2weeks post op and not filling full ?

[mizzvickie72088 4]

so I'm 2 weeks going on 3 weeks post op, and I'm not feeling full. I'm still on cream Soups and Jello and next week I started my soft foods. For example today for Breakfast I had 3 tablespoons of Greek yogurt and a Protein Shake, then for lunch I had jello and another Protein shake, and then went to Panera and had broccoli cheddar Soup in a bowl size to go and I ate the whole thing and was still kinda hungry. Is this normal , will this change once I start eating my soft foods ? I hope some one that's been through can give me some get advice cause I'm kinda worried

[Proud2BMe 1,016]

liquids go right through you. You will really notice a restriction when you get to solid foods. However, what bothers me is that you should not be hungry at this stage. So maybe you are only having "head hunger" and you may need to learn how to distinguish head hunger from real hunger.

[JamieLogical 8,727]

Unless your stomach or esophagus are very swollen post-op (mine was) liquids pass right through your sleeve. Did you have a barium swallow test for leaks after surgery? If so, you would have seen that the barium passed through your sleeve in a matter of seconds. Liquids don't sit in your stomach long enough to make you feel full.

On top of that, the surgery itself can cause serious trauma to your nerves, making it impossible to get full signals to your brain.

Both of these reasons are why it is INCREDIBLY important to measure your food and eat on a schedule in the early weeks post-op. You CANNOT rely on your body to give you proper signals at all. Please, please, please, weigh and measure your food and make sure you are spacing your "meals" out properly.

[mizzvickie72088 4]

Thank you both for the good advice, this helped me out a lot cause I was starting to think something was wrong with me

[tmcx28 297]

I felt that way too. I definitely do get hungry (real hunger, not head hunger), despite people saying it's impossible. Once I switched to pureed food and was able to eat something with substance I finally felt satisfied. You'll get there!