:unsure:I have been banded for 5 days now. I am not sure if the pains I am having in my stomach and my stomach growling is from being hungry or full. I am suppose to eat 3 meals a day which includes 1/4 c. of mushies like yogurt, mashed potatoes, cream soup, etc. I am also suppose to drink 4, 1/2c. protien shakes. As soon as I get done with my soft foods, it seems like I am immediatly hungry even when I avoid drinking right after a meal. I am not sure if these pains are hunger or fullness? I have noticed that the longer I wait, the worse the pains get. When I do eat something, the pains go away immediatly. Do you think 1/4 c. is not filling me up? I dont see my doctor until Wednesday. How do you know the difference between fullness and hunger? I am so lost!! I would appreciate some advice! :thumbup:

I am shocked that some people are on mushy food already!

I had my procedure done Friday, April 16. It's been Clear Liquids for me for the last week. Until Tuesday, I was so physically miserable that I couldn't even fathom being hungry. For the last 2 days I've just been sick to death of broth, Jello, and Italian ice! :-)

I've mostly been drinking Water and tea. The gas was REALLY bad for a few days, till I got the Gas X chewables. That has helped with both the gas and the "movements" we are supposed to be having (despite not eating anything, which I totally don't get!).

Today I get to add sugar free pudding, cream soups, and Protein drinks/ milk drinks. I am so excited.

I am not actually looking forward to Week 3, which is pureed- i.e., baby food.

You know what they say-- that which does not kill us makes us stronger! :-)

Thanks for the support and advice! I took a long time to get this heavy. I am sure it will take a long time to get where I need to be too. I am SO looking forward to a healthier lighter life!

Hey LegalEagle! I know what you mean! I am still on broth, light soups (NOT cream soups). I tried to also go on the Dannon Lite yogurt smoothies as it says on my sheet. BUT... I had terrible stabbing pains under my left rib cage all day. I finally called the place and they said it was gas from the smoothies! So no milk products yet... :cool: I sure did love those smoothies! I have some V8 soups (I will try tonight for dinner). I have also had some low sodium thin tomoato soup (I thought I was in heaven with that after all that broth!)

I have however, been making some outstanding protien smoothies... I put in a 1/2 package of sugar/fat free pudding mix, and Voila! Super thick creamy goodness!:w00t: Also today I was at Walmart and discovered a Why protien that has 52 grams protien!!! My other mixes only had about 20. I know I am not getting enough protien because my stomach starts growling and doing crazy things off an on all day. So I really hope having this new stuff 2x a day will do the trick!

Yes, I have heard of people already on stuff like mashed potatoes, and cottage cheese, etc... But i was told that if I stick to this routine I am on, there is less likelyhood of the band slipping before it is healed, and not expanding the pouch too early where it gets too big. So, just stick with it! You have a whole lifetime of eating ahead of you, this is a meer blip, will pass quickily. Do the right thing! It will pay off!

ps.. I was banded APril 14th

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I am shocked that some people are on mushy food already!

I had my procedure done Friday, April 16. It's been clear liquids for me for the last week. Until Tuesday, I was so physically miserable that I couldn't even fathom being hungry. For the last 2 days I've just been sick to death of broth, Jello, and Italian ice! :-)

I've mostly been drinking Water and tea. The gas was REALLY bad for a few days, till I got the Gas X chewables. That has helped with both the gas and the "movements" we are supposed to be having (despite not eating anything, which I totally don't get!).

Today I get to add sugar free pudding, cream soups, and Protein drinks/ milk drinks. I am so excited.

I am not actually looking forward to Week 3, which is pureed- i.e., baby food.

You know what they say-- that which does not kill us makes us stronger! :-)

You don't need to eat baby food. Yuck!! Just put what ever your family eats in the blender. Taste wise it will be a huge improvement over baby food. I used meat, vegs, cottage cheese, regular cheese, eggs, and whatever else I could think of. (Not all at once) Come to think of it, it would probably be pretty good all dumped there together.... LOL Hugs!!!!

You don't need to eat baby food. Yuck!! Just put what ever your family eats in the blender. Taste wise it will be a huge improvement over baby food. I used meat, vegs, cottage cheese, regular cheese, eggs, and whatever else I could think of. (Not all at once) Come to think of it, it would probably be pretty good all dumped there together.... LOL Hugs!!!!

I don't have "family" that I am cooking for. Just me. :biggrin:

I've heard the veggie baby food isn't too bad. But that the meat baby food sucks. So I was planning to puree manwhich or chili, or spaghetti sauce with ricotta cheese and ground meat and maybe the baby veggies and then puree it all together.

Tonight I bought some yogurt (Yoplait Light, Thick and Creamy), some sugar free Jello pudding, and some creamy Soups. I bought a small food processor, too. Then I took some tomato bisque, put it in the processor with some extra Water, pureed any chunks out of it, then heated it up. YUM! I might have only had 4 spoonfuls, but they were delicious spoonfuls!

I can't believe I survived today sipping on V-8 juice, Isopure, Kangen Water, and eating Jello and one very slowly eaten tablespoon of cottage cheese. Oh I forgot the two Protein shakes I managed to get down. Man it really takes a long time to eat now. Only a few swallows and then I have to get up and walk the beverage/food down. I did get a little sad today, when I walked to the kitchen and realized I couldn't fix myself a BLT sandwich, with thick applewood smoked bacon

But hey I have lost 8 pounds :biggrin:

Can't wait for my post-op on Saturday so I can have mushies.

Best of Luck to you all

I drink Kangan water too! I am sure it has helped. I drank it quite a bit before surgery. The Chiro office I was getting my pre-op colonics from had it there for free, so I started drinking it again. All I had yesterday was 2 protein shakes, and a small bowl of V8 soup, and for drinking I had the Kangan water and a Snapple peach ice tea (diet).

I've been banded 5 days now (4/20). I feel like I'm walking the line between being hungry and "eating" too much and being sick to my stomach. My dr. wants us on full liquids for 2 weeks. I'm having a hard time drinking my 64 oz of fluid as well as getting in additional liquids containing my protein quotient. Any tips out there? Also have diarrhea so liquid in, liquid out.