4 Weeks Post Op And Can Eat Everything...help!!!

[singingmom2 1]

Ok..totally freaking out here....all of a sudden i can eat anything and everything!!! Last night i ate an ENTIRE thin crust medium veggie pizza from dominoes...i am craving everything carbs...i dont get my first fill until june 13....any advice?????

[honk 780]

I wish more doctors were clear this is a will power diet until you get rescrition. It took me 6 months.

Buy a digital food scale and weight out your Protein. My doctor says 3 oz others 4.

Eat the Protein and then low fat/cal veggies and fruit until full. While pizza isn't intrinsically bad I'm sure you realize eating a whole one is regrettable. If you do eat pizza top it withh chicken breast and eat salad first and then one piece of pizza.

I would avoid all Pasta, bread, rice for now. You may need to also count calories so you have a good idea how many calories you are actually eating.

[honk 780]

Also the band is not meant to prevent you from eating any food. Some bandsters keep their bands really tight which prevents them from eating certain foods. My doctor does no approve of this mentality. He wants me to be able to eat a wide variety of foods. I am at restriction and knock on wood have never had a PB or vomitted. I've only had stuck episodes from cheap doughy bread and raw baby carrots.

[Luv2sing920@aol.com 14]

I feel the same way. I am 3 weeks out and I feel hungry and I can eat anything!!! They haven't even talked about a fill yet!!! This is hard

[AXA 19]

Pretend you don't have a lapband and go on a diet. Find a healthy one that you may have done and had success with in the past. If you can stay away from sugar for a week, you're cravings will subside a little. Fill up on good Proteins and veggies (snap-peas and celery are my best friends).

[bets70 5]

I'm six wks or so out and use myfitnesspal to keep me honest with calories and protien but could - and could is the key - way whatever but I try and be really careful and think of this before folk time as a learning curve - I'm learning to take smaller bites and chew really well and get ready for the journey ahead.

[NWgirl 574]

As the others have stated, you will need to be on a "diet" until you find restriction. This should include eating enough Protein (usually 70grams + per day) and not eating high carbs or high fat.

You should also be watching portion size because the pouch is only designed to hold a small amount of food and you don't want to cause a band issue because you are eating too much volume.