I am on day 4 of my pre op diet and I am having trouble eating. I am struggling to sip all this liquid, broth,shakes, Soup because I am not hungry. I thought I would be ready to gnaw an arm off but I am forcing about 900 calories down cause I know I need the nourishment. What can I do to get some appetite I still have 8 days til banding?

Sunshine

After a couple days on the preop diet I was no longer hungry as well. I had my 3 Protein shakes a day and did my best to force down the 64 oz of Fluid. Other than that, I didn't worry about it too much.

I thought I would have the opposite affect on liquids as well, but was surprised.

Thanks Sp70

How much did u lose pre-op? If I don't mind me asking.

Sunshine

I am on day 4 of my pre op diet and I am having trouble eating. I am struggling to sip all this liquid' date=' broth,shakes, soup because I am not hungry. I thought I would be ready to gnaw an arm off but I am forcing about 900 calories down cause I know I need the nourishment. What can I do to get some appetite I still have 8 days til banding?

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I only can hope that I don't want to chew my arm off either. Good luck sunshine!

Thanks Amp1504 for the encouragement.

Sunshine

If you used to eat a lot of simple sugar and starches, quite a bit of your "hunger" most likely was driven by insulin spikes/sugar crashes in the past. If you've ever done Atkins (or, to some degree, South Beach), the decrease in appetite when going to a low carb/high Protein diet should be quite familiar.

It sounds as though there might be a psychological component as well, perhaps anxiety about the surgery?

In any event, enjoy it while it lasts...it's a great feeling NOT to be hungry when trying to lose weight

If you used to eat a lot of simple sugar and starches' date=' quite a bit of your "hunger" most likely was driven by insulin spikes/sugar crashes in the past. If you've ever done Atkins (or, to some degree, South Beach), the decrease in appetite when going to a low carb/high Protein diet should be quite familiar.

It sounds as though there might be a psychological component as well, perhaps anxiety about the surgery?

In any event, enjoy it while it lasts...it's a great feeling NOT to be hungry when trying to lose weight [/quote']

Ive never done the low carb thing Ive also been a light eater and my weight problem came from not eating enough rather than over eating ( which i thought many moons ago that was a good thing) but yeah....

Yea I do have a little anxiety about my upcoming surgery but I know I haven't come this far to chicken out.

Sunshine