Surgery was 7/21/17, I'm hungry!

A FERAL CAT!!!! BAHAHAHAHAH!!!! that made my day.

LOL

I don't remember exactly when, but I remember being so excited for oatmeal. Yep. Oatmeal. No sweetener, just milk to make it runnier. I loved it, mostly because it wasn't jello or pudding.

Haha Feral cat! I'm still laughing.

You already received some sound advice but I wanted to offer support. Hope today is better-you can do this!

Thanks for the encouragement. I chewed my calcium chew and had half a tsp of peanut butter... Felt so good. I actually slept all night as well. Woke up not hungry.

Laurel

use extreme caution with PB on a spoon. It is a trigger food for MANY of us on this board. ME INCLUDED.

I generally cant stop until I've eaten at least 2 tablespoons worth. it is super high in calories and sometimes sugar.

I did measure the pb. It's not a real go to snack but I've had diabetes and used it on occasion when I'd get light headed which I've been. Honestly in the past I'd just stick a tablespoon in and pull it out heaping. I have no sugar added high protein on that's why I didn't think it would be too bad. I also found if I eat the calcium chews slow it's like eating candy.

I'm still a little hungry but no strange cravings which I do realize are head hunger.

Thanks for all the support to all.

Laurel

This much peanut butter -- it's not even a taste...

Hardly seems worth disregarding your surgeon's plan. I was an insulin dependent diabetic, too. I know all the excuses to feed head hunger.

Thanks for that visual Kat. It's actually pretty important to be able to see this - we justify all kinds of measurements in our minds. I was going to take a picture of my own measuring spoon but was too stinking lazy.

I'm going to be direct and blunt here and hope I don't inadvertently come off as rude or mean.

Is peanut butter on your surgeons' post op eating plan for so early out? Aren't you still on liquids? How do you know it was 1/2 of a teaspoon? Did you actually measure?

Because I did. I got out my measuring spoons, mainly because I thought I'd mis-read your post. One half of a teaspoon of anything will fit on the tip of your tongue. IF that was an actual, measured amount it had nothing (and I mean ZERO) to do with your sleeping through the night or what have you. That's a dangerous connection to make anyway; it almost ensures eating peanut butter, or other forbidden foods, before bedtime anytime you suffer from insomnia.

Of course it's all academic if your diet hasn't yet advanced beyond the liquid stage.

Those first few days and weeks are hard. For everybody post op. They just are. But you can do hard things. And you can even do hard things when you're hungry and not sleeping well. Please don't deviate from your surgeon's post op diet instructions. It seems difficult right now to stick to the surgeon's schedule and advance your intake accordingly. It will be even more difficult to go back to that schedule when you've already given yourself permission to disregard it.

Having been here on OH almost nine years I've seen pretty much everything. Those that struggle most with following the post op eating plans are many times those who are wondering why they've stopped losing weight after six months. Or who come back a year or so later having regains substantial enough to justify revisions. I don't want that for you or for anyone.

Do yourself a favor. White-knuckle it if you have to but please stay on your plan. For your own sake. Your health and success are worth way more than an even a taste of things you aren't supposed to be eating.

You can do this. And I hope you do.

Excellent post! I hope the OP takes what you said to heart and buckles down. The first few weeks are hard, but it gets so much better when you can get to real food. Stay strong OP!!!