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Justplainme

By Justplainme, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Justplainme
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I am starving. OK, not starving, but sooo hungary. I am just 4 days post-op, so Im on full liquids, but I have been hungary since I was in the recovery room!! What is wrong with me? My stomach is growling, I feel hungar pains. This sucks. When I eat I get full very quickly, but it doesnt take long for the hungar to come back. What is wrong with me????

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sunshine5    0

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Nothing is wrong with you! We are use to chewing and we don't get to do that right now. I was banded Aug. 16 and I feel/felt the same way you do. I have had really watery mash potatos because I wanted the noise from my stomach to stop. But really you can drink liquids all day long and not feel good since we are used to chewing. I miss chewing and get to move to mushy tomorrow. Hang tough. You can do this!

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Hang in there justplainme....I was banded on the 20th and am going through the same thing you are right now....I am HUNGRY! I can't even look at broth anymore and the cream Soups make me feel so bloated it isn't even funny. This is the bandster hell we hear about! I have cheated twice now and eaten a scrambled egg.....and I am not gonna lie, it was the best freaking egg on the planet. I am trying to get creative with shakes to keep me from getting hungry. Also, I found last night that just a simple glass of milk really fills you up and sticks with you longer than juice or Water so you could try that. If all else fails and you have to have something, grab a sugar free Jello and put just a tiny bit of light whip cream on it....it changes the taste just enough without adding many calories at all. Two teaspoons is only 25 calories and if it keeps you from the mushies, then I say do it.

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Band Chick    3

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...I am HUNGRY! I can't even look at broth anymore and the cream Soups make me feel so bloated it isn't even funny. This is the bandster hell we hear about! .... if it keeps you from the mushies, then I say do it.

ME TOO!!! I get full on less, but it doesn't last long. Then when I get too hungry I feel nauseous.

I had my one week follow up today and was told not to worry about calories or weight loss right now-- I need to eat more. This stage is all about being as comfortable as possible while healing.

Tonight, dinner is potato cheese Soup. Yum!!!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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