Is the feeling of being full the same

[Pink8671 1]

I'm newly banded and wanted to know if I'm going to feel the same feeling when full or are there other clues???

[Nechama L 4]

It will feel different because you will feel satisfied before you get to full and you will learn how to identify the satisfied feeling so that you will stop eating. Good luck and learn to trust your body's signals. I see many people on here who don't change their habits yet complain how the band doesn't work for them. Pay attention to the signs, follow what your doctor tells you, enjoy the freedom that you will have when you start to take control back from food and rule it instead of letting it rule you...

[Pink8671 1]

Thanks soooo much!! I will have to learn the new full freling and listen to what my body is telling me.So excited about this journey! And totally ready to have the control!!!!!

[honk 780]

Satisfied is different from what I used to consider feeling full. I'll be eating and I'll ask myself am I hungry enough to keep eating? Sometiems I say no and stop

[klariade 7]

I remember noticing right after surgery that my stomach signals come from higher in my stomach. When I'm getting full, I get a little bit of pressure right behind the bottom of my sternum (middle of rib cage). I very rarely get the low gut full feeling. I also burp when I'm full (completely involuntary, although I've learned to stifle it well).

[mom3kids 2]

I'm newly banded and wanted to know if I'm going to feel the same feeling when full or are there other clues???

I am newly banded too. August 23... I am on liquid diet and feel pressure in my center of sternum and back... This may be what it feels like..good luck

[down in the dumps 5]

The feeling I get is higher in my stomach, it's totally different than what your use to. I try to stop before I get that feeling, seriously saying that now is weird, it's quite frighting to think of that starting off but it will naturally just change. Good luck with your band!

[Jachut 487]

To me, it kind of is. I mean someone said above and I agree that you get satisfied before you get full - for me, I get the same warm, full tummy kind of pleasure. But you have to learn to recognize it becuase it often comes way way before your eyes and your head are satisfied. And one bite, one tiny bite can tip that over into real pain and discomfort.

This comes with time. It took me literally two years to be able to serve myself a teeny tiny meal and think that it would be enough. Now I've gone too much the other way and really have to remember not to starve my poor teenage sons, who can eat literally four times what I put on their plates. I serve them tiny dinners and then yell at them for getting into the snack foods after dinner.< /p>