Hi all,
Just looking for comparisons. I am luckily still losing, albeit very slowly these last couple weeks. I confess, I have been snacking on bad carbs a lot, and know this definitely is contributing to my slowed weight loss. It's just that sometimes, you need something crunchy to munch on, and chips get chewed down to nothing... time to purge the pantry!
So, for me, my surgery was this past Halloween, putting me at just over 90 days post-op. I feel like some stuff I can eat a TON of, and other stuff not so much. 95% of the time my diet is lean protein and veggies, but I've tried eating other things here and there, and this is how much I have found I can eat of various things:
Duck breast, pan seared, no toppings: 4 oz
Hormel Natural Choice Deli Meat: 4 slices, plus 1 Polly-O 2% String Cheese stick
Chicken: 3-4oz
Steak: 3-4oz
Firm white fish (halibut, haddock, etc): 4-6oz
Shrimp: 16-18 shrimp of the 41-50 per pound size (is that medium or large? I can never remember)
Sauteed zucchini: 1/2 to 2/3 cup if I have had nothing else
Sushi (with fish and veggies in it): 3-4 pieces
Chips: Probably 1.5 servings at a time
Multigrain cottage cheese pancakes (about 3.5 inches in diameter): 2 in a sitting
Eggs: THESE FILL ME SO FAST, but it's a BAD feeling. Maybe 1.5 eggs, scrambled
Pizza, large slice: 1/3 to 1/2 of the slice (only had pizza once since surgery, and it was bbq chicken)
Salad: If it's just lettuce, maybe 1 to 1.5 cups worth of greens
Southwestern Tuna wrap from Au Bon Pain: 1/2 in one sitting (according to their website, this wrap has 600 calories total in it)
I've also found I can finish one of the Mission carb control medium size flour wraps in one sitting. My wrap usually contains 3 slices of deli meat and 1 slice of provolone cheese, and I can eat one hot dog on a bun with ketchup only (imagine Ballpark size dog) if I trim the bun off of both ends.
I can drink 16oz of fluid if I try and without gulping in about 35 minutes. Usually though, I take 45 minutes to an hour to finish a 16 or 20oz beverage.
Am I concerned about stretching? Only slightly, because I doubt I can use both hands to count how many times I've overeaten to the point where I either felt VERY ill, or that sensation of food backing up in your throat. I am mildly alarmed by the amount of steamed shrimp I can eat in one sitting, but since everything else is still "within range", I guess I shouldn't worry too much!
Anyone else have wild variations like me in the amounts of things they can eat?
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