Newly banded 6-23-2010

[cmnstrd 0]

ok its been 13 days and I am starving!!! I have only lost 9 lbs and my 1st fill apointment is 7-21. I have been eating more and more due to hunger pains and I have little to no restriction. Is this normal?

[Astrasmom 1]

ok its been 13 days and I am starving!!! I have only lost 9 lbs and my 1st fill apointment is 7-21. I have been eating more and more due to hunger pains and I have little to no restriction. Is this normal?

Perfectly normal. Are you on the mushie stage? Try eating foods that are higher in protien. This link might help a little. Proteins, food nutrients, Indiadiets: Your guide to Health, Nutrition, Diets, fitness, Weight loss, Diet counselling, customized diets

Make sure that you are drinking lots of fluids and keep yourself busy. This is bandster hell unfortunately. You may or may not feel any difference with your first fill. Some people do and some don't. If you can't make it until the 21st I would suggest calling and talking it over with your doctor. Usually they like you to wait for at least 6 weeks after your surgery to make sure the swelling is all down.

[AngryBaby 2]

Also, at this point you should not expect to lose any more weight until you get your first fill. The only thing you should be concerned with is making sure you take in enough Protein. As mentioned before, Congratulations your in bandsters hell.

Don't worry this is a completely natural process that just about everyone goes through. After you begin getting your fills you will realize that your not as hungery as you once were and you will struggle less because of it!