I have been banded a month. I have tolerated most everything I eat, but I find myself SO afraid to start eating things other peaches/cottage cheese, cream of wheats, simmered chicken breast, cheese sticks, etc. I actually ate pretty well before surgery and gained the majority of my weight and kept it on due to depression meds. So now, when I think about eating, I get anxious.

Anyone else?

You are not alone. I did move to regular food and I gained back 6 lb. So I also stopped eating it. I went back to more dietty food. Its normal as we are not filled yet.

Everybody is different. Try to put the fear away and make healthy choices, and watch your portions. You should be fine. Even if you do gain a little, you are making better decisions for yourself, you will be healthier. Eventually the weight will start coming off. Try not to worry about it, because your body needs the regular, healthy food.

kab1278:

You need to try to let your body run its natural course. Start eating but be very mindful of WHAT your eating as well as HOW MUCH of it your eating. Stick to vitamin enriched foods and stay away from anything preserved or with high amounts of sugar, fat, sodium. From now on you must start to be mindful of everything youre eating. for the first couple of weeks if it helps keep a journal of what youre eating. It might help you see what youre doing RIGHT or WRONG.

Good Luck

I had my first fill yesterday. Prior to that when I moved to solids I was very carefully measuring the protein with a digital scale. I did not gain but my loosing was severly diminished. I told the nurse I was irritated that I had hit a plateau and thought I was actually not eating enough. She said everyone plateaus.

Also my doctor said in solids that the veggies should only be 1/4 of a cup. When making dinner I realized the sweet potato (which they recommended) was a lot more than that so I have been cutting them in half.

As hokey as it seems using a sandwhich plate really helps me eat less. Using a real plate kind of depresses me becuase I feel like I hardly got to eat anything.

Thanks everyone!

I knew ahead of time that this would be a life changing, forever process, but of course, once you are actually in it, you realize all that that means. There are so many dietary questions I didn't know to ask, and all I have are a few copied sheets from my dietician, so I feel pretty lost in decisions.

I looked at a few cookbooks for people after bariatric surgery, but the recipes aren't for everyday use...expensive ingredients, 4 portions from a single recipe...things like that. But I'll get it!

Anxiety be damned! :thumbup:

Thanks again!!!

The weight you gain from solid food will not be a fat gain--it will be related to the fact that solid food creates bulk in the intestine.

Really, there's no sense getting worked up about the weight of this matter. It's...well, just shit.

You need solid food. Liquids bypass the band, defeating its purpose.

Your caloric intake will remain low. You will lose weight. Will there be a brief temporary upward blip? Sure. There's a good chance there will. But it's...just shit. And you will cope with it, and then you will watch how your good food choices still promote loss---because your body will, in fact, lose fat even if your colon houses some waste.

It'll be okay--really.