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I was on the 14th and was on mushies for thanksgiving. I feel like I was a me to eat a lot. I'm used to having my band and feeling restriction but I was able to get a cup of mashed potatoes' date=' string Beans, and yams all without no problem. I stopped myself but was looking for restriction. I'm so afraid that something is wrong. I'm looking for a nutritionist for some help next week. :([/quote']

I don't think there's anything wrong with you, but you did have Protein mostly carbs (potatoes and yams) and veggie. When I eat chicken or turkey I noticed I can eat double the volume when I eat it with potatoes. The carbs seem to go down nicely while the Protein, pureed, well-chewed and otherwise, seem to make me feel the stuck in the chest feeling after only a few bites! I could probably eat a cup of pureed carbs but once I add protein, my tolerable meal size goes down to a between a 1/4 and 1/2 cup of food, less if I eat too fast or too big a spoonful! I'm 6 weeks out. I'm cleared to eat everything but to avoid bread. I'ld love to be able to eat everything but my sleeve is still very sensitive so I'm taking it very slow!

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I was on the 14th and was on mushies for thanksgiving. I feel like I was a me to eat a lot. I'm used to having my band and feeling restriction but I was able to get a cup of mashed potatoes' date=' string Beans, and yams all without no problem. I stopped myself but was looking for restriction. I'm so afraid that something is wrong. I'm looking for a nutritionist for some help next week. :([/quote']

I had the band too, I don't feel the restriction, which felt like you were clogged. But I don't feel the hunger that much and I get full with 4oz of liquids.< /p>

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I'm so glad I read this thread ! I am in the same place. I was sleeved on Nov 20th and I started full liquids today and I am hungry, hungry, hungry!! I don't have any problems with liquids but I haven't felt full at all. I am hoping for good restriction on soft/mushies. :( frustrated

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I was sleeved on the 19th. I was convinced that I was not feeling full on full liquids. I overdid it a bit on cream Soup for dinner tonight and then felt very full and gross. And scared. I laid down until it passed but I don't want to feel that ever again. I guess it's all a learning process. :)

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I have never been happier to see a thread like this.i was sleeved on the 15th after 2years of lap band and don't feel full. My doctor has said I can move to soft foods and am hoping that I will feel full then. I am down 16lbs but have been there for a week now. I gulp Protein Shakes because they make me nauseous and I get about 72 oz of Water a day.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      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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      1. summerseeker

        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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