Hi everyone,

first of all this fourm has helped alot on making the decision and having my gastric sleeve, thank you ☺️

so i has my surgery 4/24 and am 4 days post, am feeling hungry, having pain when i drink water but doing okay with chicken broth!

My question is has anybody else got this crazy diet like mine 3 weeks of liquids??? I will ne attachting a photo of it i dont know if i will be able fo go thru 3 weeks like this!

also i was wondering how many days did you have to clean the incisions? And when dd you take rge bandages off?

Thank you

please read thru I'm starving post about 6-7 post under this one.

I know it seems impossible but it really is a small part of the rest of your life.

most everything post op is a mental game. the sleeve will do its part and you need these weeks to learn your part. It sucks it really does and eating was always so much of our lives and now a huge hole in our 24 hour day that needs filling. distract, distract, distract. try to stay busy and stay away for T.V. to many food reminders.

start a new hobby, binge watch everything on netflix (except cooking shows lol) just keep occupied till its over.

and every surgeon uses a different plan and a different timeline and every person reacts differently to the stages as they progress it is very different for each person.

We all do this together but at a slightly different pace.

21 minutes ago, allwet said:

please read thru I'm starving post about 6-7 post under this one.

I know it seems impossible but it really is a small part of the rest of your life.

most everything post op is a mental game. the sleeve will do its part and you need these weeks to learn your part. It sucks it really does and eating was always so much of our lives and now a huge hole in our 24 hour day that needs filling. distract, distract, distract. try to stay busy and stay away for T.V. to many food reminders.

start a new hobby, binge watch everything on netflix (except cooking shows lol) just keep occupied till its over.

and every surgeon uses a different plan and a different timeline and every person reacts differently to the stages as they progress it is very different for each person.

We all do this together but at a slightly different pace.

Ya your are right its like head hunger, my brain is telling me eat and my stomach is saying no lol do you still have pain drinking water? Thanks for replying ❤️

After surgery I was restricted to full liquids for the first 4 weeks and then pureed foods for the next 4 weeks and then after week 9 solid foods. But I was not given a menu but rather a list of items that counted as full liquids. Full liquids were items with a pudding like consistency, such as cream of wheat, cream or rice, oatmeal, farina, instant mashed potatoes, unsweetened applesauce, sugar free pudding, yogurt, and other items. So they gave me choices that I could experiment during this initial stage rather than a strict menu.

I honestly think you're legit starving. If you asked me to eat:

fruit juice

milk (even lactose free--has sugar in it)

I'd want to "cut off the head of the infidel and bring it to the king," I'd be so hangry. So big hugs and cudos to you for staying the course. The liquid diet is evil evil stuff. Each doc has their own brand of evil. But, you do just have to knuckle down and follow the plan. As bad as it is.

It really helps to drink LOTS of water. Especially when hungry. I also found hot decaf tea helped tremendously. Also sugar free popsicles were somehow very soothing and filling. Maybe cuz they took a long time to eat?

I agree with getting your mind doing something else. Binge watching Netflix was also a lifesaver as was walking--even if it's only 5 minutes while you're having a bad urge to eat.

I swear the time will go by quickly! Hang in there!

I was hungry on my clear diet and I thought only one week of it was torture. My doc recently changed from 14 days to 7 days, thank goodness. I am on a full liquid diet now for 2 weeks (1 week left) and it is so much better, as boring as it is. The protein and creamy soups are keeping me full.


Age: 37
Height: 5’6
BMI: 37
VSG: 4/16/18
GW: 160
MFP: Fit4LifeAR

I was told to let the bandages fall off naturally.

Not in the food -ksloan-not in the food!?☕

Thank you so much for yur help.. i guess i would have to hang in there and just starve although i woke up this mornng with bad shoulder pain so it took off my brain off food for a bit?

16 hours ago, ksloan said:

I was told to let the bandages fall off naturally.

I still have bandages and told to clean the incision every othe day for a week but never when to just take them all off?! Also i would like to knw when to shower and since i have my op abroad in ts very hard to ask the doc??

I also had that kind of diet, all liquids for 4 weeks. It was hard but honestly I think it set me up for better success. I followed my doctors advice religiously. I see a LOT of posts on here where people play games with the doctors advice, and do what they want. Time will tell if they succeed. I don't EVER want to do surgery agai, in my mind it is "all or nothing" I used that liquid phase to work on my mental relationship with food, and all my mind sets.
As far as cleaning goes, you can shower when the stitches have disolved. I only had one stitch, and the other spots were "superglued".
Good luck kiddo!!

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