Can I request a pep talk please?
I gotta say....I understand your concern. It concerns me too. I haven't had my surgery yet and I worry about this also. I have the band in now and it didn't ever work properly, I would hate to have a second surgery and not feel any restriction with it either! I think it sounds like you're doing everything just right. Hang in there. It's bound to get better. I wish you the best
OK, you are getting great guidance. You are not a failure! You have had an assault on your stomach and you are relearning your body's signals etc. And, by the way, your tummy's still healing and not a reliable reporter yet.
Sometimes I think about it like this. Surgery has allowed me to be satisfied with less food. In my mind, that is the absolute number one advantage, bar none. Restriction is like a fall protection harness. You wear it while you're working on the roof, but it's not something you want to depend on. It's there if you lose your way and fall, but it's not a replacement for safe work practices. Like a harness, it can hurt when deployed, and using it isn't a very efficient way to get your work done.
So... eat a fixed measured amount. Of course, stop if you start to feel full at all, but keep the volume low and tell yourself you can eat again if it wasn't enough. So many times it will be enough, and you will be surprised at how little food you really need so early out.
Don't waste any calories on stuff that won't keep you satisfied. There are lots of good foods that don't keep me satisfied - string cheese, tuna salad, ground meat, deli meats, etc. I am 11 months out and I do not have a tiny sleeve. Yet 2.5 ounces of chicken breast is the maximum I can eat. Other things - more for sure. Sometimes I can't even finish 2.5 ounces of chicken breast. So if I'm trying to keep my calories low, I eat a lot of chicken breast.
:) Happy
53 yrs old, 5'6" HW: 293 ConsW: 273 SW: 263 CW: 206 
On August 1, 2012 at 1:52 PM Pacific Time, Happy966 wrote:
OK, you are getting great guidance. You are not a failure! You have had an assault on your stomach and you are relearning your body's signals etc. And, by the way, your tummy's still healing and not a reliable reporter yet.
Sometimes I think about it like this. Surgery has allowed me to be satisfied with less food. In my mind, that is the absolute number one advantage, bar none. Restriction is like a fall protection harness. You wear it while you're working on the roof, but it's not something you want to depend on. It's there if you lose your way and fall, but it's not a replacement for safe work practices. Like a harness, it can hurt when deployed, and using it isn't a very efficient way to get your work done.
So... eat a fixed measured amount. Of course, stop if you start to feel full at all, but keep the volume low and tell yourself you can eat again if it wasn't enough. So many times it will be enough, and you will be surprised at how little food you really need so early out.
Don't waste any calories on stuff that won't keep you satisfied. There are lots of good foods that don't keep me satisfied - string cheese, tuna salad, ground meat, deli meats, etc. I am 11 months out and I do not have a tiny sleeve. Yet 2.5 ounces of chicken breast is the maximum I can eat. Other things - more for sure. Sometimes I can't even finish 2.5 ounces of chicken breast. So if I'm trying to keep my calories low, I eat a lot of chicken breast.
Happy...... !!!
I love the Safety Harness analogy !!!!
I should have thought of that......I was just shooting an Ambulance at speed out of the back of a pick-up truck doing about 85mph. and I was all harnessed and tethered in !
frisco
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