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I'm 4 days after my surgery...I've been on liquids but today I'm hungryyyy...any good ideas for something to fill my tummy?

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Applesauce and yogurt!

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I'm 4 days after my surgery...I've been on liquids but today I'm hungryyyy...any good ideas for something to fill my tummy?

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3 meatballs with marinara sauce pureed in blender. Fills you up! Good luck !!

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I don't know how adventurous an eater you might be, but I found that the international section of my local grocery (which has a fairly large selection of international foods due to diversity of our local university community) gave me more options with greater flavor. One of my favorites to date (I'm 2 weeks post-surgery today) is Red Curry Lentil Soup - very creamy and flavorful. I have also liked the Indian section - lentil Soups.< /p>

Hang in there -- I'm struggling with the extended liquid diet portion of this thing - but am determined to make it WORK -- I'm 56 years old, having fought with being overweight ALL of my life -- and am SO READY to put it behind me. I'm certain that this is the longest period I have been sans meat since my baby teeth emerged - craving meat like crazy, but keep telling myself that this is one short period of my life -- and the future lies ahead.

Good luck on your journey!

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The hungry feeling could also be thirst which is often times confused- especially by us over eaters, so make sure to drink plenty Water or crystal light. At 4 days in your band is not yet doing much to curb your appetite without a fill so being hungry is expected but try to follow the guidelines set by your surgeon and nutritionist. Protein Shakes are important especially early in the healing process. If you're in the liquid phase stick to liquids- pureeing solids doesn't make them liquid so be careful to follow your doctors instructions for your own safety despite what may have worked for anyone else on the forum. Hate to see people with early band flips because they pushed themselves into solids too soon. Best of luck!:)

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The hungry feeling could also be thirst which is often times confused- especially by us over eaters, so make sure to drink plenty Water or crystal light. At 4 days in your band is not yet doing much to curb your appetite without a fill so being hungry is expected but try to follow the guidelines set by your surgeon and nutritionist. Protein shakes are important especially early in the healing process. If you're in the liquid phase stick to liquids- pureeing solids doesn't make them liquid so be careful to follow your doctors instructions for your own safety despite what may have worked for anyone else on the forum. Hate to see people with early band flips because they pushed themselves into solids too soon. Best of luck!:)

Great Advice, ( people should really stick to the phases as directed, for their own benefit..)

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I hear your pain. Try having a some Soup that is a little bit heartier. That will definitely help satiate that hunger!

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try sugar free fudge pops. i ate those all day everyday for 2 weeks

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I found some really good flavor-pop-ice that is made with Splenda. I get them at Walgreeens. They come in a pink box of 16 each for $1.00. Only one dollar!! These help curb my appetite between the liquid meals. Please try them I think this will help. Good Luck!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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