Banded five days ago and am still hungry? Could I need an ajdustment already or does this pass? I've only been taking in about a cup and a half of mushie food per day. Will I feel better after I move on to more solid food?

I also asked doctor about adjustment. He said everyone is different. Can't give me a time when I'll need my first adjustment.

I was banded 2/27.

Thanx all

My dietician told me to eat all of the sugar free Jello and popsicles I wanted when I felt hungry. It's not much, but at least it's "something"!

I start on the pureed/mushy food today. Thank goodness!

I never thought I would be so excited over eggs, cheese and cottage cheese! lol

Hi Kat817,

I am new to this forum but have been reading a lot of your posts and find them very encouraging, and helpful.

Thanks for being there and keeping all of us on track

Trying to help others is what keeps me on track with my own band!!!!:tea:--but thank so much~~~

Kat

Hey Kat, how are you feeling... I hope better. Glad to see you back on. Love reading your insight to things!

Thanks Grace, I am feeling a lot better. Survived having the tooth chiselled out---not fun! All is not well yet, but I feel almost human again!!! Yay!

Finally got a shot yesterday, not sure if the antibiotics reacted differently in liquid form, or what, but they made me soooo sick, I tossed everything, within 30 minutes of taking them. Finally the dentist called me back, and he was worried I would dislodge the clot, so had me get in touch with my PCP, about an injection, and just not being nauseated 24/7 has me feelin' happy again!!! And I also got to a point I could remove the temporary torture device....aka a temporary partial! Yeah Grace, I lived to tell about it!! Feeling MUCH better now!

We went to dinner with the District Manager of DH's place of work last night, and they had steak about 2 inches thick....but it was very tender, so I managed to eat a few bites of it, and did fine! So I guess it is back to life as it was!

How are you doing?

Kat

Please explain "head hunger." thx.

Hey jb,

Head hunger to me, is when I am not physically stomach hungry, but my head thinks something in particular sounds good, or I simply want to snack to have something to do. So much of my eating was habit, boredom.....a way to comfort whatever I was feeling. I was not always hungry in my stomach----in fact I seldom let myself go long enough without food to actually get real true stomach hunger.

It would also hit me in the way that I would see a commercial, or think of something--say a Big Mac......and it would be all I could think of--wanting a Big Mac....starving for a Big Mac! When in actuality I wasn't hungry--------------but until I satisfied that type of head hunger the thought of that Big Mac was never far away.

Most of mine was habit. Grab something to snack on while I read, or when we watched the game....or whatever----eating for a reason other than when your stomach is actually empty and wanting food.

It is much easier to control the physical stomach hunger than it is to control what we refer to as head hunger.....

Kat

I used milk of magnesia like the doctor ordered. I have to say...it is definitely working.

Kat817

Thanks! I think we are the same person!!! I don't get hungry because I am always eating! (not really, but it seems that way according to my clothes and breathing and health and appearance.) I plan to make a list of THINGS I DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ANYMORE when and if I join the Band. Maybe we can all add our 2 cents in this list! Let me start:

1. Size 20

2. sleep Apnea

3. Chapped thighs

4. Bad knees

5. Arms that swing in the breeze

6. Being the fattest one

7. Wide sized shoes

8. HATING to have my picture taken

what else? (I once made a list like this when I broke up with a guy--things I wouldn't have to put with anymore----the list helped!!!

Hi ,

unless, you or any one , who is going to lap band surgery , starts to eat a month or weeks before the surgery, to be prepared , and slowly gets use to eating small sizes portions. after your band your hunger , becomes ferocious, and thinking of food becomes worse , the band is a helper, to you and not a guard or protector.

you must do everything, to win , look inside yourself, keep busy, talk to friends that really want to help you in your road to lose this grip of food need. and the first days and weeks are the hardest. cause you don't know. what you, yourself can do , emotionally or physically , ask for help and eat very slowly and chew chew chew, your food well.

so it can digest . so you wont have any problems.

enjoy the losing of your weight and toss your problems of the road.

Get better.

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margie,

band 4/5/2004

emergency band removal 1/23/2008

lost 50lbs the hard way.

EACH DAY, BRINGS SURPRISES TO BAD WE ARE JUST NEVER READY:eek::thumbup:

You are so lucky to eat 'mushies'. My surgery was 3/5. For 5 days I was only allowed clear liquids and since yesterday I am only allowed 3 thin protein shakes daily. That is only 330 calories a day, and I am expected to do this for 2 full weeks. Doesn't this seem extreme?

Hi Bugalu, I don't think I've heard anyone say that weight just "falls" off with the band. It still takes work, but you're doing it with a tool that you didn't have before. However, you should not expect to lose weight before your first fill. A lot of people do, true, but not everyone. At one week post-op it is possible that you are retaining fluids and are still bloated from surgery. Your body is healing, give it time. It will definitely help when you can exercise again.

Are you sure that you're really hungry and it's not just head hunger? It is definitely taking me some time to differentiate between the two. Good luck and hang in there!

Did everyone have a psychological consult prior to banding? I thought the consults were a major part of delivering us from "head hunger?" I'm brand new to the group--banding in about 2 weeks.