New member- banded 30th October 2018

hey I am also new and haven’t had my band yet so cant help you sorry. just wonderiny when are you allowed your first band fill? that should help with hunger so hopefully u can do it soon xx

Hiya!

The post op diet is soooo hard! I was starving 4 days after my surgery!! I did things like homemade cheese and broccoli soups and just made them a little thicker to try to fill me up (add potatoes when cooking).

Try custard and angel delight also for a treat after soup dinners. You can cook a roast dinner and blend it down with stock in a blender till it’s a smooth custard consistency (although it is very hard to cook a roast dinner and not eat it!!). Ice lollies are a godsend also!

Other than that, just keep drinking as much fluid as you can as it helps with the hunger pangs!

Hope these ideas help!! You’ll feel so much better when you can get some mushy food in you!

xxx

Hi Guys. Welcome to BandBoozled!!

It can be so hard on the liquid phase when your hunger comes back – it’s a good sign though – shows all the swelling around the band site is going down and everything is healing.

Make sure you have enough protein on this stage – milk, meal replacements , pouring yoghurt, thin, smooth yoghurts and pulse based soups. Skimmed milk powder can also be added to other liquids to increase the protein content

Have  a good  read through the START section of the site and the liquid info in The Kitchen xx

<p style=”text-align: left;”>i am waiting the surgeon to confirm dates I have asked around the 3rd week of Jan so I start me preop diet after new year 🙂 am a bit nervous tho. am travelling to London for it from Liverpool. my only concern is making sure i dont overdo things during recovery, because I have 3 small children. hopefully they will bring ure fill forward so ya not starving xx</p>

Hi Jennifer. Hopefully you will get a date confirmed soon.

You will need to take it easy after the surgery – usually we say nothing too strenuous for the first 2 weeks. Just take it slow and shout for help when you need it xx

<p style=”text-align: left;”>yeah my mum is takin me. just got my date its the 26th jan :)) my oldest son is 4 he has autism so will not understand at all. it’s more of an issue liftin the younger 2. my partner is gonna take time off work the first week thank god to help out xxx</p>

well you newbies – you may be heavier right now but by god are you beautiful!!!!! Don’t lose sight of that on your journey n good luck from an old timer 🙂 xxx

Thank you ammi 🙂 I think it so hard to get fat out your mind at times. I lost alot of weight before my babies and still looked at myself as big. I look back now and am like wow I wasn’t. so this time am gonna try to get fat out my mind as well as off my body xxx

Aw roll on the 26 th Jan – good luck Jennifer xx