Are you hungry after surgery while on the special diet

[healthysue 0]

I am hoping to have my band done mid July. I am still in the process of going to all of my doctor appointments and having all of my tests. I was wondering after meeting with the nutritionist last week, she let me know that i will need to be on a liquid diet the week prior to surgery and for about 2 weeks after followed by mushies for another 2 weeks. Then puree for 2 more weeks. This really scares me. How hard is it to do this. After all I need to get this band because i can't seem to control my eating to begin with. Please someome let me know how hard this is so i can prepare myself.

Higest weight 233

current weight 227

Oh what i really want to be is 130

[pearlygirl 1]

I'm only 5 days out but not hungry at all. I am on full liquids and things like yogurt or cream Soup sit with me for a long time(think brick sitting in your stomach). I realize I am still healing but so far so good. I actually have to remember to eat so that I can get a decent amount of water/protein in.

[Wheetsin 714]

I wasn't hungry at all for the first few days. 2 or 3. Then I hit a day where I was "starving" (obviously I really wasn't) and almost panicked because it seemed impossible to feel full on what I could eat. That lasted about a day and a half, and then it was easy going. To date, I could count on a hand and a half the number of times I've felt "true" hunger. Despite that one moment of panic, I pretty much lost my appetite on the pre-op diet, and it never really came back.

[LynneB 0]

I am 11 days post op. So far I am not hungry at all. What is getting to me is not having anything to crunch or chew. I am so sick of eating meals that are drinkable. I desperately want some hard pretzels!! But I know its all mental & I am strong enough to beat the cravings. Luckily I can move on to pureed/mushies today so hopefully that will help the need to chew. As far as hunger goes, I have to force myself to eat & drink & I feel super full after 1/2 a can of cream Soup or 1/2 a packet of cream of wheat. I have no fill yet.

[~Sheila~ 0]

Hey there...Congrats on your surgery date.

I will say that post op, It wasnt until day 5 or 6, that i was starving.

My dr had me on liquids for 4 long weeks. Then went to pureed. However, I was on a liquid diet for 10 days prior to my surgery and that was 100 times worse than post op.

Good luck, you can do this.

[~Sheila~ 0]

oh, and regarding the crunch? I know this might sound lame but what i did was put get an ice tray or two and fill them up with Crystal light and just chew them when they were frozen.

And I KNOW a lot of people will flame me for this, but I also got sugar free peppermint candy and sucked on those. Not a lot, but just like 2 or 3 a day.

Good luck !

[cameroncapt 0]

I am 10 days post op and still have not had any hunger, I am only eating about 4oz of Soup a day, about a 1/2c diluted apple juice, 6oz total of Unjury, Water. It has been good so far. I found my two weeks pre-op liquid diet hard, I did cheat a little, and I was ok, I lost 13lbs in two weeks and I wonder just how much more I may have lost if I had not cheated! Good Luck!

[healthysue 0]

Congratulations countingthedays it sure was an uphill battle for you.

Thank you everyone for taking the time to respond to my questions, your answers did help me.

Sue

[bbaby24 0]

By the third day I was starving like crazy. I kept on calling the nurse for her to reassure me. I couldnt do the milk diet for the pre-op, i did the 1000 calories counted diet instead, I cldnt bear the whole drinking milk and yougurt thing.

Guess its different for everybody