Sometimes I don't know if I'm full or hungry, banded May 15. Please help!!!!!!!

Well, sometimes people can get so thirsty that you think you are hungry. So, I try drinking a glass of water first, if I'm not sure if I'm really hungry.

Sometimes I don't know if I'm full or hungry, banded May 15. Please help!!!!!!!

are you eating more than a cup of food at one setting?

if you can eat more than that, you need to cut down on the amount of food you eat.

i am full right at about 4 oz (the same full feeling i use to get at eating a whole pizza..

my full sign that i am done eating is baby hiccups

but i stop eating at 1 cup, regardless

best of luck

My full sign is I can feel the food moving through my band slower. If I continue to eat....it WILL get stuck. Sometimes my band starts gurgling....very disturbing at a dinner table. My daughter will say, I think your band has had enough. Lol.

My band makes noises when I've waited to long to eat. But I don't think I've ever been full

I was banded 9 May and if I'm hungry I get left shoulder pain and if i eat to much I get left shoulder pain. I know this sounds weird but that is my cue either way.

Hiccups are a good sign .this week i have started to get this full feeling eat slowwww and listen to your body and stay away from breads i cant believe i say that cause i use to eat so much bread now it gets stuck so i could care less if i eat it now! plus it helped make me fat .lol

I get small belches but maybe this is from sealing air or too big bites..not sure anyone else?

Skivic me too lol

I am just learning all this...such a great question to ask!

I am just now on mushy - and surgeon told me to eat a little (2-3 oz), then see how I "feel"...if I feel "comfortable" - I'm done.

If I start feeling gurgly again in a couple hours, eat a little more.

Struggle right now is gas...so sick to death of GasX...ugh. Still, it does help, as does walking. Guess I'd better get up and move a bit!!

**off topic...did anyone have any allergic reaction to the surgical tape?? I left mine on until it started coming off on its own, but my skin is SO itchy...any suggestions about what to use to relieve that???

--Kim in IN

Yes I was allergic to the tape my dr took it all of and he had me use neosporin ...it was so itchy

I am just learning all this...such a great question to ask!

I am just now on mushy - and surgeon told me to eat a little (2-3 oz), then see how I "feel"...if I feel "comfortable" - I'm done.

If I start feeling gurgly again in a couple hours, eat a little more.

Struggle right now is gas...so sick to death of GasX...ugh. Still, it does help, as does walking. Guess I'd better get up and move a bit!!

**off topic...did anyone have any allergic reaction to the surgical tape?? I left mine on until it started coming off on its own, but my skin is SO itchy...any suggestions about what to use to relieve that???

--Kim in IN

I have an allergic sensitivity to surgical/medical adhesives, and get red, angry and itchy welts from contact with them.

Aveeno has an anti itch lotion which helped me...and my surgeon allowed me to use 1% cortisone cream after the incisions were closed to sooth the welts.

I hope you feel better fast...

My full sign is I can feel the food moving through my band slower. If I continue to eat....it WILL get stuck. Sometimes my band starts gurgling....very disturbing at a dinner table. My daughter will say, I think your band has had enough. Lol.

lol ew.

are you eating more than a cup of food at one setting?

if you can eat more than that, you need to cut down on the amount of food you eat.

i am full right at about 4 oz (the same full feeling i use to get at eating a whole pizza..

my full sign that i am done eating is baby hiccups

but i stop eating at 1 cup, regardless

best of luck

I always wondered about this. The "full" feeling is the same as before? My doc gave me the impression that my "full" feeling would be in my esophagus as opposed to in my stomach. I'm happy to hear that your full feelings are like they used to be. I REALLY hope mine will be too. I can't imagine feeling OK with anything else

Hiccups belching runny nose all signs of being full I have learned the left shoulder hurts me too when I an hungry really weird almost like after surgery pain. But I don't get that when I am full. Maybe there is more gas when it's empty .....

I also get left shoulder pain if I have eaten way to much.

lol ew.

I always wondered about this. The "full" feeling is the same as before? My doc gave me the impression that my "full" feeling would be in my esophagus as opposed to in my stomach. I'm happy to hear that your full feelings are like they used to be. I REALLY hope mine will be too. I can't imagine feeling OK with anything else

just my opinion, but when i am full (now) at 3/4 to 1 cup of food, i am FULL. it is and was the same feeling i had when i ate too much thanksgiving dinner or a big mac from mcdonalds. full is full (whether you got the band or the band/plication like i did). again, that is just my take on it....

you will stop eating like a baby does. when they had enough, they push the bottle away and turn their head.....unlike me who use to rest and then go back into battle