Cottage Cheese Test - Size your Sleeve

DrHollywood
on 3/27/11 8:55 am - Harbor City, CA

This is what I heard to do when your like 9 months out or a year + or so. They say I shouldnt worry about it now. I just wanted to pass this along. This is from my NUT`s. If anyone does it, i would like to know your results!

Now, for the Cottage Cheese Test, here's what you do:

Purchase a container of small curd low-fat cottage cheese.
Begin the test with a full container of cottage cheese, and perform the test in the morning before eating anything else. This will be your breakfast on that day.
Eat fairly quickly until you feel full (less than five minutes). Note that the small soft curds do not require much chewing. You are eating rapidly so you will fill the pouch before there is time for any food to flow out of it. After eating your "fill" of cottage cheese, you will be left with a partially eaten container that has an empty space where cottage cheese used to be.
Measure the volume of cottage cheese you have eaten by filling a two cup (16 fl.oz.) measuring cup with water. Slowly pour water into the container of cottage cheese until the water level rises to the original top level of the cottage cheese.
The amount of water poured into the container is the functional size of your pouch.

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1 month: 22 pounds (216) 2 months: 12.2 pounds (203.8) 3 months: 10.6  (193.2)
4 months: 9.7 lbs (183.5) 5 Months: 6 pounds (177.5 ) 6 Months: 12 lbs ( 165.5)
7 Months 7.1 lbs (158.4) 8 Months +1.6 pounds(159.8) 9 Months 2.7 pounds (157.1)
10 Months 8.1 lbs (149) 11 months +2 pounds ( 151) 1 YEAR!!! 2.6 pounds (148.4)


                                  Hit "One-derland April 9th, 2011   (199.7)

                                  "Half-Way Goal" April 25th, 2011 (194.8)

                                  "Happyland 80`s" May 14, 2011 (189.6)

                                   "Groovyland 70`s" June 20th 2011 (179.9)

                                    " HippyDippyland 60's" July 16th (169.8)

                                       " CQQL-land 50`s" August 25th ( 159.8)

                        "Normal BMI" 24.8 October 21st, 2011 (154.5) I am 5`6

                                 "AWESOME-land 40's" Dec 1st 2011 (149)

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Lalamonkey
on 3/27/11 9:20 am - GA

VSG on 02/11/11

Only six weeks out but I can tell you I buy the individual serving size 1/2 cup and cannot eat a whole one in that time frame.

Danielle K.
on 3/27/11 9:22 am - Evart, MI

VSG on 03/14/11

SO cool....I'm going to remember to do this when I'm a year out!! thanks

HW: 294 SW: 287 Surgery Weight: 271.6 CW: 218.2

johnbertak
on 3/27/11 9:26 am - MD

VSG on 11/24/10

Er, uh, am I missing something here? Why not just measure the amount of cottage cheese your eating, like a quarter cup at a time, or by using a tablespoon? Wouldn't want to waste good cottage cheese by slushin' it up with water. Pop-Pop

baxteroni
on 3/27/11 9:45 am - Indianapolis, IN

VSG on 01/19/11

I'm just guessin here, but the test is written for RNY (they use the word "pouch"). RNYers don't have the spincter muscle at the bottom of their pouch that holds food in until it's ready to be released to the intestines. So, their food can push through, which may be why the instructions say to eat so fast (no time to measure?). We still have ours (which is why my post-op instructions- for RNY and VSG- say not to drink for 30mins after eating, but I have to wait 45 or more or else I'm sick).

I don't see why you couldn't measure it as you go, or put it in a measuring cup first.

~ Jen

DrHollywood
on 3/27/11 10:41 am - Harbor City, CA

VSG on 02/01/11

Please share with us your knowledge of a better way to test the capacity of our sleeve. Thanks. :)

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                         "Keeping The Faith!"   "Slim by Summer!"
                                    HW: 250 - SW: 241 - CW: 154.7- GW: 140


1 month: 22 pounds (216) 2 months: 12.2 pounds (203.8) 3 months: 10.6  (193.2)
4 months: 9.7 lbs (183.5) 5 Months: 6 pounds (177.5 ) 6 Months: 12 lbs ( 165.5)
7 Months 7.1 lbs (158.4) 8 Months +1.6 pounds(159.8) 9 Months 2.7 pounds (157.1)
10 Months 8.1 lbs (149) 11 months +2 pounds ( 151) 1 YEAR!!! 2.6 pounds (148.4)


                                  Hit "One-derland April 9th, 2011   (199.7)

                                  "Half-Way Goal" April 25th, 2011 (194.8)

                                  "Happyland 80`s" May 14, 2011 (189.6)

                                   "Groovyland 70`s" June 20th 2011 (179.9)

                                    " HippyDippyland 60's" July 16th (169.8)

                                       " CQQL-land 50`s" August 25th ( 159.8)

                        "Normal BMI" 24.8 October 21st, 2011 (154.5) I am 5`6

                                 "AWESOME-land 40's" Dec 1st 2011 (149)

                              "Century Club 100 Pounds" Dec 1st 2011 (149)

                                ' ONE YEAR SURGIVERSARY!!!"

Two Year Surgiversary!!!"

baxteroni
on 3/27/11 10:47 am - Indianapolis, IN

VSG on 01/19/11

Nope, no better way. I've seen it around before too. I'm just imagining (key words, guessing and imagining) that we don't have to eat super fast cause I don't think our stomachs will empty as we eat like the pouches can.

I don't like cottage cheese anyway.

~ Jen

DrHollywood
on 3/27/11 10:34 am - Harbor City, CA

VSG on 02/01/11

There must be a reason why not to scrape and stuff... I dont know... lol
All I know is that the Nut`s use this cottage cheese test. It has been around for awhile.

I will do it when I am 9 months or a year out. I am only 7 weeks. giggles

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                         "Keeping The Faith!"   "Slim by Summer!"
                                    HW: 250 - SW: 241 - CW: 154.7- GW: 140


1 month: 22 pounds (216) 2 months: 12.2 pounds (203.8) 3 months: 10.6  (193.2)
4 months: 9.7 lbs (183.5) 5 Months: 6 pounds (177.5 ) 6 Months: 12 lbs ( 165.5)
7 Months 7.1 lbs (158.4) 8 Months +1.6 pounds(159.8) 9 Months 2.7 pounds (157.1)
10 Months 8.1 lbs (149) 11 months +2 pounds ( 151) 1 YEAR!!! 2.6 pounds (148.4)


                                  Hit "One-derland April 9th, 2011   (199.7)

                                  "Half-Way Goal" April 25th, 2011 (194.8)

                                  "Happyland 80`s" May 14, 2011 (189.6)

                                   "Groovyland 70`s" June 20th 2011 (179.9)

                                    " HippyDippyland 60's" July 16th (169.8)

                                       " CQQL-land 50`s" August 25th ( 159.8)

                        "Normal BMI" 24.8 October 21st, 2011 (154.5) I am 5`6

                                 "AWESOME-land 40's" Dec 1st 2011 (149)

                              "Century Club 100 Pounds" Dec 1st 2011 (149)

                                ' ONE YEAR SURGIVERSARY!!!"

Two Year Surgiversary!!!"

breakfast_at_tiffanys
on 3/27/11 10:32 am - Ann Arbor, MI

VSG on 02/28/11

Another thought is that most of the time I open a container it's not full to the top, so if I fill it the top with water, then I won't have an accurate measure of what I've eaten. I agree with other posters that it would be much simpler to eat 1/4 cup at a time, and then by tablespoons or teaspoons to find the capacity of our sleeve. I'm 4 weeks out and I can eat a 1/2 cup individual serving container of 2% cottage cheese pretty quickly. I haven't pushed it to see how much more I could eat because I'm satisfied with that at this point.

DrHollywood
on 3/27/11 10:39 am, edited 3/27/11 10:42 am - Harbor City, CA

VSG on 02/01/11

Did I say it made sense to me? All I know is that My "Nuts" use it and several others. If you know of a better tummy sleeve or pouch test then please, by all means ...share it with us.

Take a pen and mark the container if your that concerned. There are reasons why I am sure they have us do it in the way that they do.

Also.... did i hear waste good cottage cheese.. hahahahahaha what is a few bucks to take a test. also water wont hurt the cottage cheese ...will it? wont you like pour it out to measure it. Would I be that desperate worrying about the cottage cheese? I think I would be more concerned how big my sleeve is.

Listen, This cottage cheese test has been posted many times here on OH. Please do a search and you will see.

I am only 7 weeks out. This cottage cheese test is not new. Look around and you will see. Go ahead and do it your way.... I am sure you will feel confident with your way and your choice.

Let me know how it works for you! :)

Cheers!!!!

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                         "Keeping The Faith!"   "Slim by Summer!"
                                    HW: 250 - SW: 241 - CW: 154.7- GW: 140


1 month: 22 pounds (216) 2 months: 12.2 pounds (203.8) 3 months: 10.6  (193.2)
4 months: 9.7 lbs (183.5) 5 Months: 6 pounds (177.5 ) 6 Months: 12 lbs ( 165.5)
7 Months 7.1 lbs (158.4) 8 Months +1.6 pounds(159.8) 9 Months 2.7 pounds (157.1)
10 Months 8.1 lbs (149) 11 months +2 pounds ( 151) 1 YEAR!!! 2.6 pounds (148.4)


                                  Hit "One-derland April 9th, 2011   (199.7)

                                  "Half-Way Goal" April 25th, 2011 (194.8)

                                  "Happyland 80`s" May 14, 2011 (189.6)

                                   "Groovyland 70`s" June 20th 2011 (179.9)

                                    " HippyDippyland 60's" July 16th (169.8)

                                       " CQQL-land 50`s" August 25th ( 159.8)

                        "Normal BMI" 24.8 October 21st, 2011 (154.5) I am 5`6

                                 "AWESOME-land 40's" Dec 1st 2011 (149)

                              "Century Club 100 Pounds" Dec 1st 2011 (149)

                                ' ONE YEAR SURGIVERSARY!!!"

Two Year Surgiversary!!!"

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