I am four weeks out from being sleeved. For the past few days have been able to get in maybe 300 calories mostly fish, cheese, turkey. Have to force myself to eat even though hungry. Is this a typical experience?

That was the case for me. I would be hungry and not able to eat. The idea of putting food in my mouth and chewing it up sounded so unappealing for many months. I literally had to make myself eat. I would take a bite here, a bite there...total grazing which is not really allowed. But it was all I could do to get food in me.

Eventually things got better, little by little. Some days were fine. Others were nearly impossible to get in 500 calories. I did notice that the longer I went without eating, the harder it was to do. It is still like that now, 12 months post-op.

At four weeks out I think it sounds pretty normal. It was about 6-8 months before I started feeling "normal" about eating again. You are in the very early stages still. Many stages and changes are to come. Just settle in for the long haul. How you feel today is not how you will feel 3 months from now. Things will normalize.

Good luck!

When your car gets low on gas, do you stop and fill it even when you don't feel like it?! Food is just the fuel we need to keep our bodies healthy and able to perform tasks and even to lose weight. An underfed machine will not perform at peak performance, you will not be as active and you will slow your weight reduction. If yo don't want to mess with preparing meals, at least get some protein shakes down. From one Iowa (Manchester) girl to another, don't let your energy level and mood dictate the care and feeding of your new body under construction!

@@Butterflyhigh

I'm glad you said you still go through it at 12 months out. I know it's really normal early out, but recently I've been going through it at 10 months out. For the past couple weeks, food has not been appealing, and I have to force myself to eat. And I'm doing the bite here and bite there thing too. It's really annoying, and I hope it passes. Probably not a coincidence too that I've been in kind of a stall the last couple weeks. I'm just not eating enough!

Change it up a bit. Buy different flavor yogurts ( I love Dannon light and fit Greek yogurt) and soups