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My 16 year old daughter got banded last Wed. Dec 22 (which made for an intresting Christmas). It will be a week tomorrow and she keeps telling me she is so hungry- I went ahead and fed her runny mashed potatoes. It seems to help for a while. She does not want yogurt or pudding but food-well there is not much food on a full liquid diet. She very distressed from not eating. She has lost about 8lbs but it is the hardest 8lbs I have ever seen anyone lose. It is very hard for a mother to watch. She has had some health problems and the extra weight did not help matters. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank ya'll for all the help and for replying to me so quickly. Today Jenny can start pureed foods so maybe it will get better now. She has lost 11 lbs today and that made her feel a little better. I am going to try to canned soup in a blender and the refried beans and if she wants to the wendy's chili. I know that she is young but she has had a history of kidney problems and at one time they even put her on steroids that that made her weight even worse. She has lots of friends (although she has choose not to tell most of them that she got banded). She was over 300lbs so this had to be done. We researched for a long time and finally convinced Dr. Wilson with UT in the Houston Medical Center to take us. He is very well known and respected so we will survive. Oh yeah tell me where to get these protein shakes. I got body for life but she was not impressed-maybe I will try putting it with ice in the blender.