I'm 6 days post-op and I'm constantly in tears! I was very ready for this experience! I researched for a year before I decided to do it and I'm not regretting my choice- by any means. But I'm having an issue! I'm in pain-- not from my surgery (anymore) but from hunger pains! I'm dying over here!! I'm doing my puréed foods, but I'm stuck! I really thought I was so ready for this going into it, but I'm starving and dying for real food... I need help!!!!!!! What do you suggest? I need tips... BAD!!! Thank you!!

Have you tried cottage cheese or scrambled eggs? Those are foods you don't have to puree and give you a sense of "chewing" that you may be missing. It will get easier. I am 3 weeks post op and still on mushy food and it has gotten easier.

I have tried cottage cheese, but haven't tried scrambled eggs! I'm definitely going to try that! Thanks!!

I was also able to have pureed fruit (1/2 c) w/ the cottage cheese if you like that or I saw another person that made homemade guacamole and put that on top of it and really liked them together. Also, I have been having Soups (surprisingly even a cup of Soup at Panera is only 150-300 calories, depending on which one). It, too, makes me feel like I am eating real food and I am able to go out in social settings and feel "normal" eating w/ everyone else.

Good luck!

Hello ST, I'm 5 days post op, and first couple days home I had a couple of panic attacks when my trigger to feed my face arouse and I realized I couldn't eat. Totally freaked, even tried to eat, but wouldn't go down. Finally calmed myself, and realized "THAT IS WHY!" I got the band, to save me from myself, and it stood the test. If I had been able to eat in my panic, it would all be for nothing. I decided to name my band my lil MP, for my protector. I feel respect for the tool and doing well on the liquids with cottage cheese and I'm down 12 lbs.

Plz don't lose faith. You can do this! :-)

I am 3 days post op and I, too, am feeling so hungry! Before surgery I was reading a lot of posts on here about how people were afraid of being really hungry but after surgery didn't really hungry at all. It's good to know I'm not the only one who feels like they're starving! And for some reason it feels different then when I was doing my pre-op diet. When I was doing the pre-op diet I felt hungry but it wasn't as intense as it is post-op. I'm not able to have anything mushy yet, but I can't wait until I can! Hang in there! I hope you feel better soon!

Thank you so much guys!!! I'm glad I'm not alone in the feeling hungry thing! Most everyone else I had read about this soon in weren't hungry at all & satisfied with their protein shakes!! I was starting to feel veryyyy alone! Ha!! Thank you for the encouragement!!!!

I am hungry sometimes too, I'm 5 days PO, banded 8/10. Last night I had a little too much soup (I think I ate about 3/4 of a cup) and I was sooo full. I was miserable! Even tonight I'm hungry. Aargh. I start mushies on Friday.

Pennie

I am 3 days post op and I, too, am feeling so hungry! Before surgery I was reading a lot of posts on here about how people were afraid of being really hungry but after surgery didn't really hungry at all. It's good to know I'm not the only one who feels like they're starving! And for some reason it feels different then when I was doing my pre-op diet. When I was doing the pre-op diet I felt hungry but it wasn't as intense as it is post-op. I'm not able to have anything mushy yet, but I can't wait until I can! Hang in there! I hope you feel better soon!

I totally agree about the hunger feeling different post op. It is like intense and painful. I did soooo good on the pre op diet with the shakes and did not feel hungry very often and if I did it was not painful and I could ignore it. Now every 2-3 hours as soon as I feel it it is painful and I have to get something in immediately. I was not expecting this. I am just trying to split protein shakes and eat jello cups or 1/2 cups of soups as needed to eat something every few hours. I still have till next Wednesday till I can even have mushies and 2 weeks till my 1st fill. I am hoping that will help. I think maybe bc of the plication and not having any fill in my band, the liquids are just going though my system so fast and nothing is sitting in my stomach. Hopeing the mushies will sustain me longer without the hunger pains because right now I am struggling.