Sunshine4U 14 Posted June 20, 2013 I am on day 4 of my pre op diet and I am having trouble eating. I am struggling to sip all this liquid, broth,shakes, Soup because I am not hungry. I thought I would be ready to gnaw an arm off but I am forcing about 900 calories down cause I know I need the nourishment. What can I do to get some appetite I still have 8 days til banding? Sunshine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sp70 193 Posted June 20, 2013 After a couple days on the preop diet I was no longer hungry as well. I had my 3 Protein shakes a day and did my best to force down the 64 oz of Fluid. Other than that, I didn't worry about it too much. I thought I would have the opposite affect on liquids as well, but was surprised. 1 Sunshine4U reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sunshine4U 14 Posted June 20, 2013 Thanks Sp70 How much did u lose pre-op? If I don't mind me asking. Sunshine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amp1504 7 Posted June 20, 2013 I am on day 4 of my pre op diet and I am having trouble eating. I am struggling to sip all this liquid' date=' broth,shakes, Soup because I am not hungry. I thought I would be ready to gnaw an arm off but I am forcing about 900 calories down cause I know I need the nourishment. What can I do to get some appetite I still have 8 days til banding? Sunshine[/quote'] I only can hope that I don't want to chew my arm off either. Good luck sunshine! 1 Sunshine4U reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sunshine4U 14 Posted June 20, 2013 Thanks Amp1504 for the encouragement. Sunshine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gigglypug 77 Posted June 21, 2013 If you used to eat a lot of simple sugar and starches, quite a bit of your "hunger" most likely was driven by insulin spikes/sugar crashes in the past. If you've ever done Atkins (or, to some degree, South Beach), the decrease in appetite when going to a low carb/high Protein diet should be quite familiar. It sounds as though there might be a psychological component as well, perhaps anxiety about the surgery? In any event, enjoy it while it lasts...it's a great feeling NOT to be hungry when trying to lose weight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sunshine4U 14 Posted June 21, 2013 If you used to eat a lot of simple sugar and starches' date=' quite a bit of your "hunger" most likely was driven by insulin spikes/sugar crashes in the past. If you've ever done Atkins (or, to some degree, South Beach), the decrease in appetite when going to a low carb/high Protein diet should be quite familiar. It sounds as though there might be a psychological component as well, perhaps anxiety about the surgery? In any event, enjoy it while it lasts...it's a great feeling NOT to be hungry when trying to lose weight [/quote'] Ive never done the low carb thing Ive also been a light eater and my weight problem came from not eating enough rather than over eating ( which i thought many moons ago that was a good thing) but yeah.... Yea I do have a little anxiety about my upcoming surgery but I know I haven't come this far to chicken out. Sunshine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
