i now how you feel! i move on to stage two, pureed tomorrow and im scared that i wont know when im full

I definitly get full, but I don't get very hungry. I guess that is good, but hard to find something to eat when not hungry, like in the morning for sure.

Robin

Nattee, our new pouches are not very good at communicating their status to us. The rule I was given was to pre-measure 1/4 cup into a separate bowl and eat just that. I am always "hungry" and trying to figure out what this means. On the flip side, the only times I feel full, I also feel sick. which tells me I ate too much. I was told not to eat til full, but until satisfied. Since I have yet to feel satisfied, I eat my 1/4 cup and go on...
Probably doesnt help, but this has been my solution. I am 6 weeks post op, and losing VERY slowly, but the scale is moving down every month...

jojo

I never feel full, so I'm just careful about the amount I eat.

The feeling of fullness you experienced before surgery will not be the same after.
You will need to pay careful attention and your body will begin to give you what they call a "soft cue". This is a signal that you are full.
Most people here say a burp is their soft cue.
I don't hardly burp at all anymore so my soft cue is a little different. I notice that I sigh. Almost like when someone is bored with or tired of doing something.
You won't be getting that feeling of fullness again so you will have to get used to the new norm. You won't be hungry but you'll never feel stuffed.
In the beginning measure out your 1/4 or 1/2 a cup of food and try to eat what you can slowly.
You won't be able to get more than half a cup down anyway.
As time passes you will adjust and begin to understand your soft cue. Bon appettite, XO, Hope

Measure out the food. If you eat 3-4 oz. That's fine. The key thing is to be exercising. The more you exercise, the more your body will want you to eat. And that can be OK as long as you are eating the right things. I try to eat three meals a day. Sometimes I have an evening snack (Nut says it's OK). But I feel like I lose more without the snack. I'm more than three months out, and I'm still trying to do everything else.

I am in the same trap. I am starving myself trying not to overeat.

I agree with Hope about the soft cue, but I didn't figure it out (I think) until month four. The belch has become the "warning shot". I obey.

Measuring constantly helps for when there is no cue. I stop when the 3-4 ounces stops.

Incidentally, the other night I had no burp and I was miles from done the 3-4 ounces. Something in my head said: done. I am hoping that that message regularizes and that I learn to stop when I feel satiated (not full).

I never knew "enough" before. I hope I meet her now. :)

O

By the time a get a cue (hiccup) it is too late. I judge by the feel in my gullet. Sometimes I get that message to eat those last two bites, but I stop, cause often that is the very two bites that makes me uncomfortable.

The full feeling is uncomfortable and I try not to go there. Although I have done it!!

Look for your soft cue as the previous post said. Sometimes it is a sigh, a burp or in my case my nose begins to run. When that happens I know it is time to stop. When I don't, I regret it soon and have to reach for the Gas X.

my nose runs too! is'nt that silly?!!My husband thinks that is so funny.!i also can tell when i have had enough cause i just kind of lose interest in eating another bite. I can have a bite in mid air and put it down and say"that's it...i am done!
candy

Before surgery when I used to over eat I would get a shoulder ache. Now even after surgery I get the same thing.

Does anyone else experience a shoulder ache?

Not a shoulder ache. but I totally get it Lucy.
If I have eaten too much (ignored the sigh in my case) I get a headache, just like before surgery.
Weird but true, Hope

I agree with the measuring but I also bought smaller plates so my brain thinks I'm eating more than I actually am. I also try to avoid watching tv and eating because I miss those so called "so cues". I have a lap band, which i am having taken out and converted to bypass, but I notice my full sign is a tightening in my diaphragm area or bits of food might come back up. Im hoping with my bypass that stops. Good luck. Just pay attention to your body and try not to stress. That could lead you to eat more.

I had my surgery in September. When I was in the same phase as you I had to measure everything, and I ate VERY SLOW! It would take me 30 minutes sometimes. I do get a full sensation now. Sometimes I over do it and don't get the signal until it is too late, so I have to remind my self to slow down and refocus on portion sizes. I had major complications that put me back to square one in January, so I am having to redo this stuff.... Portion control is the key and don't listen to your head hunger that says just a little more....Your head hasn't caught up to your body yet!