How do you know you are full????

[biggun 0]

"Hmmm..... I still get the growling tummy hunger and hunger pains just like pre-band. I can eat and eat and eat and still never really feel full. I'm beginning to wonder if I really have a band!!!"

Blossom I was banded on November the 1st and I feel the same way. I still can eat a lot. Still less than I could but a heck of a lot more than what I thought. Hopefully I don't gain every pound back before my first fill. Now that I am back on any food I want the growling has subsided a bit, but I am sure shovin it in and wondering when my band will tell me to stop!

Kim

[leatha_g 4]

After awhile, the growling tummy thing will subside. It's funny, how we're conditioned to think that because our tummy is making noise that we're hungry or empty. In fact, the tummy may just be doing it's job of digesting OR we learn that just because it growls we don't HAVE to feed it. I know I surely have enough storage already on board that I won't starve until the next mealtime. lol

[JDinER 0]

Blossom:

That is just the way I feel now. I feel like I can eat forever. I was banded on Nov 8th. What is up with that? I have not gotten sick yet,thank the Lord, but I feel so hungry sometimes. My fill won't be for another 4 weeks or so. I hope I am still going to be able to loose weight????? Help!!! Janine

[LisaMG 5]

Are you on a schedule with your fills? If your at a plateau for more than a few weeks call your Doc. and ask for a fill. You'll have restiction sooner or later. I think patience is one of the hardest things for us on this journey. We have to remember how long it took for us to get this Big!

[New Hope 37]

This really is the hardest part of banding! But remember, it's temporary and necessary to heal properly. You're still "wide open" and can eat like preband. Try to make wise food choices and keep drinking that Water. Find something that you enjoy doing (that doesn't involve food!). Take a walk with the dog, visit a neighbor, Christmas shop, don't watch t.v. (too many food commericials), etc. There is a lot of mental work that we have to do along with the physical. Food's been our constant "companion" and now it's been yanked away from us. You're probably going through a brief mourning period. But as those "too small" clothes hanging in the closet suddenly get "too big", you'll start thinking, "Hey, this IS going to work!" And you'll realize that "Food is NOT my friend!" Best of luck to all of you! You can do this!