Tomorrow I will be post op 11 days and I am so hungry. I have eaten more today then I have in the last two weeks. I even cheated alittle and had some string cheese and ice cream. I need to eat real food! I am supposed to be eating inbetween full liquid diet and mushies but I am not sure what that consists of??? I know that I am in bandsters hell right now I just have to figure out how to get through it. I need to chew something.

I know it is hard but it will get easier. I am on week 3.5 and can try soft food as tolerated. I started with scrambled eggs and egg whites with cheese in them and have been able to try little things since like healthy choice quesadilla and spring rolls and a few other things. It has definately gotten better but it is still hard watching my family eat pizza and other good food when I am eating soup and eggs. Good luck!

I would recommend low fat cottage cheese or ricotta. String cheese is a solid not a mushie. And I'm sure you know this but ditch the ice cream it is cream with sugar added.

I'm not sure, but it sounds like what my doc calls "full liquids". That consists of all the clear diet stuff but also :

Skim or 1% milk

Low calorie Yogurt Dannon Light’n Fit®

Strained cream Soups made with fat-free milk

sugar-free pudding

fruit juice

Soft melon or pureed soft fruit

Canned fruit in juice, rinsed and drained

Diluted oatmeal or grits

Diluted cream of wheat

Pureed carrots, green Beans, or peas

Sherbet

I may be wrong, but it sounds like maybe this is what you're talking about?

my doctor said i can eat scrambled eggs and fat free refried beans during the mushies stage ... i dont start the mushies till weds but i am looking foward to some eggs and beans already

Im only 10 days in and i feel the same way..Im so hungry and aggravated. I get full drinking the liquids but a little while later im hungry again. I dont know what to do. I thought about starting mushies a little early. can you do that? Another thing I lost 10 pounds the first 5 days after surgery which Im thinking might have been water weight.. Now my weight is going between 263 and 264 and not really doing anything is that normal? Help

it's funny to remember how good those beans tasted, I added some salsa with it and a little cheese - HEAVEN

the scrambled eggs were so good too.

stay far away from the ice cream!!!! think simple foods it will get you through trust us !

mushies= slightly runny mashed potatoes with "i cant believe its butter", oatmeal, protein shakes, scrambled eggs, maybe some tuna salad with light mayo ( not on bread).

I so feel your pain...yesterday was 4 weeks post op and i felt and still feel the same way....HUNGRY...I go for my 1st fill on Wednesday and I pray that I feel some kind of restriction...i wasn't suppose to start mushies until day 14 but when i went to my post op apt on day 12 i asked my Dr could i move on to mushies and he said yes...I was sooooo happy to eat those eggs and fish, that was the best damn egg I had ever eaten..Hang in there and try to stay away from the ice cream...

On day five, post op, I was allowed mushies. That was today. I had Wendy's chili. This was suggested by my surgeon. I only ate about three tablespoons but it was great. I was full and satisfied after that.

The whole idea of following the liquid diet>mushies>solid food is to allow your stomach to heal. Yes each doctor has different time frames as to how long he wants you to stay on each stage, but why risk not following their guidelines. Its not as if any one of us would end up starving .. you need to be more determined to make the band work in the long run rather than satisfying short term wants. Find something to do when u are hungry, most of us got where we are/were by eating for other reasons other than hunger .. might be an idea to get some sugar free sweets to suck on to stave off any cravings like ice cream.

If you allowed tea or coffee with skimmed milk it helps in between meals, or add skimmed milk to low fat yoghurt to make your own drinks.

I made my own veg soup which was very filling which would be ideal for moving on from liquids ..

good luck with the hunger !