Hi All.

Banded 4/26/10 with 14 cc. band, 5'7", 236 lbs (BMI 37). I'm down 11 lbs since pre-op diet. First fill (3 cc) last week with no restriction. Second fill 6/14, another 3 cc.

After day or liquids, then another of mushies, started real food this morning: 2 scrambled egg whites on whole wheat toast, strawberries. Chewed very carefully. (This part may be gross) Was aware of the egg on toast traveling down esophagus - not painful, just aware. I could feel the food sitting high in my stomach area. I could also swear that I felt food moving through the stoma.

Anyway, didn't feel full, exactly, but after taking a single bite from my first strawberry, I simply felt like I didn't want anymore, that it was too much.

Is this typical? Is this what we're aiming for with regard to a "sweet spot"? Were any of you also "hyper"-aware of the sensation of eating at the beginning? Are the sensations I'm aware of more in my head than in my stomach?

Thanks!!!

Z

hmm... i think i agree with you. I'm just starting mushy stage and will begin eggs tomorrow!! YAY!! But i've taken bites of things and they feel like they are flipping over in my stomach, or being squeezed through a hole... very strange sensation and for me painful because i still take too big a bite... especially when i'm truly hungry.

This is a whole new world... kinda scary at times!