two weeks post op

 I was banded a few weeks ago and have started solid but soft food.  All of a suddend I am starving and over eating.  I can't wait for my first fill.   I am anxious to feel some restriction.  Is this normal?  Will the restriction feel different? 

try and stay focus and on ur surgeons plan. r u taking ur vitamins, proteins and water? try and keep ur body on a regiment!!!
good luck

 thanks

 Not blowing you out, but go back and look at old threads with titles like

Newly banded and hungry
2 weeks post op and starving
Bandster Hell
Shoud I be hungry three weeks post op.

Docs should tell patients that the vast majority feel no restriction until after several ills.

Kate

While many are not hungry at all I was famished from day 1. With each change in what foods I was allowed to eat I was good for a while but then, far from the next phase I would be starving again. I hate saying this, but I had to decide that I would do whatever it took to succeed and if that meant being hungry for a time, so be it. During that time I did allow myself frequent snacks, about every 2 hours, of some small amount of protein. Nothing else.

When you get to solid food it will be better, but you have to remember you may not get that sense of satiety until after several fills. This is called Banster Hell, and yes, it really is. This is the part where you hang on by your fingernails and say, "I have held on this far so I can make it one more day, or one more hour". You will gain real strength to continue on your journey by hanging in there.

With that being said, I did not suffer silently. I griped, complained, and whined. But, I made it! You can too. I still whine a lot when I have to do liquids for 2 days after a fill, and yes, it is nearly unbearable, however, the benefits make it worthwhile.

Good luck, and know that we who have gone before are rooting for you.