So I was banded on the 8th of june and am now 3 weeks out and am starting to feel the hunger come back... at first I coulod barley eat anything and now I feel like I could eat too much, Im hoping that when I get my fill on next week that it is going to help with the hunger??

I've heard it can take a few fills to get to that 'sweet spot' where your hunger is managed well.

I'm starting to get hungry too, but I've found that when I manage to really get my Protein in it helps a LOT. I got moved to pureed/mushies early so I've been experimenting with ways to get my protein in with food instead of powders.

1% Cottage cheese and fat free ricotta cheese, eggs, pureed Beans, pureed chicken and very soft-cooked fish (I can't bring myself to puree it, but I chew the heck out of it before swallowing) work well so far.

I haven't had any trouble swallowing anything so far so it's kind of hard to believe there's anything around my stomach at all! But I haven't pushed it past about 1.5 cups of soft food at a sitting, because I'm afraid of hurting myself. I also take my time eating, which is hard, but seems to help.

I am finding that I'm getting hungry sooner between meals, though, so maybe my pureed/mushy stuff is passing through faster than it was at the beginning? hrm.

Just trying to stay busy and distracted and OUT of the kitchen! hehe

I'm going to hit the gym tomorrow, I think, to start back to exercising slowly. I've been walking, but it's too hot here to do it any time other than WAY early in the morning.

I had mine done on the 7th of June, My first fill will be thursday and I am anxious to get going, but in the last week or so I started having this achey feeling in my upper back, as if I lifted was too much. On some of the info sites it says that in some cases gas, from the anesthesia gets trapped and takes a while to get out of the abdominal cavity, I sure hope that is what it is, because I am so uncomfortable. Have you heard of this, or had any problems?

My surgeon told me that the horrible hunger doesn't go away until you hit your sweet spot. I was banded in March and currently have 4 cc's in my 11 cc band and I feel like I'm starving all the time. I eat 1200-1300 calories a day with a minimum of 80g protein and I'm still hungry. Once you are cleared for solid foods, don't eat any slider foods. Stick to foods that are going to linger around in your stomach for a while. Good luck!