Hi I was banded on June 12 in Baltimore and tomorrow I start week three with pureed foods. I have only lost 8 pounds. I thought that since I didn't have to do a pre-op diet that the liquids would have helped me lose more. week one and two I was allowed, sf pudding, sf Jello, cream of wheat, Soup, low fat milk, Protein shakes, sf popsicles, tea yada yad yada

I keep being told this is only healing time but I had higher hope. I wasn't told to limit anything. I have read that since the op that many can't even drink a glass of Water. I can drink 8 oz no prob...it just goes right through, I don't feel anything right now which I know is supposed to be that way.

I start pureed foods tomorrow and am afraid I will gain weight instead of losing since solids are coming even though I am aloowed to only eat 3-4 tablespoons every four hours. I am just so scared that this will not work for me, that I will be the one person that it will fail on.

I know I am just feeling sorry for myself. I know this is a tool, but I guess I need to hear from those who have had the same experiences as I have to know I will be ok.

My first fill isn;t until week 6. I am hoping that if I am good with my soft foods that I will see success. I did go towards the puddings more that I did other stuff, so the calories probably added up. I wish I would have had a maximum allowed instead of having a free and open menu amount. Even my burps are dry where so many seem to have wet burps. I am feeling afraid. I saw the band when they did the drink flow test on xray so I know it is there. I just don't feel anything anymore, no restriction or anything, is it possible it slipped?

Please someone help me dry these tears. I self paid which is also weighing on my mind. :blushing:

Don't get too worried over your weight loss right now. Our bodies are made in such a way that if you aren't taking in enough calories, at first it thinks it is starving so it will hang on to the fat. Eventually, it will let the fat go when you get that balance of calories so that your body doesn't think it is starving anymore.

I had the same doubts as you. I was drinking liquids for the first two weeks and hungry by day 9. I was able to drink liquids right down without getting nauseous or anything. I added Protein shakes and that helped. I got my first fill and started pureed foods and I could tell that there was more restriction. I can only eat about 1/4 cup of pureed foods at a time, but I do get hungry between meals. I am only supposed to have 2 meals a day, but have been eating 3 meals and 2 Protein Shakes a day. I drink at least 6 glasses of tea or liquid a day on top of that so I really stay pretty full all day. I even keep a Water bottle near my bed so when I wake up in the morning, I have a little water so I don't feel as hungry and I chew lots of sugarfree gum because I think the chewing helps to keep me from eating.

Ywong I don't usually say anthing to much about how we all do our different diets etc ..Our surgeons know the best..

I have to say this you shouldn't chew gum at all ... If by accident you swallowed it it could be a very bad situation.. There was a posting not so long ago ..A lady accidently swallod her gum and it stuck ..

It is one of the things we should never have ..

Just had to throw in my two cents. Be careful