Hi all. Had my op on 12/12. So today is day 3. Feeling absolutely terrible. Little depressed. Haven't been able to drink much because I'm finding it hard to understand what my body is telling me. I've been trying to keep up the water but and don't think I'm drink enough. Craving real food. Have had to stop watching tv cos the ads are making it harder. Can someone please tell me this is normal. I'm not sure what's happening and would love some advice:-)

Lol I feel you on that one!! My mom came over to take me to the hospital. When I opened the door she had two trays of cookies and a cookie hanging out of her mouth!!

We are taking the kids to Disney land on Christmas so I don't have to sit around and watch the food fest!!

Good idea. Unfortunately I have to Christmas dinners and a breakfast :-(

Sorry to hear that. If it were me I'd tell them to hide the knives !! It is unheard of for anyone in our family to not be there fir Christmas and at first I felt selfish of not going. But then I realized I've lived my life worry about other people and their needs. Now is the time to think about ME

I wish I was that strong:-)

Took me 46 years to stand up to them!!

I've got 23 years to work that out then

I'm going to lose it if my husband complains about being hungry one more time as i'm choking down some protein, and then he goes and gets Mcdonalds.

How annoying.

When you get cravings like that it's coming from your head and not your body. Just stop and realize that it's not something your body needs and it's just something your head wants. You won't starve by not eating those things. You can beat this.

Agree.

You need to find out your triggers and it sounds like one of them is the TV.

However, know that later, your real hunger will come back. For me, losing the weight was fairly easy. I did what they told me to do and I also exercised. Still do, almost daily. I am a year out now. My real hunger is back, although it is better than it was before the sleeve. Maintaining the weightloss is harder. Much harder.

Now is the time to learn to eat properly, use that sleeve as a tool and start healthy habits.

Good luck!