I can eat more now, too. Just had my 6 mo nut visit a week or so ago and I mentioned to her I worry about being able to eat more, although my calories are still 800-850. I mentioned, for example, when I make a salad, I start with 2 oz cabbage or spinach, then add some mushrooms, garbanzo beans, cheese. Gee, it now looks huge, like a full cup. Plus eating my main meat/fish course which is now 3 oz. She said not to worry about the volume of the salad. I am sometimes not able to finish that bowl of salad (but I do eat the beans and cheese so I get the protein I planned on, ). Yes, in healing, our pouches are no longer the size of an egg and may be able to hold 6-8 oz of solids. I asked my surgeon a few months ago about stretching the pouch and he said, although they use a section of stomach that is less amenable to stretching, it does stretch in the healing process and if overloaded. We're ok as long as we STOP when satisfied, and not uncomfortable, to the point of possibly stretching the pouch more. Throughout the day, I still eat 5 times a day, breakfast, a protein drink 'snack' (drinking, not eating) mid morning, lunch, small protein snack in the afternoon like string cheese, dinner, and a protein snack in the evening like pudding or cheese/crackers. We were instructed in my program to eat 3 meals and 3 snacks immediately postop. Now that we're further out, we should limit our snacks to protein snacks and snack only if needed to get the protein in for the day. I'm also insulin-dependent so I almost always have an evening snack because I tend to go hypoglycemic before bed and it helps even out my sugars with a little snack in the evening. This has been my experience so far. My weight loss is slowing and is similar to yours. Talk to your nut if you're concerned about your volume of food intake. I'm no expert, but your experience looks normal to me! Kathy

But here is my info 6 months out I am down 50 pounds I don't know how many inches I lost I do know I am in a size 12-14 my bra size went from a 40 D to a 36D (I like losing the inches but I hope I keep my cup sized) My weddingband is falling off my finger so I had to take it off and lock it away, it's an antique and I already resized once to make it bigger, so I will wait untill I hit my goal or closer to it before I put it back on. I added a few before and after pics to my profile Ok that's that later Heather

Southern Blondie Thank you....and you look great too. We have come a long way!

WOO~HOO Way to go Amy God bless you, Annette