Shell77

My Dr. has me waiting a half hour after eating, I could not even imagine 1 hour. :-(

Before I had my sleeve, I joined this site and read a lot about people not feeling hungry after being sleeved. I just completed my first week of solids today. I eat 3 meals a day, of course extremely small ones but I find myself getting hungry about 3 hours after I eat and sometimes have to add a 4th meal in. My meals consist of basically just protein, like chicken, fish, turkey. Is this normal?? I am wondering why I feel hungry when many say they never feel hungry.

Thanks everyone for helping me out. Now I will not feel so guilty when I don't wait the 3 minutes.

I am supposed to wait 3 minutes between bites, so that my tummy has a chance to feel full. I have found this really hard to do, especially for my lunch at work. I have been eating slower than I did before but not the 3 minutes in-between bites and my sleeve still gets full rather quickly. Am I hurting my sleeve or weight loss if I don't wait the three minutes?

I am starting to ask myself, wth did I do? Including the pre-op diet, I was on a liquid diet for 1 month and now a week of pureed, with one week left before I can move onto solids. My pureed diet has been very close to liquid because there is very little that I have found that I enjoy when I puree it. I am getting very frustrated and having a hard time watching others around me eat while I am drinking a Protein shake or Soup again. I just want regular food. I almost feel like I am starting to get a little depressed because of it and it is making me think I should have never of gotten this damn sleeve. I have read different things on here that it gets easier. Does it really and when? I have been doing and feeling great up until this past week and down I can feel my spirits getting lower and lower each day. HELP!

I am so sorry that you and your boyfriend are going through this. I will definetly keep you both in my thoughts and prayers.

I had 2 -sections and the recovery of the surgery from them was much worse than the sleeve. After my c-sections I needed to take my pain medicine and had a hard time walking and getting around. When I came home after having the sleeve, I did not take pain medicine. My stomach was sore but I could deal with it. The day after I returned home, I took a 4 block walk and felt fine. Before a full week post op I was walking a mile with no problem. Recovery from the sleeve was much much easier for me.

OMG... I totally know what you are going through. I have a history of kidney stones since I was 19 and I am 34 now. I have had stents placed in my ureters and several lithotripsies. I am on medication for them but had to stop taking them because of my new sleeve (8-9-11), I think I might have to wait for the swelling to go down before I will be able to swallow the pills. I know I have a few in my kidney that have not traveled down but I am scared they may decide any day without my medicine and me trying so hard to get the Fluid in each day to keep hydrated. I know the pain you are in and it is absolutely horrible!! I would not wish kidney stone pain on my worst enemy. I wish you the best of luck and it comes out quickly! Stay Strong

Congrats glad you are doing so well

Thanks, I just made a new one but it sounds much easier doing it the way you said

LOL, I'd really hate it if I only lost that much. I am actually down a total of 26 lbs from the liquid diet, I just don't know how to update the tracker. Do I just make a new one each time?

I cannot stand this liquid diet anymore!! I was on it 2 weeks pre-op and now 2 weeks post-op. I want food!! It is starting to make me very miserable and feeling depressed. I cannot wait til Tuesday when I begin my pureed diet for 2 weeks. I just hope that after a few days, I don't feel the same way. I just need to get through the next few days and time seems to be standing still, ughhh.

Congrats!! Glad to hear u r doing good

I wish you the best of luck with your recovery! You will be fine

Wow... your words are encouraging and make you really think about what life could be like.