Signs of being full

Pre VSG I was a volume eater and I lived for that over full feeling - seriously, I loved being full. Not food coma full, but that I've had a great, satisfying meal and had just a few bites too many type of full.

AFTER VSG, I soon realized that the restriction and full were two different things. I never feel full the way I did pre surgery, and honestly, sometimes I miss that feeling, but admittedly it is due to an emotional need, not a physical need.

What I do now is to eat until I'm not hungry, which I can feel. I know the difference now between needing to eat and not needing to eat. VSG has really helped me understand physical hunger vs. emotional hunger. I can still have days on which I am emotionally hunger every waking hour and want to graze, but physical hunger, not so much - a couple times a day at most.

As for recognizing full: You won't for some time. That is why you MUST measure your food. Once you can recognize full it may not be at all what you expect it to be. For some it is a burp or hiccough or a runny nose. For me, there is a tightness in my throat and a quick little spasm of the sleeve and esophagus that feels sort of like a cross between a hiccough and a burp. However, I only get that if I'm eating too fast. If I'm eating slowly it doesn't happen and I have to really listen to my body to know when I've had enough. If I eat too much, then I feel like there is a piece of food in my throat right at my collar bones. The doc said this is pretty much what it is, too. I have filled the sleeve to capacity and the food is pushing on my esophageal sphincter. IT is not good to do that. But because I don't have a great sense of feeling full anymore, I still weigh and measure almost all of my food for every meal.

an involuntary sigh or yawn.  sneezing is another one, I have had.

I NEVER over eat my Sleeve.  I never want my tiny stomach to stretch, so I always measure and weigh my food - it's better to "under eat" your Sleeve to avoid problems with stretching your stomach.

When I was a LapBander, I'd get a runny nose, I still get one when I take my pills with water.  I have returned to splitting my pills now and it stopped.

Lilsleeved's response is key.

I get runny nose, teary eyes, and that tight feeling in my esophagus.

You should avoid this feeling as much as possible by measuring/weighing and pre-plating your meals. It's really not a pleasant feeling. Last week I went to a restaurant and overestimated and had to immediately stop and relax to avoid having to go to the restroom and purge like a Roman heading for the vomitorium. Not pleasant. Embarassing.

In addition to pre-portioning, don't drink at meals, eat slowly and chew baby chew.

I have noticed that I sneeze once when I'm at "full". I also get a wierd sounding bubbly air thing coming up my throat. I don't think it the foamies because it's just a sound, it king of sounds like I swallowed a locust. LOL

It's very entertaining for my kids!

I get one single hiccup.  I've never had foamies, a runny nose, or hiccups...also never thrown up from eating too much.