways and "failing" at this. I think time will help with that, as I prove to myself that I can do this!

One of my BEST things I did was go out and buy 3 oz dixie cups (for the bathroom dispenser) and while I was on 2 oz "meals" I filled those about 2/3rds full. When I moved up to 4 oz, I chose to half-fill 8 oz cups (I don't think I had much luck finding 4 oz containers) and sometimes I would measure and dump in a bowl, so that eventually I had a very good "eyeball" for specific volume, and it was volume I was focused on, not weight. (of the food). This made "thinking" about measuring easy, because if I had to get out a real scale I never would have done it.

I did find, once the "full feeling" returned, I had to diminish what I was eating, because my restriction dictated smaller meals.