u/jotunheimhuman

I'm 4 months post-op and I'm worried that I'm eating too much or stretching my stomach. I have an extremely hard time knowing when I'm full/feeling full for a variety of reasons but mostly due to bad interoception from autism. For example, for dinner I had two small beef patties with a slice of cheese and about 3/4 of a medium baked potato also with some cheese. After eating I did feel full but that was only after waiting about 5-10 minutes and really focusing on it. Is this considered to be a normal amount? Also if anyone has any tips about figuring out this 'listen to your body' aspect, please send some advice over.

So I just had my surgery Wednesday afternoon and all my energy has been zapped from dealing with post op pain. Was not prepared at all for this intensity lol

But I had a small fleeting moment of what I think was a hunger que. I have adhd and autism and have struggled my whole life with body interoception. Like not knowing I'm thirsty until my whole mouth is dry or not realizing I have to pee until its really bad, that kind of thing. So in my experience, I tend to eat when I'm bored or eat when I think I'm supposed to (breakfast time, lunch time, etc.). Now with getting the RNY I know its extremely important to "listen to your body" when you need to eat or when you hit a limit. I tried practicing that with my pre op liquid diet but the food noise was so loud that every moment was listening to my body yell for food, which I don't think was really

helping me.

I am dead set on doing everything correctly and I've been extremely careful post op with even just the amount of water I'm drinking at once. I'm not sure what it would feel like to drink too much at once but I don't want to find out. Is there anyone out there with adhd/autism that also got the sleeve or RNY that has maybe learned more about what it feels like to "listen to your body" post op?