March 19Th Banded Hungry....

[flab u less 45]

So I've been doing great! Protein Shake in am . A yogurt. A Soup. A soup all servings are no more than 1/4 cup.. ok..I'M HUNGRY! So what to do? I'm gonna not break this!! I can do it! And if I have to another yogurt it is... just had to vent instead of going for the samoia girl scout cookie. I have 5 kids I can't tear everything out house. Drive determination dedication! !!!

[mandagay 93]

Drinking Water when I'm starving helps me. I promise myself if I drink a full 8 oz then I can have something to eat but after drinking, I don't want anything

[I love lucy lover 61]

Unfortunatly this is the worse part. A girl at my work had this surgery a year before me and was a great weatlh of knowledge. One of the things she did tell me was it was going to be reallllly hard right after the surgery due to your stomach is still normal and wants food. I found that drinking thick things like v8, surgar free puding's helped. And I too got soooo friggen sick of Protein Shakes I couldnt stomach them for a long timel

Good luck, you can do it, it will be worth it I promise

[2muchfun 8,927]

You're in bandster hell and it could last a while. I'm now 4 months out and I'm still hungry much of the time. I've had 4 fills and I think it's starting to work but I can still eat too much. X fingers that fill #5 does the trick.

Bandster Hell is the time between surgery and when your fill(s) cause enough restriction that you feel full quicker and longer. I'm almost there now. I've heard some people never experience BH and others who have to have many fills before the band performs the way we were told it would. Once you can begin eating solid foods consume Protein as that satiates much more than liquid or pureed does.

[Terri jg 2]

Lol,i like the way you put that bandster hell, true. I tooooo didn't really to start fill restriction till about 5cc's...good luck

[judych 225]

So I've been doing great! Protein Shake in am . A yogurt. A Soup. A soup all servings are no more than 1/4 cup.. ok..I'M HUNGRY! So what to do? I'm gonna not break this!! I can do it! And if I have to another yogurt it is... just had to vent instead of going for the samoia girl scout cookie. I have 5 kids I can't tear everything out house. Drive determination dedication! !!!

its hard i know.. im the same. i sort of feel hungry (is it hunger??) all the time, even after ive eaten. well, we arent full so i guess we are hungry. lol. could you try having more than a 1/2 cup soup?? and taking a lot longer over eating it?? im learning to put my spoon down after each sip and counting to at least 20. its torture, lol, but i think it will help instill in me some good eating habits. How long is it since you were banded??

i feel for you having cupboards filled with food for the children. That must be horrible. Im so lucky i dont have a sweet tooth.. i appreciate the fact that i dont have one. my weakness is savoury foods plus meats. i hope you can work something out.. its sucks being hungry. it literally is band hell.