I'm nineteen and I just got the band friday[9-24] . I'm younger than most patients getting the lab-band, and i'm sure my lifestyle is vastly different than the older groups of people getting it. The most difficult thing for me is I feel hungry but I don't want soups, or liquids. I don't really eat that much because i have no desire to drink something. Is anyone else going/went through this?

I think everyone who has been banded has went through that as some point, regardless of age. You just want to chew something. The only thing that really helped me was sucking on a hard candy. I limited myself to 1 or 2 a day but that seemed like the only thing that really soothed me.

I was banded 5 weeks ago and I remember going through that...I just kept in my mind that I need to heal so I stuck with all the phases of my post op diet. I was self pay and there was no way I was going to waste all the money I put down just to mess up my band with in weeks of my surgery. Just keep in your mind that you need to heal and that this is just the first steps to a new you...

I remember feeling like I needed to chew something so I chewed sugar free gum. Do not advance you're diet until you're supposed to, if you follow the rules you're doc gave you, you will do fine!

And about "Head-Hunger"- this is why this is such a hard process, because now is the time you have to start training your brain to sort out what is real "hunger" and when you just think you're hungry. During this phase you really have to be mindful of your emotions and how you feel. I keep a journal to help me identify trigger behavior.