Brandy Gilbert

P.S. My doc had me on solid foods at day 10 as well. Every plan is different. The most important thing you can do is listen to your body. It will tell you what works and what doesn't.

Hi there,
I wanted to thank you immensely for your post. I have been dealing with very similar issues (surgery 10/12). I really appreciate you having the courage to put our real problems out there. Don't listen to the "haters" -- they obviously got fat by making only healthy lifestyle choices!!!! I have not had the issue with liquids, but still have had the issues with head hunger. I am eating things I probably shouldn't yet, and have experienced some chest pain afterwords as a result. Everyday is new hope though. I haven't had much weight loss this week but am really hopeful that it will start again soon. Hang in there. I think we will be fine!
Good luck to you and your wife!

Hello fellow Texas I just wanted to shout it out that.....I'VE BEEN APPROVED BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY! I'm smiling singing, Put me in coach, I'm ready to play!

Thank you Niki! That is something my husband really needed to hear, rather than "you're going to kill yourself" I'm not trying to be mean but that is not a very nice thing to say, especially considering he went to the doctor yesterday and the doctor was fine with what he had eaten. Steve understands where everyone is coming from, otherwise he never would have put this post up. He definitely appreciates the advice. Dr. Mason did confirm it is probably head hunger so that is something Steve is going to work on. Thank you all for your advice and we look forward to getting to know ya'll as we continue our journey together (I'm getting sleeved next week) :-)

Hi Steve,
I don't know if this will help you but I never felt "full" or "no hunger" until about 2.5 months out. I could eat really well up until a few weeks ago. Remember this is something we all have to work on and fine tune. When my hair started falling out by the huge handfuls, I had to really work on getting my Protein way up. That's when I started to feel incredibly full. You have to find what works for you. It might not be what works for others. You just started your journey. Give yourself a break and start again. You CAN do this!!! I'm sure in a few weeks we'll be hearing about your successes

Steve, I say take a deep breath, dust yourself off and try again. There are a billion Protein shakes and juices out there. You'll find something that agrees with you. Like you, in the beginning I was hungry all of the time. I think my change came on week 3. Suddenly I felt restrictions and wasn't able to take in much. Another thing for me was this, I confused thirst with hunger. If I felt "hungry" but sipped instead of ate, I was cool. It's been less than 2 weeks for you and your nerves are probably still numb so your restiction factor hasn't kicked in yet. Also, a lot of us have had things that we shouldn't have had. I read a post where someone said 3 weeks out they ate a half of a bacon cheese burger and a bowl of chili from Wendy's. Each person is different. Some people can barely tolerate Water let alone pork skins. Definitely don't kick yourself. However, you don't want to do anything to cause yourself damage to your new tummy.
All the best,
Niki