New Banded and was starving day 6

syrup71 · April 3, 2011

Hi, I was newly banded (not even a week yet to be precise) and the first 5 days went as planned as far as not having an interest in food but yesterday was the first day I could have soft foods and I felt hungry early afternoon, in fact I felt like I was starving all day. I did nit pick at mostly healthy items but my parents grilled some burgers and I just had to have a bite, so I did. I pretty much remained hungry throughout the night, I was expecting an appetite to resurface but not full fledge like it did yesterday. I know there are some bandsters that have experienced the same thing, any pointers. This morning I drank like 2 glasses of Water before I had some oatmeal and so far I am not that hungry but just curious what the heck happened on day 6?

Syrup

jay150 · April 3, 2011

I was banded on a Friday and by Sunday night I was starving...lol. I had to wait until the following Friday before I was allowed to start mushy foods. The doctor said I was probably a quick healer and thus experienced hunger sooner than others. That week felt like torture, but I made it through. At any rate, just stick with the plan. There is a reason why you are only supposed to eat soft mushy foods and that is because you are still healing. meats, etc. may not be such a great idea right now because you do not want to disrupt the healing process....not trying to sound preachy, just dont want you to disturb anything.

I found that eating a scrambled egg kept me feeling full longer as well as mashed potatoes because of how dense they are. Although eating yogurt and applesauce was good, I did find myself more hungry than when I ate the other things.

good luck!

Lady_Dragyn · April 3, 2011

I am now 4 weeks post op and at just about day 5 or 6 I started feeling hunger. It gets better I promise. The first few weeks were tough. I just ate small amounts every 2 or 3 hours instead of concentrating on just eating 3 times a day - this helped me a lot. Now that I'm on "regular" food, 3 times a day is much easier. As for the bite of burger, as long as it was small bite and you chewed it really well you didn't do any harm. I did that a few times as well and my NUT told me it was ok, as long at it was just one bite and chew, chew, chew...Best of luck to you.

Donnaamarie · April 3, 2011

Hi, I was newly banded (not even a week yet to be precise) and the first 5 days went as planned as far as not having an interest in food but yesterday was the first day I could have soft foods and I felt hungry early afternoon, in fact I felt like I was starving all day. I did nit pick at mostly healthy items but my parents grilled some burgers and I just had to have a bite, so I did. I pretty much remained hungry throughout the night, I was expecting an appetite to resurface but not full fledge like it did yesterday. I know there are some bandsters that have experienced the same thing, any pointers. This morning I drank like 2 glasses of Water before I had some oatmeal and so far I am not that hungry but just curious what the heck happened on day 6?

Syrup

I think we were banded around the same time. By day 5 for me I thought I was going to die, that was yesterday. I was so hungry I imagined that my body was eating itself from the inside out. After reading many posts about how our stomachs have to heal, and if the stomach works too hard to digest solid foods the band would slip, I was petrified to eat anything!!!! I ended up puree'ing a half can of Progresso Italian Wedding Soup and adding a ton of low sodium organic vegetable broth. After about 3 ounces of that the hunger was gone, and furthermore it hasnt really come back!! I was sure today would be hell. I haven't had a problem at all but did have more of that pureed Soup and it seems to do the trick. I also had about 1/2 of a container of Chobani which filled meup.

Here's to no more days of excruciating hunger for either of us!!!!