I am having really bad hunger/munchies....and I feel really no rerstriction without a fill....mnot till ater Xmas! I drink water, tea, healthy snacks, etc. still feel hungry! help!:help:

Some of the wonderful munchies that helped me....

Water.....really....when I got to being able to drink a whole 8 oz at a time....(took several weeks to get to that point), I would drink one, go for a walk around the house or outside, piddle around doing a few light chores....and simply evaluate how I felt 'hungry' vs 'not hungry'....

Delve into the roots of whatever you identify as 'hunger'....I discovered 'loss of chewing'; 'boredom'; 'anxiety'; 'compulsion'; 'boredom'; 'anxiety'; 'boredom'; but wait, you think I repeat myself....

Yes, because for each action of THINKING I was hungry, generated a new messages, that it simply wasn't time to eat yet.

There really DOES have to be a bit of self-imposed discipline some where. Now is a good time to begin that exercise.

In short order I discovered things about hunger I never realized....it comes and it goes....and I didn't have to eat anything to make it go away...

This soon postOp requires you begin with your new habits.

Eating when not hungry was a habit we have all faced, with uniformily poor results.

Now, investigate what NOT eating when you think you are hungry....and drink water. Find another kind of herbal tea. Take a walk. Shuffle your wardrobe around. Check you knees to see whether they are begining to notice something different.

After you have about 3 weeks of 'normal' BMs while only on your liquids, you will being to notice more subtle wonderments about your program.

And experiment with all the liquids you can find....each has a delightful character, when run thru the juicer, or blender, or tea pot.

I tried miso Soup. that's one I DIDN'T develope a fondness for...

Mainly, stay busy and don't dwell on what the Dragons in your belly are trying to make you do!!!

COURAGE!!!

Jack,

As always you are so helpful!!!! I am on solids now, and seem to be sooo hungry! My fill is not until after Xmas.... I have not gsained weight, but I have to watch every little thing I eat just like pre-band! Also, because of my still remaining MS symptoms I cannot go yet on long walks or evenreally drive somewhere too far safely....so my movement is limited....I try to drive to Whole Foods and walk and walk there.

By the way...I think my Cervical spine and part of my thoracic is is out of wack and although my leg is now ok, my back spasms are terrible!! Is there a way I can self adjust until I can see my chiro in CAli in a couple of weeks? I am trying not to take any meds like Klonopin or Valium to relax muscles and stop the spasms and seizure type activity....you know me...ALL NATURAL is better!