I just posted in another thread but I'm looking for different reasons why I could still be so hungry?

I was banded 1/30 and still on clear/full liquids. I'm totally hungry! I do not understand how chicken broth is suppose to make me feel full.... or CIB LF Nosugaradded.... Doesn't that stuff just go right thru the band? Isn't only actual thick food that stays in the upper pouch giving me the feeling of fullness?

I was hoping the surgery was going to help me feel satisfied when I ate a small portion .... I feel the same as I did before.....

2oz of this or 4 oz of this is NOTHING... I need light a glass full of Water for it to make a difference.... I drink the 8oz of the CIB drink and still want more....

Thoughts?

I hope we all make good choices later as well, I just know that I haven't hit the six month mark and don't want to judge too quickly until I'm there.

She did say she got right back on track the next day and don't we all know people that have been "normal" weight their whole life, that binge occassionally and then get back on track? That's what keeps them normal weight.

But yeah, if we let ourselves get too carried away, we could easily go right back where we came from. If we want this weight to stay off permanately, we really need to make better choices, long term.

Even at the six month mark, we'll still be new at this new tool and the new requirements it takes.

And trust me, when I read the post I was thinking the EXACT same thing. I hope I have the same comittment three months from now, that I currently have at three months out.

I just wanted to say that the newly banded, might not be the best ones to judge her admitted mistake.

Have you had your first fill yet? I had surgery 2/4 and had clear fluids the first 2 days, followed by full fluids for a week. I then got to eat soft food for a couple of days and now eat everything.

WHAT! How unfair! I was banded on 2/4 too, but I'm on liquids for 4 weeks and then pureed for two! Today is the first day I'm hungary...but oh how niced it would be to be back on regular foods!

WHAT! How unfair! I was banded on 2/4 too, but I'm on liquids for 4 weeks and then pureed for two! Today is the first day I'm hungary...but oh how niced it would be to be back on regular foods!

I was banded 12th feb. I am on "anything that will go through a straw" for 2 weeks. Then pureed food for 2 weeks then carefully try solids. So many different ideas from different docs.

I contacted the 24hr nurse about going onto pureed food early as I am having no trouble with thick Soup (no lumps or bits). She said no because if it makes me sick at this early stage damage could be done to the band location.

I am coping well with the diet itself, but not with the lack of calories and am weak and dizzy. I said this to the nurse and from the very beginning of the process she was the first to say dont worry about callories at this stage just concentrate on recovering and healing. I have upped my intake to 1100 per day and feel much better. I was on 800 just because I can do it now but it was not enough to keep me upright. (6' male).