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I'm very frustrated and hungry :,( I am on liquids and I just keep feeling hungry no matter what I consume. I know this is a short time in the long term goal but I just wish I could at least be on puréed right now. I can feel that whatever I eat is going right through. As it should because I'm only on liquids and have no restriction in my band yet. I'm just venting. A lot of it is head hunger but this is rough! I guess it's also good because it means im healing well and the stomach swelling is going down.

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Welcome to the banded world. And vent away! The people around here all went through the same phase and it will pass. I'm 3 1/2 months out from my surgery and it is a distant memory. Just focus on healing yourself. Again, welcome to the club.

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Yep, we all went through it. I guess I don't have to tell you how important it is to stick with it, no matter HOW hard it is. In a relatively short time, this part will be a distant memory :-)

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So rough but I'd be way to scared to eat something not in the liquid phase. It just sucks opening the fridge to get a Jello and seeing Bagels rolls and pastries and cheese and deli meats

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I am also wondering if it is normal to be THIS hungry! Or maybe it's not even hunger... Maybe it's just cravings... Things I need to learn!!

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During this time I enjoyed Tomato basil Soup and golden squash soup. I didn't even know I liked squash! The tomato basil reminded me of the sauce on raviolies. Also, I had some hot and sour broth with plain Protein Powder mixed in.

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I had been craving Italian food yesterday because I have been realizing so many things I can make that would be low carb and Italian just knockin out bread and Pasta so I was looking at recipes. I ended up sending hubby out for some Tomato basil Soup. I sprinkled a tiny bit of Parmesan cheese though and it has been my savior so far! So goood!

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I wast sure if the chunks from the eggs would be too much though

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I wast sure if the chunks from the eggs would be too much though

I don't think it will hurt you but will probably fill you up a little but you should probably ask your doctor or nutritionist .

Try sugar free Popsicles or no sugar fudgesicles it might satisfy you at the end of your day after your liquids diet.

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Try some egg drop Soup. Lots of Protein and very satisfying.

Wish I would have thought of this as I was struggling through this phase. I love egg drop soup!

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This is the time you need to keep busy. The more you sit around and think about food the more you are going to want to eat. If you are feeling up to it do some light house keeping, read a book, watch a movie that has no commercials, read the news paper, play games on line. There are so many things you can do to keep yourself occupied.

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I will be 2 weeks tomorrow. I have been hungry since the 1st day. My Doc wants full liquids for 3 weeks. What has saved me is creamed Soup reciepes ie: cauliflower, broc, zuchinni, roasted red pepper that I found on skinnytaste.com. They are all made with chicken broth, are low cal and you can make them as liquid as you need, and you can add unflavored Protein powder if you want. 10 days till my Dr appt and progression to mushies. Can hardly wait.

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Try some egg drop Soup. Lots of Protein and very satisfying.

As long as you stir constantly while adding the egg, the egg parts are small, very soft and slippery. It's about as close to liquid as you can come. But if you are struggling with any kind of fluids, don't consume anything until the swelling goes down.

This may not be within your doctors guidelines so you might want to run it by him? Mine was fine with it 4 days out.

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Aww. Vent away. If anyone gets how you are feeling, we do! LOL

The liquids phases sucks so much! But they are crucial to our healing. We need to ingest the soft, gentle, mild liquid, then mushy food for a month to let our stomach heal and our band settle firmly into place so that it is ready to rock it's job for the long term.

Hang in there. I know that the post op diet feels as if it will last for forever. But trust me, when it is over, you will look back on it and it will be but a flash. :)

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