Banded on Saturday and I AM HUNGRY

[mia_72797 0]

Just wondering if anyone has had this problem. I was banded on sat, sun i came home and today monday I"M HUNGRY... the Protein Shakes arent really cutting it anymore.. the Soup the tea, the propel still leaves my tummy growling...

what should i do>?? :rolleyes2:

[ahb08 0]

Hey mia...i know how u feel...i was banded on 6/19 and was hungry pretty much the next day...i basically fought it b/c of the fact that i was in soo much pain, and that is what encouraged me to no cheat. I did have a slice of turkey 4 days post op....unfortunately u will have to fight it...i mean u can try some real good broths but i dont know what u like...i actually had nothing but Jello, sugar free fudgesicles and some homemade asian style beef broth that i loved even before the band...but once day 5 came i started eating things like turkey slices but it would be one small slice every 4 hours or something and i had a few grapes here and there ....i was sooo hungry the only pain i still had by day five was port pain from the heals of the port being stitched on my abdominal walls..but i didnt have any dizzy or nausea feelings after day 4....now im pretty much back on semi solid foods.....and i have no restriction so im having to battle with self discipline right now...and it sucks. My doc's orders do allow me to proceed with semi solids and mushies after 7 days so im just trying to stick with good choices.....lots of veggies like spinach...i had shrimp, shredded beef with veggies and half of a bunless sandwhich with lettuce in place of the bread more like a lettuce wrap...those are the few things i have been eating since i have been back to regular foods..

I hope things get better for u and u get the feeling that ur aiming for aswell as im wishing for myself too.....