Well, I have been banded for 11 days now and still feel great. I have not cheated on the liquid diet, except for the accidental noodle or two that got into my mouth when eating soup. Here is where I am paranoid. I lost weight initially but am gaining. I know it is because I am not getting enough calories. Yesterday I got less than 300! I just can't force myself, I'm not hungry. So I'm thinking of starting my mushies a day or two early just so I can get my calories! I know I can really only do that with the advice of my doc but I need to get those calories in and I just can't with liquids. Any ideas?

My doctor told me that it would ok to drink some juice that has calories such as minute maid fruit punch. He said I will have to get calories from somewhere. I had my surgery this past Tuesday and I feel pretty good right now. Just have these sharp pains that come and go every so often. I too am not hungry and I am not getting all my water in. Just been sucking down those sugar free popsicles.

Hello! I am 7 days from my surgury and I ate some mashed potatoes yesterday and it didnt bother me at all. I went to KFC and ordered a one serving of mashed potatoes and gravy and ate about half of that small cantainer and I was full as a tick and it really helped my craving of food. That is all I ate yesterday as far as food. Just be careful and take small bites and chew, chew, and chew.

Don't stress about losing weight right now. Honestly, you aren't really supposed to be losing yet if you don't have restriction and your main focus shouldn't be that. Your body needs to focus on healing itself and to do that you need to have calories. What about protein shakes? You can make it with whole milk to up the calories.

I actually gained weight when I moved into the mushies stage until I got my first fill. My dr said this was normal and to not stress! (easier said than done, I know)