Hi, I'm on a post op diet of sorts.......and having small amounts of soup, milk and yogurt for supper (1/4 cup each). Tht was fine for the first week, but now that I'm healing I'm quite hungry......what do you guys eat???? Drink????? Help please!

Try to find some Protein Powder you like, and add some to your Soups etc. It gives you more energy, and it helps some with the hunger.

The best advice I can give you is to just stay away from the eating of "family meals" as much as possible right now. Stay away from the temptation. Your pre op diet held an important place, in preparing you for this, but the post op diet is without a doubt the most important time for being banded! You must allow they inner stitches to heal, and the scar tissue to begin forming, without the stomach moving in a digestion mode. To do so could cause you serious problems with the band.

When the hunger strikes, or you think you cannot take another minute without food, take a walk, or log on here, and re-read WHY you must not give in to these cravings.

Soon you will be past the post op diet, and be able to sit at the table and have a normal meal with your family....but it takes a little, no, make that a LOT of willpower---and won't power to get there. But hey if I can do it....anyone can!!!

Log on and talk to us when you need to---we will do our best to help!

Kat

Thanks Kat.....I'll have to buy some plain protein powder.....I don't think chocolate or vanilla would go well with asparagus soup!! Ha! ha! ha! I'll try to add plain to my soup and see if I feel more full. Funny, for several days post op I felt I had found a miracle.....I was not hungry at all......and all of a sudden......wham! I'm hungry.....I guess as I'm healing my appetite is coming back.......darn!

You have now entered what is referred to around here as "bandster hell"....the only comforting thing I can say about it is that enough people have gone through it before you for it to be named!!! You are normal!

As you begin the fill process, it will improve---maybe not immediately but eventually it will!!! Just hang tight, and do your best....and let us help you anyway we can!

Kat