***update*** 9 days post op

[Sabl3r 15]

8lbs down!! I started at 235 and in 9 days I'm down to 227! My experiences are interestingly unexpected. I'm still on the full liquid diet and I'm starving!! I know about heading hunger but it's not that, I'm legitimately hungry, to the point I get irritable. It takes a thinker Soup or yogurt to make me satisfied. Luckily it takes me 2-6oz to be satisfied so I'm happy with that. That's another thing is, I'm never full! I'm just..... Done. My food just loses its appeal and I just stop, I'm good. I still experience some nausea but it comes on around 2:30pm-3:00pm so I take zophran. I don't know why it happens at that time, it just does. The really strange thing is, i now experiencing insomnia. I'll be extremely tired, I'll get ready for bed and then lay there for hours. Then I wake up early and I'm wide awake. It makes no sense but I thought I'd share all of this, maybe some of you can relate. :-)

[newbeginning77 26]

8lbs down!! I started at 235 and in 9 days I'm down to 227! My experiences are interestingly unexpected. I'm still on the full liquid diet and I'm starving!! I know about heading hunger but it's not that, I'm legitimately hungry, to the point I get irritable. It takes a thinker Soup or yogurt to make me satisfied. Luckily it takes me 2-6oz to be satisfied so I'm happy with that. That's another thing is, I'm never full! I'm just..... Done. My food just loses its appeal and I just stop, I'm good. I still experience some nausea but it comes on around 2:30pm-3:00pm so I take zophran. I don't know why it happens at that time, it just does. The really strange thing is, i now experiencing insomnia. I'll be extremely tired, I'll get ready for bed and then lay there for hours. Then I wake up early and I'm wide awake. It makes no sense but I thought I'd share all of this, maybe some of you can relate. :-)

I am 10 days in feeling pretty good xcept I am also hungry. I am having a hard time finding different things to eat. I feel tired but yet I dont take naps I cannot sleep until it gets really late. I am counting down the days for soft foods but I keep looking up things I can eat and I am getting so confused there are alot of different things on different sights.my doc gave me a list and it says I can eat mashed potatoes and refried Beans when i start soft foods but others say it has to be pureed in a blender. I just can't wait to taste food.trying to get through this

[gettingtothenewme 11]

6 days post op. I feel the starving pains. I just discovered won ton Soup. That's already old 2 days in. I made Protein rich pudding...chocolate is getting old. My shakes are chocolate too and good tasting but still have 1 week to go! Already planning my meals. I don't want to fail but feel.like I'm going to with my cravings.

[Sabl3r 15]

Yeah I feel like I cheat daily, I'm supposed to be on fulls but I can 100% tolerate soft foods. So I test little things here and there but for the most part keep to the diet. I've done some research and I think my surgeons office is more strict than others. They want 2 weeks fulls, 2 weeks pureed, then 2 weeks soft. There are those grey areas between each where foods can be in more than one catagory. I've just learned to not sweat it and try my best. At least I'm not noshing on crap. If I cheat, it's something like pureed avocado, split pea Soup, Beans etc. I start pureed in a few days, that should be better. I plan to make pureed chicken salad and other meats with sauce. I just want meat already!

[GSDMom 2]

I am 7 days post op. I am on Clear Liquids for two weeks. Clear liquids is rough for me. How many ice pops can someone have? I did the clear miso broth, chicken broth, Jello. I feel like I'm starving. It doesn't seem that other doctors do the two full week of clears. Any ideas of anything else to have?

[sparkles1971 47]

Congrats on the loss! Hunger is evil at times...mashed potato dreams @ 5 days post op at my house. Soon my dream will come true and I hope my new tummy likes mashed potatoes as much as my old one did! Clear fluids are the worst! Always starving on that one but I was allowed protien powder mixed with Water, and that helped. I am still on clear into Wednesday (7days post op). Keep your mind busy, that helps.

Edited May 25, 2015 by Jadyn