this postop diet...

[browneyedgirl89 10]

is anyone else hating the postop diet as much as i am?? i am starving to death! i am on day 5 of Clear Liquids and Protein Shakes and im about to kill someone! any advice??

[Marcib 1]

Lol I know it is awful. I had my band surgery on June 6th and I felt the same way. I felt more hungry after the surgery than I did prior to with the two weeks of liquids. I am now on mushies. But prior to my dr said I could have sf Jello and it really did help make me feel full. Good luck and much success.

[honk 780]

One suggestion I would make is adding no salt Mrs Dash flavorings to your Soup before you heat it up. They will reconstitute and make the soup taste really good.

[Wheeler5051 0]

I soooo know where you are coming from! I went through the same thing during my post op diet. I wanted to chew my arm off to get some solid food. When can you go to full liquids? Like creamy Soups? It helped me so much once I could eat them. I don't have any great advice, just hang in there! I know that it's hard! and Good luck!

[Soybean 4]

I'm also in the post op diet phase, day 10 after surgery. My surgeon and hospital gave me literature that said I could start eating Soups with Beans (thoroughly blended to a pea Soup consistency) and I just started eating that today which REALLY helped. I made my own white bean soup with lamb, carrots, white Beans and a few potatoes and instead of blending it I thinned it (but not too much) with Tomato sauce and Water. I ate the brothy stuff and mashed some of the beans, tossed out the bean skins. Having that was heavenly! I felt like I was eating real food finally. I have to say that I haven't followed the no sugar rule with the post op diet because I think that's only supposed to help your weight loss, but it's not protecting the surgery itself like not eating solid foods does. I was getting really naseous and needed some calories and felt better with juice and juice popsicles. Anyway, that's what I've been doing. I also feel like I'm getting ready for the soft foods which I'm kind of scared of because I'm afraid I'll have a miserable feeling if I eat too much of them so I'm going to tighten up my food program in order to prepare for the transition at the end of this week.

Also, staying really busy with work or outside helps distract you from the hunger. And maybe going to a support group like Overeaters Anonymous or a Lap Band group.