My stomach growled for the first time today. I feel achy on the inside like I've had a stomach bug and don't wanna anything to eat.

I wish I could have food.

Are you allowed creme soups yet?

The liquid diet is worse than the fiery pits of Hades. But it is all for a noble cause. On the positive side, how much have u lost?

I am on full liquids, banded 8/10, and ate my first Soup tonight. It helped immensely. Are you on fulls yet?

Pennie

I can eat the soups. But they look so nasty . I won't weigh myself until the bruises on my a from the IV go away. That way I will see a difference on the scale for sure. What soups are you eating? I bought the cream of chicken, mushroom, celery but UGH!

a friend of mine bought me a homeade tomato bisque and a little cup of plain greek yogurt to top it like sour cream. It was so good even though I could only eat about 1/4 cup. I will get the recipe because like you, most things haven't looked good. I am SICK of the taste of broth.

Pennie

8/10

My stomach's been growling since I got out of surgery 8/9... literally. People have said it's just "head hunger", but my family can hear my stomach growling across the house! At the same time, I can't even finish a shake without feeling uncomfortable. I'm worried I'm not getting enough protein or water, but just can't get enough down. I'm especially not finding any protein powders that taste good. Anyone else having this problem?

Best wishes to all - I'm glad to have such a support team!

Yes! I can't finish a protein shake and totally not getting enough water. But I am trying!! I went back to the ISOPURE clear protein drink. It's like flavored water and I drank all 20 oz. in about 5 hours!! But at least I finished it

My stomach's been growling since I got out of surgery 8/9... literally. People have said it's just "head hunger", but my family can hear my stomach growling across the house! At the same time, I can't even finish a shake without feeling uncomfortable. I'm worried I'm not getting enough Protein or Water, but just can't get enough down. I'm especially not finding any protein powders that taste good. Anyone else having this problem?

Best wishes to all - I'm glad to have such a support team!

OK this is crazy, but here's what I did. I told my brain that my stomach growling, and the stupid dumb pain that comes along with it was pain from my surgery! Because it's not actually a hunger headache, which are the worst by the way, I think you can still trick your body into thinking it's just from the surgery you had a few days ago. Pretend it's a soreness in your belly like your incisions or shoulder pain. It might not work, but it worked for me! And now I'm 11 days post-op and down 17 pounds!

I had cream of asparagus and tomato. They were both good.

Good ion jschlugs... way to go

Schulgs

I was banded 8/1 and barely drank anything for the first 7 days. I had this hurtful burning sensation when I swallowed. I did see the Sugeon day 5 because I was worried about all my dry heaving,maybe I hurt the band or something. So he ordered an Upper GI and everything looked great. It was the swelling that I had to wait for.

From days 3-8 I had sips of Instant Breakfast, Jello, Water, broth from chicken noodle Soup. The night of day 8 I had a few bites of a scrambled egg, my husband threatened me, LOL. Day 9 I felt like a new person, had a little bit of cheese and mushroom omlette! I over did it that day shoppping though and was worn out.

But since then I am finding that I can eat soft foods and just chew a lot. I can drink so much easier too!

For the first time Im kind of like excited after surgery!

Hang in there!!! The first few days are the hardest!

Consider yourself lucky. I'm am 5 days post op. saw my doctor today. For the next two weeks I am strictly only allowed protein shakes. I asked if I could have broth or yogurt and I was shot down. I'm not really hungry yet, but I literally miss having something to chew on. Good luck with everything!

Dang ash, was there complications during your surgery or special circumstances? That sound pretty conservative approach.

@spartanpower,I was just band (8/13) not hungry yet,but I'm truly gonna use what u said about the head hunger an stomach pain!! Thanx for that,I hope it works for me???Š