Hi all. My name is Tonya. I'm a 31 year old female living in San Jose, California. I was banded last week (Wednesday). I had a starting weight of 265 pounds (5'3" tall) and had been dieting and exercising (AGAIN, as usual) since the end of February. My pre-op weight was 245 pounds. Since surgery last week, I have lost 11 pounds. My goal is to lose about 85 more pounds. The first few days post-op, I didn't feel hungry and was barely taking in 200 calories a day. Now my appetite has returned and I am doing a little better. I am having problems with hunger though. My post-op diet is supposed to be liquids for 2 weeks, then the 3rd week soft foods, then on to solids on the 4th week. The liquids feel me but within a half hour to an hour, I am feeling hungry again and am just going crazy with this liquid diet. Any suggestions? Okay, what else am I supposed to write???

I drank slim fast (optima)..I could only drink 4 oz at a time, but it really kept me from being hungry...good luck...try to keep well hydrated...

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Welcome to LBT and to bandland! Just make sure to get some protein in, it helps with the hunger. I used popcicles, jello, broth etc.

Welcome Tonya.

You may want to go and hang out with the May Bandsters. They have a thread going in the General Lap Band area.

Congratulations on your banding!

Hi all. My name is Tonya. I'm a 31 year old female living in San Jose, California. I was banded last week (Wednesday). I had a starting weight of 265 pounds (5'3" tall) and had been dieting and exercising (AGAIN, as usual) since the end of February. My pre-op weight was 245 pounds. Since surgery last week, I have lost 11 pounds. My goal is to lose about 85 more pounds. The first few days post-op, I didn't feel hungry and was barely taking in 200 calories a day. Now my appetite has returned and I am doing a little better. I am having problems with hunger though. My post-op diet is supposed to be liquids for 2 weeks, then the 3rd week soft foods, then on to solids on the 4th week. The liquids feel me but within a half hour to an hour, I am feeling hungry again and am just going crazy with this liquid diet. Any suggestions? Okay, what else am I supposed to write??? :blushing:

Hey, I'm in SJ too. How long did it take to get approved & thru what insurance? How long were you in the hospital?

Hi all. My name is Tonya. I'm a 31 year old female living in San Jose, California. I was banded last week (Wednesday). I had a starting weight of 265 pounds (5'3" tall) and had been dieting and exercising (AGAIN, as usual) since the end of February. My pre-op weight was 245 pounds. Since surgery last week, I have lost 11 pounds. My goal is to lose about 85 more pounds. The first few days post-op, I didn't feel hungry and was barely taking in 200 calories a day. Now my appetite has returned and I am doing a little better. I am having problems with hunger though. My post-op diet is supposed to be liquids for 2 weeks, then the 3rd week soft foods, then on to solids on the 4th week. The liquids feel me but within a half hour to an hour, I am feeling hungry again and am just going crazy with this liquid diet. Any suggestions? Okay, what else am I supposed to write??? :wink_smile:

What doctor did you use in SJ?

How are you? Where are you today? We are very similar in our starting point...and I'm in SJ also.