Re: Please tell me I'm not the worst WLS patient ever -

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Your appetite doesn't seem to be common for patients so soon after

surgery but it does happen. You are probably having what they

call " head hunger " . I think you've taken the right step by

realizing right away that you are not using your new " tool "

correctly. WLS is a tool to help us lose weight but it doesn't work

automatically. We need to take control of our eating habits

immediately. Most of us started out with liquid and/or soft foods

right after surgery. I'm surprised that you are already eating a

biscuit. I would strongly suggest you contact your surgeon or

nutrionist about your food requirements. I know that most of us

emphasize protein first because it helps maintain nutrition and

SATISFIES our appetite. Protein will give you a sense of fullness

quicker than anything. Are you getting much protein in? Like I

said before, its a good thing you are trying to nip your overeating

in the bud, but I would refer back to your doctors orders for your

eating since its been less than a week since your surgery.

Keep us posted and hang in there!

Bridget Northam

> I had an RNY Lap on Friday. I feel pretty good - almost no pain

now -

> but I can eat way more than the 2 oz limit - like 4 to 5 oz -

> without feeling full at all.

>

> Also - I have the huge Carbohydrate cravings - and (I know - very,

> very bad!) ate almost a whole biscuit with honey today. (Along

with

> a piece of sugar free chocolate.) I didn't have much of a

reaction -

> just felt a little too full - like after Thanksgiving.

>

> So - help! I can't stand eating jell-o anymore! Did I do

something

> that made my stomach too big? Am I the biggest weenie ever? Any

> ideas for getting over the carbohydrate cravings? Are there any

carbs

> I can eat? Why can I eat so much? Where did I get my DNA

anyway?

> (I have 4 stick-thin sisters so I don't think I'm related.)

>

> Thanks for the help

>

[Guest guest]

You don't feel full because your pouch is new and healing. If you

continue, you will stretch it and it won't matter anyways. You have to

stop or this will have all been for nothing. You won't stretch ot in a

week. They have pre-op diets for a reason.. if you continue to overeat,

you can pop your pouch, and then you have a leak and you can die. It's

not worth it.

marchmatron wrote on 5/13/2004, 1:27 AM:

> I had an RNY Lap on Friday. I feel pretty good - almost no pain now -

> but I can eat way more than the 2 oz limit - like 4 to 5 oz -

> without feeling full at all.

>

> Also - I have the huge Carbohydrate cravings - and (I know - very,

> very bad!) ate almost a whole biscuit with honey today. (Along with

> a piece of sugar free chocolate.) I didn't have much of a reaction -

> just felt a little too full - like after Thanksgiving.

>

> So - help! I can't stand eating jell-o anymore! Did I do something

> that made my stomach too big? Am I the biggest weenie ever? Any

> ideas for getting over the carbohydrate cravings? Are there any carbs

> I can eat? Why can I eat so much? Where did I get my DNA anyway?

> (I have 4 stick-thin sisters so I don't think I'm related.)

>

> Thanks for the help

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