question about quanity???

I had sugery 4-26. I haven't been having any trouble getting in my liquids and I found a pretty good protein drink that is getting me 48 grams a day. I was on full liquids the end of last week and this week and in the last couple days have added very soft scrambled eggs. Typically in a day I eat 2 scrambled eggs for breakfast and then a sf pudding or something for lunch and then about 6 oz of soup at night. I don't know if this is enough...I meet with the dietitian wednesday. My question is....s 2 scrambled eggs at a sitting too much food? I don't feel hungry or full..ever. But 2 seemed like a decent amount. Is it too much??

i couldn't do that much at that stage. i was also told to stick to egg whites that early out. i did one egg white. i also didn't (and don't) feel hunger or fullness, so i stuck with the measurements i was given, which was the one. but your dietitian may feel different.

They really haven't given me any input on quanity yet..I plan on asking lots of questions wednesday.  She said 4 oz of instant breakfast and 4 oz of chicken broth.  I moved on to the next diet after talking to her on the phone.  I can start eating just one egg...but I could really use some input on what other people were able to eat at this point....not what...how much!!!  I haven't had any problems with anything at all. 

I'm close to 10 weeks out. I like to have an egg with shredded cheddar cheese on it for breakfast. I can just barely finish one egg now.

I had surgery on 3/26 also. I eat one egg for breakfast with cheese and about 1/2 ounce of ham. Two eggs seems like a bit much.

I'm gonna switch to one egg.  Why don't I feel full..or hungry.  I heard the nerves are cut so I guess I can understand why I don't feel hungry but why am I ABLE to eat two eggs at a sitting when everyone else is able to eat one.   I'm sure I will be fine eating one egg since I'm not hungry..;.but I can't figure out why I can eat two....................

Those same nerves that provide the hunger sensation also provide part of the fullness sensation, which is why measured portions are important early out for those who don't feel fullness.  (Some of us feel fullness very early after surgery, but many (most?) do not for several weeks.)  Scrambled eggs are also a bit on the "slider" side, depending on how moist they are, so that may contribute to the amount that you can eat. I agree that one egg is probably better.  Even now (coming up on 5 years this summer), it would be all I could do to eat 2 eggs.

Lora

Also remember that WHAT you are eating will greatly decide how much of it you can eat. Slider foods, like soup and pudding don't stay in out pouches for very long.

Think of it like a funnel, liquid and semi liquids go through the funnel pretty quickly, purees (like refried beans) stick around a little longer but once mixed with a little stomach acid start to go through, soft foods (like eggs and fish) take even longer and even more digestion to go through, and dense proteins (chicken, beef, etc) even longer.

I didn't feel at all hungry early out and my "full" feeling was my "you've eaten too much and are gonna puke" feeling. I had written out instructions for each phase of eating the MAX amount I should be having at any one time. Early out I could barely eat 1 soft scrambled egg.

As said above, the nerves that signal hunger also signal fullness and they're cut during surgery. Which is why it's important to stick to small (1/4 cup or less) portions early out because you may not be feeling it if you are filling your new pouch up too much.

 How do you all cook your eggs? with what do you cook them in (not a pan LOL) but what kind of cooking spray, butter ?etc.

I just mix them with a lot of milk and scramble them.  Nothing else in the pan.