not much appetite

[mominoc 11]

Does anyone find they have less appetite after banding? I am almost 5 weeks post op and seem to not care much about food. I often don't feel like eating. I don't want food that I used to crave. I'm not sure if this just happens or what. Food just isn't fun anymore and eating seems to be something I don't care much about right now. I make sure I get enough Protein, so maybe that is satisfying me? Its just weird for me because before banding I couldn't stop eating, of course.

[Jodi_620 37]

I noticed the same thing. For me it was the pre-op and post-op diet. I am a carb addict and my pre-op diet was all Protein and almost no carbs. Clearing the carbs out of my system curbed my appetite. If the foods you once craved were carbs (potatoes, pastas, breads, sweets) you might want to be careful what kinds of carbs you re-introduce back into your diet to avoid jumpstarting those cravings. Choose healthy unprocessed ones.

[reverie 49]

Yep! There were days I forgot to eat. I still don't think about food much/crave things unless I'm bored and doing nothing, so I try to stay busy.