Pouch too big?

RJC5197
on 6/26/16 2:57 pm - MI
RNY on 05/17/16

I had revision from VBG to RNY 6 weeks ago.

During pureed stage I could slowly eat as much as 1/2 to 1 cup, and never felt full.

I associated it to being pureed, but now I tried 2 eggs with cheese and still no "full feeling"

I see my Dr tomorrow but wondered if anyone else has had this.

I like not feeling sick, but just concerned my pouch was bigger from older WLS and I just have to be very carefull to keep calories and nutrients in line to lose weight and keep it off.

No matter what, I am so happy not getting sick and food stuck almost daily with the VBG.

Laura in Texas
on 6/26/16 3:35 pm

Does your plan not tell you to measure your portions? Most plans give a maximum serving amount, like 1/4 cup. Your nerves have been cut and you may not feel restriction right now.

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

RJC5197
on 6/26/16 3:46 pm - MI
RNY on 05/17/16

No volume was instructed, only type of foods.

I went over the instructionsmultiple times to insre I was not missing anything.

Most volumes I ate was about 1/4 to 3/8 cup of pureed food.

A serving of yogurt is 1 cup, and the largest volume I ate,

The eggs from this AM was 1/2 cup, and I felt satisfied, but surprised more solid foods had little feeling change

From the mush stage. 

White Dove
on 6/27/16 12:54 am - Warren, OH

A pouch could start out as smaller than a grape (1/3 ounce0 or as large as two eggs (12 ounces).  Only your surgeon can tell you how big he made your pouch.

You can lose and maintain your weight loss no matter what size your pouch starts out.  It is a matter of counting calories, weighing yourself daily, and always being aware of how much you eat and how much you weigh.

A smaller pouch makes it easier in the beginning, but any pouch will grow enough so that restriction will be less of a factor.  If you don't have restriction, you do have a much smaller stomach than a person who never had weight loss surgery.  The normal stomach holds about 2 liters.  Think of a two liter bottle of soda.

Some people have a stomach that holds four liters.  About a gallon of milk.

Compare that to your pouch which at the most holds a cup or so of food and you still have a big advantage.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

H.A.L.A B.
on 6/27/16 3:57 am

Laura is right.  

Not only you had VBG but now also RNY.. The nerves are either damaged from first surgery and now they have been cut.  So you may not feel full signal until 2-4 months post ok. 

To prevent damage to the new pouch and stoma - you need to measure your food and don't advance too fast. 

Slider foods - softer foods - will not stay in the pouch very long so you could eat more of it..(i.e yogurt) 

But it is still good idea to not go over 1/2 cup for at least 2 months... And not advance too fast in your diet... 

 

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

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