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HeatherA    1

HeatherA
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OMG... I want real food!!!! I'm on the end of day two of my pre-op Meal Replacement diet. I have 4 more days to get through before I get banded next Tuesday. I keep reading about people eating real food. My son just made some pizza bites, my daughter just talked about pizza delivery, commercials show pictures of edible items and OMG I want to EAT!

It's really hard dealing with my head hunger and knowing that it will be 5 weeks before I can even start to try to eat real food. I would be so happy with just a bite of this, or a bite of that... but I promised myself that I would not cheat on myself during this stage and I'm praying that after banding I'll not even care about eating... but OMG I am so hungry! I want to eat... I want a burger, I want a banana, I want peanut butter... I just want anything I can get my hands on! I do not know how anyone survives on liquid diets... I need real food!

AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Yeah...been there done that. It will be hard but don't get discouraged by the time you know it, you will be eating again. The two weeks after surgery were the worse for me. I was banded on November 13th, 2007.

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I'm on day 1, 2nd shake (lunch), and already panicking with 2 full weeks ahead! And 4 weeks after that for post op.

Keep hanging on strong! You will be glad you did. I admire your determination not to get off track! :clap2:

I have a 15 year old son who still has to eat! Much like your kids! That makes it hard. I will refuse to order pizza though!:scared: That would be too much of a temptation. He can get pizza 2x a week at school, so he can get his pizza fix there!

Good luck! Your surgery will be here before you know it!

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raya    0

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I was banded on the 11th and could barely get anything down for the first 3 days and felt bloated and full. Today I feel great, gas pains are gone, bloating is pretty much gone, but now I'm getting hungry. It's going to be a tough 10 additional days... I can't wait to go back to work on Monday, hopefully being busy will help keep my mind off of food.

Good Luck December 07 Banders!

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jennid42    0

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hi Raya

I was banded on 6/12/07 and am stugling with the liquid diet, especially when the family eat in front of me. I think most of it is in my head but i am looking forward to starting puree diet which will be on Christmas day. I too am going back to work on Monday and hope this will get my mind off food as well.

jenny

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Teresajo    0

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Water has been my best friend starting pre-op. I set the kitchen timer when I'm home and have a timer from the dollar store in my purse. I set then for thirty minutes and drink as much as I can comfortably. It helps with my head hunger.

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        We have to remember that everyone moves at their own pace. For some it may be harder to adjust, people may have other factors at play that feed into the unhealthy relationship with food e.g. eating disorders, trauma. I'd hope those who you are referring to address this outside of this forum, with a professional.


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