hello ladies (& gentleman lurkers),

how did your spouses/significant other/family deal with you being on the liquid diet 2 weeks after the surgery? were you being tempted when they were eating? how did you feel during that 2wk period - hunger-wise?

i've resorted to chasing my husband (SpiritDriven71 Banded on 3/17/09) upstairs while i make and eat dinner for myself. it'd just be interesting to hear what others have done.

i should mention that i'm dieting as well, so i'm not being insensitive to him - i'm not eating Wendy's when he's having a Protein drink. i've been to every meeting and doc's appt with him so i was prepared and knowledgable about what he could and couldn't eat for the rest of his life...i just never asked about this portion of the process

I had a harder time with the two-week liquid PRE-op diet. For the first several days post-op, I had to force myself to get enough food and liquid down. I was not as hungry so I was able to better handle the tempations.

I did not prepare meals during this time, DH was on his own. If his eating bothered me then I got myself away from the situation, some days it bothered me and others days it did not so I decided what I needed to do to deal with each situation. A nice long walk got me away from the food and some exercise.

Do you have a big family where you are cooking big meals?

That would make it hard. If it's just the two of you, try to eat around him as little as possible.If you made Soup, he can put it in a blender and blend the heck out of it so there are no chunks. Then he could eat what you're having. He can have sf Jello and sf popsicles so maybe you two can eat those together in the evening at snack time.