ARE YOUR EYES STILL BIGGER THAN YOUR STOMACH ? POST-OP?

I KNOW THAT ITS A MENTAL HURDLE. HOWEVER IM CURIOUS AS HOW DO OTHERS DEAL WITH THIS?

I weigh all my proteins out before I eat them.  If I don't, I always overestimate the quantity.

At home / packing lunch for work it is really easy for me to know what is appropriate.  

When I go out it is easy to eat much more than I should.  My sleeve is a bit relaxed now, so I can eat more.  And it's easy to eat a little more than I should b/c it tastes so good.  That is uncomfy, but good the restriction does kick in.  

I weigh and measure everything at home..

going out is a different, I can easily eat till nauseous when out

(learned the hard way)

so I cut my food in 1/2 or 1/3rd depending on serving size

to give me a visual on when to stop

and often even the half is too much.

When I'm home, I weigh and measure everything and then only eat what's on my plate.  (Sometimes I still screw up and just make "a bowl of something" and then I dump and life sucks.  Thankfully this is rare.  I'm still retraining my self.)  

Yes, which is why I weigh almost everything, and when I don't it's being measured with measuring cups or spoons. Weighing down to the gram is the most precise and I like to be as close to accurate as possible, so whenever possible that is my method.

YES!!!

I am often able to tell myself that not eating that yummy thing won't kill me, and that can be enough to help me make healthy choices for myself. Eating at home is easiest, where I can easily control portion and content of my food choices, and habit plays a large role, too. Eating out is more difficult, although I try hard to remember to eat protein first, and that usually physically limits how much I am able to eat (pylorus closes), and that is a great help.

So I guess it's a combination of using the tools you have: psychological strengths such as self-talk and using habit to enforce healthy choices, using the restriction the sleeve gives you. Use the tools you have.