This is my first post. Today I am 26 days post-op. I guess I have been lucky. I have had very little post-op pain, no nausea, and very little noticeable hunger. I lost 10 pounds one week before surgery on my pre-op diet and have lost 25 post-op for a 35 pound total loss. I guess I should be happy about it but I really feel something is falling apart. I have never really felt any great restriction in my sleeve. I have been able to drink almost normally since about week 2 post-op and have really just controlled the amount I ate by following the guidelines of what I should be eating. Whats bothering me is now my hunger level is creeping up. Today I have been starving and obsessing on what other mushie food I can eat to try to get, not full necessarily but just some satisfaction. I am still eating small amounts but compared to some of the amounts that I have read others are eating at this juncture of the weight loss journey, I feel my sleeve is much looser that most of you all. Does anybody else feel like their sleeve is less restrictive than they had imagined? I should have probably lost more weight by now but with the inability to feel the restriction I had hoped for and due to the fact that I currently need a knee replacement, I am not able to walk or exercise very much at all. Has anyone had a similar experience. I am beginning to feel like .Oh no!, I will be the one idiot to fail at the thing. Any body got any suggestions?

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call your dr. support ....are you taking the protonics? this will help with acid reflux and tamne the hunger urges. I think everyone has their own speed of loss. I know I have lost more than a few of the gals I had surgery with....but they are all smaller than I...

Dont stress out...Call your Dr. support.

Good Luck....I'm 10 days post op and down 20 lbs

I don't think you have to worry! Once your on solids you will feel the restriction. This is normal to feel on mushies.

Big Don-

You're losing a pound a day right now. I don't think you can ask for better results than that! You're doing fantastic. Some don't feel true restriction until they are eating solid foods... Don't stress. Continue to closely follow your diet and measure your foods. Your stomach is still healing and doesn't need the trauma of being overly full.

If you are suddenly feeling hunger it could be from an over production of acid. Are you on an acid reducer?

Really try not to worry about your restriction. I felt the same as you but later learned that my swelling just went down really fast so I was able to eat and drink more than others. When I got to true solids I totally felt the restriction.

I'm 24 days out and I was feeling the same way for a while. Last night I had some blended up version of the dinner i served my family: 1/4 c mashed potatoes, 1 oz. roast blended with the juice it cooked in, and a couple tsp. of blended green beans. I ate it all (maybe 3 or 4 oz?). I was surprised. I thought something must be wrong. THEN...today....I made some egg salad and put 1/4 cup in my little bowl. I only ate HALF of that and suddenly I was painfully full!! After an eighth of a cup. I think it has to do with WHAT you're eating as to whether you will feel full and after how much. Some stuff just goes right through, and some hangs around and makes you full. Test out some different foods. Use proteins to see how much really makes you full.

I had the same experience and worried about restriction. I even talked to my dr. about it. But now that I'm eating solids, I can really tell the difference. I suspect the same will be true for you. And your weight loss is great! So just keep with the overall program.