WELL I AM A MONTH POST OP AND THIS WEEKEND WAS CRAZY, I HAVE NOT HAD A FILL YET BUT I HAVE GOOD RESTRICTION, BUT THIS WEEKEND WAS MY (littlefriend-cycle) AND I WANTED EVERYTHING TO EAT AND FELT LIKE THERE WAS NOT LIMIT BUT I LET BETTER JUDGEMENT WIN AND DIDNT GO OVERBOARD BUT WANTED TO KNOW DO ANY OF THE LADIES GO THROUGH THIS!!!

Ah yes! I have to say I don't think my cravings are as bad now. I don't know if it's from the band or a product of the fact that I don't buy my trigger foods any more (crackers, chips, candy). So even if I see something really tempting at the store it does'nt get bought; because I don't buy that stuff any more. One thing that's frustrating for me is because my periods have been so messed up since surgery it's hard for me to know WHY I am craving something; but then low and behold the next day I start.

I started my period two days post-op. I'm mean, really? How bad is that! I also had a hiatal hernia repaired when I was banded. At least the pain meds killed any cramps I had I haven't had my usual cravings except last night. My husband sat in front of me with a bag of chips and french onion dip. My trigger is anything salty. Give me triscuits and cheese, and I'm in heaven. I looked at him and said, "Fred, seriously?" He took his snack upstairs. I wanted to leap out of the chair, no matter the pain I'm in, and grab the chips. Of course I didn't, but that was my first challenge.

Um yeah...had my period on the day of surgery...and now...is like 1 month out and like clockwork it is back. I have to say...I made chili this weekend with my dh and I wanted like 4 bowls of it....ok it was really good, and really healthy and all of that but, I should have been happy with the 1 cup at each of two meals. At lunch I just had the one, and dinner I had two...couldn't help it....then I was hungry again 4 hrs later which almost never happens to me at my evening meal...but it usually happens to me that I am very hungry for the week before and the week of.

This month, I was super crabby two days before and hungry the week of...so that is certainly an improvement in my symptoms overall but it still sucks to be so hungry. What I am unsure of however, is how much of the hunger is hormonal and how much is any residual swelling going away and appetite simply returning. Time will tell I suppose. I also think that chili maybe too much of a slider food ezpecially the way I make it, so I will stick to really solid foods today and see how that goes.

Yeah, when the develop a surgery or a pill that will take away PMS hunger I'll be all over that!

I do get almost an urge to simply eat right before my period. I've just resigned myself to realizing what is triggering the hunger and making every attempt to just put my head down and power through those few days. So far I've found no other way around it.

As the scale goes down, down, down it gets easier to deal with. Remember, the habits that got us overweight will take a little while to break, but they are breakable. I learn something new about my band, my eating habits, my thought process regarding food each month. Sometimes I wonder when this journey will end. In the meantime, it sure is interesting.

Good luck. Let us know if you find any tricks or tips that help get you through your period hunger.