I was banded on the 10th. I didn't feel like eating for 3 to 4 days also and then the hunger came. I had to wait one week from the day i left the hospital to start puree which was a friday. I was crazy hungry on Wed. If i would of saw someone eating then i would have stolen it hungry. What i did that helped was i got chicken noodle soup, cooked it, and took out the noodle and meat. Drank that and felt satisfied, not full but comfortable. If you think about it you rally don't have a pouch, your stomach kind of curves because the band isn't full. So you still have your same stomach with nothing in it. so of course your hungry. i hope this helps.