Hi there,

I was banded on 1-18-13, so I'm almost a week out. I went back to work on Tuesday and I've been having dizzy spells. I can only imagine it has something to do with the small amount of calories I'm taking in. I'm really struggling to get more than 300-400 calories per day. Any suggestions? Anyone else feeling dizzy?

I'm guessing you may have some dehydration? Are you able to get in plenty of clear liquids?

I'm drinking about 80oz per day. Water is the easy part for me... It's the protein shakes that take me forever to drink.

GNC sells some very concentrated liquid protein "drinks". They are more the size of an energy drink and have 42 grams or protein and 180 calories. "New Whey Liquid Protein" They don't taste good to me, but i can tolerate them for the high protein count. Also, maybe a call to your doctor is in order??

You may be having low blood sugar. Spred out the protien through out the day and try a little juice to see if it helps. I was having trouble in the mornings the first week so I had some yogurt an hour before bed and it helped sustain my blood sugar from dropping. Good Luck.

I agree, could be blood sugar. I have diebeties and was on medication when banded. After 4 months or so I started to get dizzy. I thought it was my blood pressure so I poppped by my dr. and asked a nurse to take my bp, it was fine. I hadn't been good about checking my blood sugar. I ended up passing out in the middle of the night while getting drink of water. My blood sugar was way low. My doc. took me off of the medication and I've been fine since. I would suspect it could be either low bp or low blood sugar. Do the shakes your drinking have carbs, or are they low carb.? If they are low carb you might want to switch and see if that helps. Also, you might want to keep an eye on your bp. Hope you feel better soon!

I had the exact same problem last June when I was banded. I called my nutritionist and discussed the problems with her. She ok'd on day 5 for me to begin adding yogurt to my protein shakes or a banana in the blender to it. This helped a lot. She believed it was likley my surger levels.

Hi there,

I was banded on 1-18-13, so I'm almost a week out. I went back to work on Tuesday and I've been having dizzy spells. I can only imagine it has something to do with the small amount of calories I'm taking in. I'm really struggling to get more than 300-400 calories per day. Any suggestions? Anyone else feeling dizzy?

300 - 400 calories a day? And you are feeling dizzy (Light headed). Yup, IMHO need to get more calories down you. I had the same thing happen me.

Thank you for all the support! I talked to my Dr. and he thinks I need to bump up my protein and calories. It's so nice to know I'm not alone. thank you all for the kind and encouraging words

walmart carries a lot of protient shakes with difference protein and cal levels I have several different ones just to get all the stuff if I need it for whatever reason. Low blood sugar makes you dizzy and shake so that could be it.

YIKERS!! 300-400 calories a day? I don't think I could roll out of bed everyday on that! LOL...I'm glad your increasing your protien and calories. We have to remember what amount of calories and crappy food our bodies are use to. It hard enough on the body when you get rid of sugar, caffeine, and all the junk that has run through our viens for years, but to then starve yourself, it's going to remind you really quickly whose in charge! You definitely got good advise and I hope you will be feeling better soon! Keep us posted on how your feeling!