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NJMommy2Four    16

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I just got my band done 6 days ago. It's been quite an adjustment. I hate this liquid diet. I feel like I am starving!!

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We all hated the liquid diet. The good news is it is not forever even if it feels like it is. Just keep the end goal in sight.

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NJMommy2Four    16

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I keep telling myself to be the good patient!! But it is so hard when the rest of the family is eating these yummy meals and my stomache is grumbling in hunger. I gave in last night and made a little bit of soft scrambled eggs and only ate three tiny fork fulls. It helped the stomach settle and i felt soo much better. I'm gonna keep it light real light and real small. But just liquids, only Water and juice just isn't cutting it. They told me no shakes or milk?? I dunno why? I could settle for a carnation shake or two a day.

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There are reasons that your Dr has given you this diet to follow. It is about healing, not punishment. If you feel that you cannot stick to it the CALL YOUR DR and ask what else you can add to your diet to get you through it.

Eating things that are not on the list your Dr gave you is setting you up for failure and worse - possible future problems such as a slip.

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NJMommy2Four    16

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I had my post-op on Friday and spoke with the nutrionist. Feeling a little better about things and they have advanced my diet. So things are better.

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thats good to hear.. I know most instructions are similar yet every dr is different.. first day was Clear Liquids after the surgery and the next 13 days was full liquids.. i got to mushies.. was on that for about a day, and then went to soft foods.. my dr said that was fine.. tell them how you are feeling and they will let you know what is ok to do.. ie: skip a phase or not.. glad to hear things are better and welcome to the forums! this site is AWESOME!! :)

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So far this has been very slow going. I go December 21st to schedule my first adjustment. I am getting very nervous. Its almost been 5 weeks since surgery and I have been able to eat pretty normal now and I know that is all going to change once I have the adjustment. I haven't lost any more weight, but I haven't gained either.

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A New New Dawn    1,695

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So far this has been very slow going. I go December 21st to schedule my first adjustment. I am getting very nervous. Its almost been 5 weeks since surgery and I have been able to eat pretty normal now and I know that is all going to change once I have the adjustment. I haven't lost any more weight, but I haven't gained either.

Glad you are doing better. Also, not to bust your bubble but other than the day or two after a fill where you have some swelling you will likely not notice much of a difference. It typically takes a few to start feeling the satiation and more restriction. It will come. The waiting can be tiresome but it's worth it in the end. :) We didn't gain it overnight.

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Thanks!! I knew this wouldn't be instantaneous, but it feels like it is taking forever to get going. Question... when you get the fill, can you feel it? Like does your stomach feel weird or crampy? I am getting so nervous about it!!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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