I'm day nine post op and I've pretty much skipped cream soups and moved to mushies and real food. I can only eat maybe 1/4 cup of food before I'm full. Theres no fluid in my band so I wonder why I can't eat more. I know I've been breaking alot of rules but I feel good and I'm still only getting about 800 calories a day. Probably less. I also drink alot of water as I eat it helps me get a little more food down, which is what I want right now.. Do you think I'm doing any harm to my band with this routine? I'm kinda wishing I just had the gastric sleeve done I'm really tired of worrying about this foreign object in me flipping and flopping around..

I agree with what's been said above - you're still healing, swollen and thus very restricted. Its not a good idea to be pushing more food through. Eating so little is not going to hurt you for a while, remember, you're obese now, your body has plenty of reserve, plenty. Starvation mode - meh. People would never starve to death if that were true. And you're not going to become malnourished in a few short weeks. My advice is to ENJOY it. You'll be hungry soon enough and then spending months getting to good restriction. I almost half of my excess weight in the first 12 weeks after surgery with no fill at all, it literally fell off me in that time. Even with tight restriction years down the track I was never ever able to replicate that superb restriction and lack of appetite that I had in the first 12 weeks. Dont waste this valuable window!

Its a real mental adjustment, for people who eat what they want, when they want and in large quantities, we have very very skewed ideas about what a healthy intake is. Wait even a few short months and then see how gobsmacked you are by what people shovel down their cake holes. Your perception is not really reality just now, just listen to your body.

HungryBetty:

This can be the most exciting, educational and important phase of your postOp experience. Don't forsake your long term goals for short sighted mistakes that solve no problems and change none of the issues important for successful postOp life style.

If this were a broken leg, would you be trying to walk on it already?

Don't jamb up the system by inventing new mistakes in eating behavior based on erroneous concepts. Take time to learn the steps you need to follow to achieve your goal.

Consult your surgeon or nutritionist at once to go over the exact program they want you to follow. Ask them for explanation and the answers to the questions you propose here.

i am in complete agreement with all the statements above. you are setting yourself up for failure by breaking the rules which will lead to not only no weight loss, but cause you health problems. your body has to have time to heal. the reason you aren't very hungry is because you have restriction from swelling inside your body that you can't see. take it easy...one step at a time...and before you know it you will be back on solids following docs orders. i wish the best for you...God bless!!!!

You are just healing, don't worry just yet. I eat a VERY normal amount of food for my meals. I'm never hungry.. but I can certainly eat tons of food if I choose to. I try not to drink with meals. I do sometimes (but I'm 6 months out), but it all depends on how your band reacts to it, mainly you want to fill up on food, not on liquids.

Following the rules is very important, the band is nothing but a piece of plastic, with out the rules it's useless.