What does full feel like post op?

and what does satisfied feel like to you?

I hear some say eating to much gives them a Thanksgiving full feeling. Others say that feeling doesn't exist anymore?

In terms of under eating my sleeve - aka eating until satisfied - I've got some work to do.

Satisfied used to mean full. Buffet stuffed, can't eat another bite, was the norm. I can't remember eating just until the hunger was gone :(

Todd

I don't know.  I do know that feeling full used to feel good and now it feels miserable.  

Same here, Gwen.

This is an interesting question.  It isn't that warm, satiated feeling of having a full tummy, and feeling safe and satisfied.  Its a much more pragmatic feeling of "if I eat another bite, I'll feel uncomfortable." 

I do miss that pleasant pre-surgery sense of "full."  But I like my health and energy better now.

I'm curious how others perceive it.

best wishes,
Carol

I'm with Carol here.  Full is uncomfortable, and "if I eat another bite, I'm pretty sure I'll hurl."

In the extreme, it's a bit like this:  It's wafer thin....

Todd, I don't recommend eating until you're full now that your capacity is greatly reduced.  Not unless you want to feel food up in your esophagus.  I made that mistake once.  EWWW...it didn't feel good.  So I haven't done it since.

That is quite a video.  I will now have that picture in my mind when I go to take an extra bite.

'wafer thin!' That was hilarious, and disgusting, and very informative. Thanks.

Gotta love Monty Python! :)

When first sleeved, it didn't feel like anything.  As the nerves were cut, I didn't have a feeling of full.  That is why it is so important to measure to not overfill your sleeve.  After a few months it felt like misery.  If I ate to fast and got down a bite too much before it hit my brain I would have to pay the price and it was a trigger to go back to measuring as my "eyeballs" had gotten to big.

I like cappy's description of not so much feeling full as knowing that another bite will make me miserable!

I measure out my food, and try to take my time eating, as that's the only way I will get in the protein I know I need. I know to stop, even if I haven't finished everything, when I have a full-fledged burp. To eat another bite means stuff will sit at the top of my stomach and in my esophagus, and my eyes and nose will water, I will feel like I'm going to aspirate food or saliva, and I will keep swallowing more air and saliva until things can move down. Very uncomfortable.

The BEST feeling is when my stomach is quiescent--not empty, not full, not acidy, and not stuck on something. I almost wish I didn't have to eat at all; and then I remember the liquid stage. ;)