dancinbr
Member
All of us who have had the gastric by-pass for sure and perhaps other operations find out that while eating/drinking excessive air gets into our stomachs.
It took me a few weeks to figure out how to manage this better.
When drinking water I have a camelback sippy cup to help minimize air intake.
When eating I used to sit down and eat my whole meal (all 1/3 to 1/2 cup of it) and end up very uncomfortable.
The reason was a lot of air was trapped in my stomach along with the food I had just consumed.
Well, here is something you all should consider. We have been told to eat more slowly. I agree. I was doing that.
More importantly, what I am doing now is taking one or two bites (small bites folks!) of food (generally protein such as chicken, beef, pork, egg, etc.) and then I stop. I don't take anything else in until I have had time to get what air is now in my stomach out. So I stop and burp. Sound familiar. We have to behave like new born babies. They would drink a 1/2 ounce or an ounce of milk/formula and then you would pick them up and burp them before continuing their bottle.
Guess what. Start to do the same for yourself. So I take one or two bites maybe even three and then stop. I sit at the table and as quietly as possible I burp up the air that is in my new small "baby" stomach. I don't eat anything else until I do get a fair amount of air out by burping.
I feel a whole lot better for it too. I don't feel the pressure building up inside. I feel a whole lot more comfortable too. After I get the air out I take another bite or 2 or maybe 3 but no more and they are small bites. Then I burp again. This automatically extends the amount of time it takes you to consume your 1/3 to 1/2 cup of food.
By the time I finish, I have pretty much burped out all the air in my stomach and I feel fine after the meal; no more discomfort.
So I pass this on to any of you to consider. We are all faced with this "belching" and air in the stomach problem.
Good Luck,
Ralph
It took me a few weeks to figure out how to manage this better.
When drinking water I have a camelback sippy cup to help minimize air intake.
When eating I used to sit down and eat my whole meal (all 1/3 to 1/2 cup of it) and end up very uncomfortable.
The reason was a lot of air was trapped in my stomach along with the food I had just consumed.
Well, here is something you all should consider. We have been told to eat more slowly. I agree. I was doing that.
More importantly, what I am doing now is taking one or two bites (small bites folks!) of food (generally protein such as chicken, beef, pork, egg, etc.) and then I stop. I don't take anything else in until I have had time to get what air is now in my stomach out. So I stop and burp. Sound familiar. We have to behave like new born babies. They would drink a 1/2 ounce or an ounce of milk/formula and then you would pick them up and burp them before continuing their bottle.
Guess what. Start to do the same for yourself. So I take one or two bites maybe even three and then stop. I sit at the table and as quietly as possible I burp up the air that is in my new small "baby" stomach. I don't eat anything else until I do get a fair amount of air out by burping.
I feel a whole lot better for it too. I don't feel the pressure building up inside. I feel a whole lot more comfortable too. After I get the air out I take another bite or 2 or maybe 3 but no more and they are small bites. Then I burp again. This automatically extends the amount of time it takes you to consume your 1/3 to 1/2 cup of food.
By the time I finish, I have pretty much burped out all the air in my stomach and I feel fine after the meal; no more discomfort.
So I pass this on to any of you to consider. We are all faced with this "belching" and air in the stomach problem.
Good Luck,
Ralph
