I had my surgery Sept 18th...I have had NO problems eating or drinking. I was in the hospital for 2 nights, and was able to eat all my Jello, broth and popcicles. I got home yesterday, and was told to be on full liquids ( 3 shakes a day and 1 liquid, like pudding or yogurt) but I am finding myself hungry. I have been adding about 5 saltine crackers with my shake because the shakes are not filling...I am using unjury fro my shakes and I drink 8 oz in about 20 minutes, but I am forcing myself to drink them slow.

My question is, what did you guys do during this stage to fight the hunger? I notice that I cant eat as much, but there has been nothing I cant eat so far. I know I have to be careful because of the sutures and allow the band to heal...but I am finding this very difficult because I have tasted stuff and have no problem keeping it down...and I want more!

What was your first week like post op? What was your diet consisted of?

Thanks

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Don't eat solids! Your stomach needs time to heal and it cannot if you eat solids or mushies now. Set your mind to the fact that you're on all liquids and just do it.

You'll be glad a year from now when you've lost alot of weight and feel great. If you don't have a good band experience it could be from not following the doctors orders. Please put your frame of mind to the weight loss mode and follow the program. Know that you'll be much happier if you do as instructed because the results will be fabulous, or should I say flabuless.

Do things that don't involve food while you're on the liquid stage. For instance, go for a walk. Take a long bath with a good book. Go to bed early. It's only for a short while and you'll be eating again soon.

Best wishes.

Sue

Thanks Sue, I needed the encouragement because I'm with Shauna 80. I had that EXACT experience. I did the "liqiuds" for three days post op and then I lost it and started adding stuff like crackers with my Soup too or having scambled eggs for Breakfast just to be able to chew something. I'm able to eat whatever and then I want more. So today I put my mind to it. Liquids only until I see the doc Thrs. I will be 2 weeks post op this Friday.

Banded 9/12 at 251 lbs.

Shauna 80. Hang in there. I'm with you. I'm 10 days post op.

me to im 2 weeks post op and i followed the liquids then im hungry i do grits cream of wheat i tried scrammled eggs chopped up real good took a couple bits but was scared so stopped anyone else try eggs how u do hopefully this will be over soon this is hardest thing to do but we chose it and we know what we want in the end thats what i keep telling my self

Thank you for all the support. My doc is keeping me on full liquids not Clear Liquids for 7 days...so until this Thursday. Then I can have applesauce consistency type foods.

What happens when you eat something like saltines when your newly banded? I do chew them until they are liquid in my mouth. I am just suffering from severe headaches and the crackers are what seem to help them go away. Its not that I want to eat bad foods, or large amount of foods anyways, it just the shakes are not making me full, and I seem to have to add a 4th shake because if I didnt I would have anything after 5pm, then I get a headache from not "eating" because of my sugar. I am so confused!!!

wtg,youll be ok id do crackers to if they help after a bit u can cut them out ya know,i get banded in 29 days,and i cant wait,i saw my dr wont let us go on applesause till 3rd week exc.. keep me posted,on how u is and what yr eating will help me out after i have mine,thanks

wtg,youll be ok id do crackers to if they help after a bit u can cut them out ya know,i get banded in 29 days,and i cant wait,i saw my dr wont let us go on applesause till 3rd week exc.. keep me posted,on how u is and what yr eating will help me out after i have mine,thanks

Thanks and good luck to you! I will let you know...I am only on full liquids for 1 week then weeks 2-4 are mushie stage then week 5 on is solids!

When you eat food (anything that is not liquid) your stomach churns like a little washing machine to help digest it. That churning action can rip out some of your sutures. You may not feel ANY pain now but then down the road, have a PB incident or something and have slippage and/or erosion. You DONT want that so DONT eat.

Most of us are hungry before we get to mushies. I sat and held a can of refried Beans and CRIED !!! I am not a crier, either. BUT I did NOT eat them. Do what you have to...cry scream kick nap...but DO NOT eat things that are not on your preop diet. It's just for a short time. You have the rest of your life to eat. You can do it!

AND FYI our stomachs always churn when digesting ... but we don't ever feel it. It's something it's always been doing and you never knew. The docs could be more informative but I think they believe we'll just follow their directions. After all, they are getting big bucks to do the surgery and advise us! Anyway, stick to the diet and you'll do fine.

hi ...

I m on my 8th day of liquids ... first 5 were clear juices and broth ... now i can have milk and youghurt for another 5days ... i m hungry and i feel my stomach ... but i do not feel like eating ... food does not drive me anymore .... maybe i m too scared to eat ... how long are u staying on the liquid diet before the mushie stage ??????? i m losing weight like never before 7 kilos in a week that is more than 15 pounds ... i stay on the mushies for 10 days then i move to the real world ...... how about u ?

i FEEL THE SAME WAY....I CONSIDER SOFT SCRAMBLED EGGS a mushie....I was banded 1 week ago, this is the first day I've kinda felt hunger pains........I realized I'd skipped my protein shake. I read something about putting instant potatos in your beef broth to give it a bit of substance.........Also, those boxed creamed soups are yummy! Hope this helps. I go back to Doc tomorrow (Tues)....Should be interesting!

:cry_smile: Joy

oct 20 i get banded yippeeeeeeeeeeeeee,anyway my dr says 3rd week mushies 5th week start real food

Not sure about anyone else but I have worked very hard to get to this point. I am doing my pre-op diet and have not cheated with one morsel. Even when I cried in the grocery store on saturday I did not give in.

If my doctor tells me to stand on my head and count to 50 I will do it. I dont want to risk any chance of failure on this one.

oh yea and forgot to mention. I have to do liquids the first week after surgery.. not just clear ones. Then week 2 and 3 I get to do mushies