Dr. Baker's patients?
I had my surgery done on July 16th (4 weeks tomorrow) and am going in for my first fill on August 19th.(next Tuesday). I am supposed to only eat 2 TBS of mushies 3 times a day and just drink in between. I am starving! I am trying to eat that amount but sometimes it is just so hard. I am drinking protein shakes in between but at meal time it is so hard to eat such a small amount. I am trying hard because I don't want Dr. Baker to be upset with me when I go see him. Did anyone else have this experience??? I am also having a hard time getting in 40 minutes of exercise a day. I am beginning to wonder why I even did this.... 
We all have a little buyer's remorse the first week or two. I'd say that some of that might be head hunger. But, it is getting close to your fill date and you might just be experiencing real hunger. I'd force myself to stick to the plan and see how it goes after your fill. I had the rny and we don't really have that hunger. Or I didn't. I, in fact, had to force myself to eat and sometimes still do.
I think most of us have a little buyer's remorse immediately post-op. I read about it before hand, so I expected mine. When it came, since I had researched it before hand, I didn't worry it would stay around long and it didn't.
As far as the hunger and eating such small amounts...
I had RNY and I didn't have any physical hunger. There were times when I would just WANT to eat (head hunger) because I was eating so little that I didn't feel normal. But I got through that too (which gets easier and easier since you get to eat more than 2 tbsp of food after the IMMEDIATE post-op).
With the band, I figure it's so important to eat that small an amount in the immediate post-op because the band and stomach are healing where the placed it. If you eat too much and that stomach bloats up and pushes on that band... well that can't be good and could probably hurt you. So don't think of it in terms of Dr. Baker being upset with you. Think of it in terms of "I have to eat this small an amount to keep my stomach from getting too big and pressing outward on that band until everything heals properly in there." Maybe that will help you?
(Sorry I'm trying to help but I don't know that much about band really. Although I did recently go to Dr. Baker's seminar with my mom and got to see the video of one being placed and hear what he had to say about it again. So I remember a little bit of that.)
Wen
As far as the hunger and eating such small amounts...
I had RNY and I didn't have any physical hunger. There were times when I would just WANT to eat (head hunger) because I was eating so little that I didn't feel normal. But I got through that too (which gets easier and easier since you get to eat more than 2 tbsp of food after the IMMEDIATE post-op).
With the band, I figure it's so important to eat that small an amount in the immediate post-op because the band and stomach are healing where the placed it. If you eat too much and that stomach bloats up and pushes on that band... well that can't be good and could probably hurt you. So don't think of it in terms of Dr. Baker being upset with you. Think of it in terms of "I have to eat this small an amount to keep my stomach from getting too big and pressing outward on that band until everything heals properly in there." Maybe that will help you?
(Sorry I'm trying to help but I don't know that much about band really. Although I did recently go to Dr. Baker's seminar with my mom and got to see the video of one being placed and hear what he had to say about it again. So I remember a little bit of that.)
Wen
Sorry, I forgot to talk about exercise.
It doesn't have to be 40 minutes all at once. You can break it up through the day.
Everyone brushes their teeth in the morning. Why not walk in place while you brush? (I seriously had a PCP tell me once that the only "time" they had to exercise was when they were doing other things. She walked in place while she did dishes every night, etc.)
It doesn't have to be 40 minutes all at once. You can break it up through the day.
Everyone brushes their teeth in the morning. Why not walk in place while you brush? (I seriously had a PCP tell me once that the only "time" they had to exercise was when they were doing other things. She walked in place while she did dishes every night, etc.)
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