Wanna know one of my Secrets to losing 190lbs. !!!

Love the idea of a series, us newbies look up to you guys!

Hey Frisco!

I agree with you!
 
In almost  three years I have measure by weight maybe 10 times and those times I have it was too much food to eat. I go by eyeballing it. When I stop usually I don't feel full, but, I get this feeling my brain is saying you're nourished,push the plate away.


Donna

These posts about how you all have lost so much weight are great!

Frisco, you mentioned this method about eating under your sleeve capacity not long ago, and I've been taking that advice ever since.  Because we can eat so little, especially this early out, I thought eating to capacity was necessary to nourish myself.  Well, guess what?  I had had a number of occasions where my stomach would hurt a bit after I ate, and I chalked it up to eating too fast, even though I knew I was chewing well and a meal would take me 20 minutes for a tiny portion.  But since I began following this rule, I have not had one episode of pain or feeling full to my throat.

I always want to keep this restriction, so this is the most useful piece of advice I've read here to date.  Thank you so much.

As far as portion, my mother was an "eyeball" cook, who never measured.  She taught me to cook early on, and I am an excellent sight cook as well.  So I was surprised to see when, just for the hell of it, I measured a portion of tuna that I was taking to work and was not close to being correct.  I like  Sublimate's bowl idea, and have those kinds of bowls in my kitchen, so, wounded pride notwithstanding, I will use them, at least until I can tell the portion sizes of the things I eat the most of.

I would love to read more of these stories!

Here's a link to the bowls I use (it's the small black one, not the whole set). You can buy the small ones individually and they are exactly 1/2 cup each. So if you fill it half full you know you have 1/4 cup too, and the way the bowl is shaped it's easy to tell the halfway point. They sell these at Target in different colors too:

http://www.target.com/Melamine-12-pc-Dinnerware-Set-Black/dp /B000OW10SU/ref=sc_qi_detaillink

However you don't have to use this exact type.  Just get small bowls like those used for sauces and condiments, and then using water pour from a measuring cup into them to see how much water it takes to fill them up.

Thanks for the heads up!  So far I've got little dessert, sauce and appetizer bowls, spoons and forks.  Ramekins have come in handy for soups the past few days. http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4052934

I just bought 4 "condiment" cups from Wal-Mart. They hold about 3 oz. if you fill them to the top. I don't fill them that full because I can't eat that much yet.

As of this very moment I'm adopting Frisco's method of eating under me sleeve. Perfect. 

Thank you!

 

I wonder though if taller people have larger/longer stomachs?  I had a 32.

I used to think that if you're taller you must have a longer stomach? (I'm 6'2")  not sure I'm on board with it now there are other factors to consider.  I cannot eat  much more than some people that are a foot shorter than me! same bougie same surgeon?

Thanks for this, Frisco. It's exactly what I needed to read today. I'm two weeks from being six months out and a good dump away from being 100 pounds down, and I'm noticing subtle changes in my thought process that I'm having to watch like a hawk. My honeymoon's not over yet, but I'm getting that end-of-the-vacation, back-to-work feeling. The need for diligence is kicking in, and I get it that now is the time for me to make sure I contiunue to undereat my sleeve's capacity.

- You will not stretch your sleeve (people say you can't stretch your sleeve "Bull****") Your going to want that restriction when you get to maintenance. This is more important to all of you that have 36f and larger. The larger the sleeve..... the more stretchy tissue is retained.

Ut oh....bougie size wars

Can you show me ANYWHERE...old OH posts, um the net, um  anywhere...that shows what yer postin ain't "BULL****"