Restriction and Undereating

HI Frisco,

 

I am 6 and a half weeks out and still figuring things out.  How far out were you when you finally "got' the difference between satisfied, full and overfull?

 

Thanks

I'm not Frisco but I will offer that what you ask has a different response from everyone, though there may be some answers that fit most people and others that are unusual.

I can only advise you to define "enough" right now, and define it by measuring religiously.  Weigh your lean proteins on a scale or measure with measuring cups. Don't guess. Don't try to go by how it feels.

Seriously, you may NEVER feel a tight restriction. Train yourself by science/math to know "this is enough protein" and don't attempt to go by feel.

Also, learn what foods trigger you to want to eat more because they simply taste good--so you can avoid them.

 

Great question.

 

For what its worth...my feeling of fullness is as nice to me since the surgery as before...I'm just happy it takes so little to achieve it! :)

That is interesting that full feels the same to you post op. it's so odd the way things differ from person to person.

Reading your post made me wonder if I would prefer full to still have a "feel good" component. I do miss that good feeling. However, knowing I can't achieve it possibly helps me stay away from eating more. Now if I eat a little too much it is always because I am enjoying the taste of what I am eating, and never because I am searching for full. Since I only miss the feeling a little bit, I am probably better off that it's no longer attainable. Perhaps that reality will help me in maintenance.

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It's interesting to me too. I can be physically satisfied but mentally want more if I really liked the food I was eating. Full is uncomfortable for me but satisfied physically feels good. I'm famous for taking an extra bite but having to spit it out when my mind all of a sudden recognizes my limit and screams "do not swallow that bite!" (because it will hurt)

Interesting thread. Here's my take... I don't like the Thanksgiving full anymore. It reminds me of why I got so freaking big to start off with. I've overeaten a few times and it sucks. That dragged down feeling. It reminds me that I ate to stuff down feelings. If I'm stuffed full of food my feelings can't bubble up so I can deal with them. Do I want to deal with them? No. But it's not about what I want. It's about what I need.

So do you enjoy being spot on all the F'ing time? Seriously, great post.

I"m with you - I can't stand that Thanksgiving full anymore. One, I don't ever feel that kind of full anymore anyway, I just get too full up near my "throat" and then it's sickeningly uncomfortable. Done it twice since VSG and have vowed not to ever do it again. Both times I got the foamies and then regurgitation - not vomiting, but like cud coming back up like a damn cow for hours!

What I can do is graze and that has been my big learning lesson since the holidays. Not grazing has forced me to deal with some issues about why I want to graze. Did I enjoy it? HELL NO! But, I did it and I am finding it much easier to leave the grazing to the sheep across the path!

LOL, can you inform my kids that I'm always right? ;)

Ugh! I know that cow burp thing. Ugh! Hate.

Grazing. Sigh. I catch myself doing this sometimes and have to reign it in. It's just about dealing with it - the why, that is. I hate the why ;)

Thank you for your post, as always, Frisco.

I'm still learning to undereat. It's an ongoing process.

And I love the fact that it's still happening, that I'm still losing, that I have this beautiful new tool and body and outlook on life.