Hello ppl Ive got band on 10/1/07 and Im starying to feel more and more normal wish is good but Im starting to get hungry and I notice that Im able to eat everything that ppl say that I they cant eat could some one tell me if this normal and not why do I feel this way.

I also had my surgery on the 1st and just in the last few days I have really had to use all my will power to keep from cheating!! I don not feel
the restriction that I had before. I am determined not to give in though.
I have an appointment on the 19th of November to get my 1st fill so I just need to hold out until then.

Holli

I know how you feel - right now I can eat everything I did before banding on 10/3. I haven't tried everything (no candy chips, tough meat, lettuce or peanut butter) I just have to eat slower and chew things up more. No vomiting but i felt like it a couple of times. I am worried cause i have only lost 14 lbs. It been a while since I have been to this site but it seems like everyone else is doing better than I am.

I feel the same. I haven't tried too many things, but I have tried eating different meats. Like tonight, I had pulled pork. It was very tender, and I chewed the crap out of it. I've had tuna, steak, chicken, but all of it has been shredded or cut VERY small, and I chewed lots. So far nothing has bothered me at all. No pain or discomfort. I have found that protien helps with the hunger. If I eat a scrambled egg in the morning, I'm fine until past lunch. A yogurt, and I'm ready for lunch around 10am. As far as not losing a lot of weight, I've only lost 15 lbs, and I was also banded on the 3rd. I quit losing when I moved to mushies. After 3 weeks of liquids (including pre-op), I think my body is saying, "Yeah food. I think I'm going to keep it, because she may decide not to feed me again." I think that once our bodies get used to the fact that it is actually going to start getting some nutrition again, the weight should start to fall off again.

I can't wait until I get my first fill on Nov. 6th. I feel like I can eat anything. I haven't tried chicken or steak yet, but geez, I feel like I've eaten everything else!

I hear you. I'm in the same boat but didn't even try not to eat and stay on the mushies. I've eaten bread with peanut butter, corn chips. All the stuff I shouldn't.

I read a post by WASabubblebutt yesterday that refocused my attention and have gone back to stage 1 on the liquids again. I'm going to have to rely on willpower, which I have little of to get through this next month till my first fill.

From what I've read here there seems to be 2 groups those that have a lot of restriction and sometimes too much after surgery and those of us that feel they can eat anything. I can't wait till I'm at the right level of restriction.