8 Days Post Op And Starving

[rodswife 155]

Hello. I'm 8 days post op and I am starving. My stomach keeps grumbling and hurting because I'm so dang hungry. I get all my Protein Shakes in and I drink my liquids. They just don't stay with me long. I have to be on full liquids until next Monday but I want to eat something SO bad. Lol

[Liliana Arleen 173]

As much as you want to eat something that is not allow on your diet plan post op,don't do it,your stomach is swollen now and it needs time to heal. Are you allow to have SF Jello or puddings? Those and the natural apple sauce saved my life when I was very hungry doing my 2 week liquid post op diet.

[rodswife 155]

I'm not going to eat. I was just venting. I'm aware that I'm swollen. I can feel the gas still. Oy vey. Lol im just starving. And no, can't eat anything. I'm only allowed liquids. He said if I can drink it through a straw without actually using a straw, I can have it.

[Cherrybomb 54]

I am a week out today and have broke some rules in the interest of Protein. I can't stand Protein shakes/drinks and even more so now that I'm post-op. I have had cottage cheese, pureed chicken w/ melted cheese, mashed potatoes and chili. The first three I eat two teaspoons of and chew well. The chili I mostly eat the broth and the insides of the kidney Beans.

Some people come home from the hospital on soft/pureed foods so I can't see how it can be very dangerous. I'm not encouraging you to go against your doctors orders, just saying what I am doing. I may suffer for it later on, that is yet to be seen.

[rodswife 155]

I feel you. I just don't want to prohibit my weight loss and that's what scares me the most. I thought about pureeing some chicken with some cream Soup but haven't actually had the guts to do it.

[hadouni 301]

I hear you. My hungries started on Saturday after my Monday surgery. I started really taking in a lot of strained Soups. Somehow the warm things made me feel a little more full. I had several progresso soups I strained and those were my life savers! What about some split pea Soup thinned with veggie broth? It'll be over soon and you'll be able to add some foods! Keep up the good work.

[rodswife 155]

I just puréed some broccoli cheese Soup with some chicken and veggie soup broth. Here's hoping it works and it is Protein. Lol

[sabrina4you 17]

I'm a week post op today and I feel the same way...ugh.

[Amany194 9]

Hi. I am going today for my consultation with my dr to discuss the sleeve procedure. But what u said stoping me a bit. My actuall problem is I am always feel hungry and I want have the sleeve coz I am heard that it will decrease the hunger hormone. So is what u saying means that I still after surgery have to control my hunger myself that is very hard for me. Plz someone tell me how is their appetite after sleeve thanks

[rodswife 155]

No once you start eating dense Protein, you will feel the restriction. The first couple of weeks are the hardest because you are just on liquids to give you stomach time to heal. Liquids run through you faster so you feel hungry. It's only the first 2 weeks. Don't be scared.

[aviiva 140]

I am on.clear liquida for 2 more weeks post ip 4/4 I can actualluly day I am not hungry at all. I love my Protein drinka premier shakes. 30 grams each. can I drink more then 2 of I want. I struggle more with the Water but someone said the protein goes towards liquid intake.

[MiTurner247 34]

My surgery was on April 4th and I have been on Clear Liquids since April 2nd and I have yet to feel hungry. Dont get me wrong I cant wait to start on my Protein Shakes tomorrow because Im exhausted but everyones journey is unique.

[Wheetsin 714]

This is a good opportunity to show how different each experience can be. I'm 2 weeks post-op and haven't really been hungry once. I have a really, really hard time getting to - say - 45g of Protein a day purely because of capacity. If I eat one of my Vitamins, I'm stuffed for at least an hour, so there's 3 hours right there. I've been allowed soft foods for about a week now but haven't even tried them because I can't get in the basics yet. Soft foods will be my "reward" for hitting Protein requirements.

Around 7 I had some homemade black bean Soup (Beans fully pulverized with an immersion blender), with some Protein powder added. I ate way less than 2 oz (about 1.25oz) and still feel so stuffed that my Protein Drink sits here getting watery because it doesn't feel like I can drink anything just yet.

[rodswife 155]

Aviiva, you can have more than 2 Protein Shakes. The more Protein the better I was told.

[Wheetsin 714]

I am a week out today and have broke some rules in the interest of Protein. [cut] I have had cottage cheese, pureed chicken w/ melted cheese, mashed potatoes and chili.

Mashed potatoes have about 4g of Protein per 1/2 C. They're a pretty crappy protein source. For the same volume of food, you could get about 3x the protein from a good Greek yogurt. I'm not trying to be a "food nazi" - eat what you want, of course. I just didn't want you to be eating mashed potatoes for the sake of protein (as you said) when they actually have very little protein.