Just Got Banded On April 11th

[Fel0816 0]

Hi, I am a new member to this site and not sure if I am in the right place to post. I was just banded on Tuesday April 11th, I was wondering? I don't feel hungry at all and can bearly drink the 4oz of shakes every other hour combined with the 4oz of Water every other hour. I have lost a total of 37pounds since I started the pre op liquid diet. Is this a normal feeling to have post op?

Any suggestions on what I should do I am supose to start the (baby food) that what I call it tomorrow but don't think I can!

:help:

[tipper 0]

Hi there -

I felt the same way after surgery. Not hungry at all.

Great job on the 37lbs. I think thats great. Keep up the good work and keep your head up.

[MelodyJ 0]

FEL0816--It's normal to not feel hungry...I actually prayed that the Lord would keep the hunger away as long as He would!!!!! I just made sure that I wasn't dehydrated!! Just go at your own pace...I couldn't even consider taking 4 oz every other hour....so your doing pretty good! :confused: You will get hungry...hang in there!

God Bless,

Melody

Banded 3/20/06 -31lbs

[Kat817 19]

I was just wondering if you lucky folks that were not hungry the days following surgery, had followed a strict pre-op diet? I was lurking around reading different threads, and someone actually said they were not pre-op dieting so they would not be hungry following the surgery. Just wondered if you did a strict preop? Thanks!

Kat

[Fel0816 0]

Hi kat

I had to follow a strick diet of liquids and only 2-3 fruits or veggies a day 3-4 weeks pre-op. But I believe that every doc that does the surgery has different things they want their patient to follow.

[Kat817 19]

Right, I understand they all do it differently. But was glad to hear that you too had a pre-op diet similar to mine. Maybe I will be as lucky as you were concerning the hunger! Continued good luck!!!

Kat

[Fel0816 0]

Kat,

You will be as lucky, you just got to stay positive and tell your self that you are doing this for you not anyone else. I don't consider myself lucky in the way of losing the weight, I consider my self lucky cause of the support I have from both this web site and my family and friends. I will keep you in my prayers keep on trucken as my newphew will say.

Felicia

[Kat817 19]

I already feel extremely lucky, I too have a large support group here, My husband and kids are behind me 100%. A few of my friends were a little unsure about it, I told them to ask me anything they wanted...and they did!! But they then realized I had researched it well, and was going to do it! Now they are all on board! I have several people I know who have had it done already, so that too should help. And I know having you and others on this board will be one of the best forms of support I could have found anywhere! I am soooo glad I did find it!!!

Kat

[amourette 5]

I love yourname!!! I am one week postbanding and also the same as you, I am really struggling to get the liquids down,not the Water bit, just the shakes and soup..............I can't help feeling that such little nutrients can't be very good for you. Nice not to be hungry, but just concerned I am not getting enough in me...........doesn't the body stop losing weight when you eat too little and your metabolism go down???

Good luck with things

Amourette!!!

[Fel0816 0]

Amourette, Thank you have a nice name as well. You are right about the metabolism and stuff. I just went this monday to see my doc and since the surgery I have come to lose 21pds with a total weight lose of 45pds. I told my doc about not feeling hungry and he told me the same thing you said. He told me even if I am not hungry I still have to eat. Since then I have started to eat a very little and I don't feel as run down as I did before. Now I am starting to feel a little more hungry. So if you can do what I just started to do this week then you will be fine. Just eat a little bit at a time and you will be fine.

Good Luk with everything

Felicia