7 months out - How much " a cup or even 2 cups per meal?
Today I had almost 2 cups total of an edamame salad and chicken salad. The 2 cups included the yummiest cantaloupe too. Is 2 cups total for a meal way too much?
Sounds like a lot of food.
I only barely started getting "full" signals from my pouch from 6 months to 9 months out, andd I had to step back what I was eating to 1/3rd of a cup for a while
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As far as the original post, I don't know! I'm just barely 3 months out from my surgery and I ate just under 3 oz of salmon for lunch with a few bites of tomato today. And haven't been hungry since (but did eat some protein ice cream this evening).
on 8/6/12 1:33 am, edited 8/6/12 1:35 am
After 6 months, I was allowed to have 3/4 cup and can increase to 1 cup after a year.
But what's important is how much you are supposed to be eating. If you aren't sure about your plan, call your surgeon or dietician.
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Just a quick question about cup portion size: do you measure each cup of food out to know how much you are eating? I'm just curious because I'm not sure of my cup size here - I don't put my meal in a 1/2 cup or 1 cup measuring cup to know. Besides doing that or eyeballing it like Lora said, how will I know how many cups I'm eating?
Thank you!!!
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.