I feel i can never get full

[jeepy 0]

I just got banded last wed and i feel like i can eat a ton i only lost 3lbs on my weigh in and i was wondering since i dont have any fill in my band yet will it get better? im on a cottage cheese kinda diet and i can eat a bunch idk what to do. It makes me feel disappointed about the surgery....

Weight Loss Center is your best free resource for weight loss

[reverie 49]

You're a week out, what exactly are you expecting? Once you start to get fills and get closer to restriction it gets easier, but for now it's really up to you to use willpower/common sense to get through it. I'd advise you to stay off the scale for another few weeks as losing is not the most important thing right now. Focus on your post-op diet; get your Protein and Water in and allow yourself to heal. The more you stress over things the harder it is for your body to heal properly. Take a breath and realize your journey literally just started. You can't expect much off the bat.

It'll get better; right now it's a waiting game. Good luck!

[Sistersue 12]

I wonder why the diets vary so much from Dr to Dr? I'm one week out from surgery and on Clear Liquids only. I've lost 8 lbs since surgery but I feel like I could eat the hind end of a horse. I have a week to go one this insane diet but I'm actually afraid that when I can eat real food I'll quit loseing.

[ElfiePoo 109]

Of course you can...you're only a week out from surgery and you're eating cottage cheese. However, don't get too fixated on the band physically restricting how much you can eat. It doesn't work that way for a lot of people. Pay attention to your hunger level. When you're eating normally again (meaning not mushy slider foods), you should be able to eat a reasonable meal (e.g. 3 oz Protein, 1/2-1 c. vegies) and go about 4 hours without hunger. If you can't, it means you still need a fill. So pay attention to the hunger...not how much you can eat.

.

[Jack 855]

Concern about "how much I can eat" and "not feeling full" is what got me to the point of being Morbidly Obese in the first place.

Since the Band, I have learned how to tell the difference between "sport eating" and "eating to live" rather than "living to eat".

There is a whole new life just waiting for us to discover it.

No Bandster has ever died of starvation.

We have to learn a whole new relationship with food and eating. We have to learn the difference between 'eating' and OVER eating.

Hunger is not the best guide to when or how much to eat....that's what got most of us into "TOTMO".....the Tribe of the Morbidly Obese.

We have to recruit and train that part of our brain which controls the Belly Beasts. Rational eating must replace the bad habits of a lifetime of overeating.

cheers on your journey

[Jachut 487]

At a week out, with the newer bands, it is certain that it will get better. You know the advice though - that you shouldnt be looking for "full" but rather stopping at "not hungry anymore".

Easier said than done, I'm struggling with this more and more as time goes by - i was unfilled five months ago for a surgery and chemo and after five years with the band, my mind and body have really been retrained to see a smaller meal as normal. But my stomach capacity is larger than that and i never get that "full' feeling anymore like I did with fill in my band. And I just have to stop when I know I should, not when my stomach says to. Its really hard! Just practice it as much as you can, any weight loss from now until you get restriction is a bonus - but restriction or not, its YOU who has to change, and you may as well start with it now, as difficult as it is. Hang in there, it will get better.