Did I have Surgery?

Halibut will chew down pretty small. As previously said, you may not be feeling your pouch as ggod as you should yet. 

Have you tried chicken or beef?  I'd bet you can't eat as much of these as you can fish. You want to measure still what you plan recommends. 

I haven't tried beef but I do eat turkey and chicken. You are right, I eat about 4 oz and feel almost too full.

What you are experiencing is pretty common.  It certainly wouldn't hurt to discuss your fears with your surgeon, but (s)he is likely going to tell you what folks here will... that you should continue to measure portions until you get a better sense of "full" and that "full" after RNY sometimes feels different than "full" felt pre-op (and that it is natural to be able to eat more as time passes during the first year (which is expected)).

By the time you are 12 months out, you will likely be able to easily eat a full cup of food at one sitting  and that is a gradual process rather than a sudden one.  People often notice a big difference at 6 months out, but it is pretty common to notice the change before then.

Be sure that you are eating slowly -- and mindfully -- enough that you can feel your physical cues as you eat.  Even if you don't have any negative physical issues if you eat too fast, if it is only taking 10 minutes to eat a burger, you aren't really giving yourself the opportunity to feel signals from your pouch.  (Even people with a normal digestive system are told to eat slowly when they are dieting because of the delay in your brain getting the full signal from the stomach.)  With us, if we eat too quickly to sense "full", by the time our brain registers that sensation, the food is already partially through the pouch (and you WON'T feel full at that point).

After RNY, "full" may be a very different sensation than it was pre-op. the "full" that you are used to feeling more likely is "too full". For myself (and a number of the other vets who have been successful at keeping the weight off), it is more about feeling "satisfied" than "full". Eating enough to get your nutritional requirements met without going overboard with extra calories.

So I would suggest slowing down, paying attention to how your body feels, and eating some denser proteins. (I second what Cajungirl said about the fish not being very dense and that you will likely feel full with a much smaller amount of a dense protein like beef or poultry (or even a denser fish like tuna).)

Lora

Thx Lora. You're right. I can't eat as much chicken as I do fish. The 2 faults I have are eating too fast and not chewing well enough. I will practice both of these to get better.

It takes me a good 20 minutes to chew a Boca patty down. If you are doing it in 10 mins, I am guessing you are not chewing well enough. Or I have soft teeth, lol.

I am struggling to get 800 calories in (yesterday was 686 with 81g of protein) and would have had no time or room for the other calories. Go slooooow and chew and see if that helps. I am 6 months out, for reference.

I can soooooooo relate to your post.  My surgery date was Aug 26 so i am 11 weeks out.  From day 1 i have said i don't feel full.  I see a lot of people saying ohhhh it is a different full, etc etc but no it is not for me.  i can eat what i am supposed to eat and i am still physically hungry.  I have yet to feel "full".  it is very frustrating because mentally i tell myself i don't need anymore but physically i am still hungry.  even if i allow myself to eat more then what i am supposed to eat, i still feel like i can eat more.  

This is not mental hunger either.  I wish i was one of the ones that could say i feel it but i just don't.  My plan is to stay on track as much as possible and make good decisions.

Good luck!!!

Good for you. We'll both stick to our plan and this should work. You're doing great at 11 weeks out. I'm losing a little slower but I'm at least losing. LOL

Thank you!!  I have had some serious stalls but I feel good and I am excited to see what the next 6 months have for me.

Good Luck!

Could it because you were used to the the full or stuck feeling of the band? I keep reading posts and get excited that people don't post about puking all the time. I'm so sick of the stuck and puke game. Maybe you and your body are relived to be able to eat healthy food?

Anyway, I'm really glad that you are doing well. You had a tough time with the incision infection. 

I learn more by reading everyone's posts than I have at my pre op classes and this is my 2nd time around. LOL

I completely agree with you. I couldn't eat any fruit or veggies with that crap band. LOL. I love eating fresh veggies and fruit now. Maybe you've hit on something. I always felt my food in the back of my throat. What a relief to eat healthy and not puke. I'll take this over that band any day.