Hate watching my children eat things I cant eat! It's so tempting, and they try to not eat in front of me but I can still smell it! I'll stay strong, this can't beat me!!

I've been cooking for my family almost every day since returning from the hospital 8 days ago. I even sit at the table with them while they eat. I drink water or protein and we chat. I have to say that while it's not easy, they feel like our family dynamic is the same.

Eventually I'll be able eat some of what they're eating. For now I think of it as a small sacrifice for a healthier me.

Hang in there. It will get better.

We have dinner together every night at the dinner table. I'm post op 9 days. My family eats one thing while I eat a soup lol. It's soooo hard. I feel your pain.

I'm just curious how has your hunger level been since surgery. I think about that now and wonder how I am going to make it through not eating real food for a while.

Your hunger level goes way down or atlesst mine did . I usually have something every 3-4 hours protein mostly I'm 1 month out so I've started real food again I just need to ear slower ,,, retrain myself .. And not drink to soon after :/ but it's starting to get more normal already .... Fingers crossed ... Things keep going well

I'm just curious how has your hunger level been since surgery. I think about that now and wonder how I am going to make it through not eating real food for a while. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

After my surgery I wasn't hungry at all, it wasn't till like 2 months after when I started eating food! I did small amounts cus that's all my stomach fit but little by little I started feeling hungry. I would serve my self small amounts but I would pinch here and there! That's why I'm scared I stretched my stomach pouch! Right now I'm working on exercising and eating better!

Edited October 18, 201312 yr by jdosal4

Thanks for the feedback.

I'm just curious how has your hunger level been since surgery. I think about that now and wonder how I am going to make it through not eating real food for a while. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

When I had the surgery everything was great! I wasn't hungry at all! At about 2 months after my surgery I started to eat food little by little, I wouldn't even eat much, u do get full very fast! But with time I wouldn't notice but i would pinch here and there and I was eating more then I should! It wasn't till I noticed that I wasn't losing weight, I wasn't gaining but I wasn't losing, Ur body gets use to eating so fast, u really need to be strict with urself! Thats what I'm doing now, its very very hard but I just don't want to go back to how i was!