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    Default Question on post-op hunger

    I just got sleeved Monday! I’m home now and feeling pretty good, but I seem to feel hungry for everything even though My stomach could never take it! Is this normal?



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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    For me it was. I was so disappointed to find that I hadn't lost that feeling but you will soon learn it's "head hunger." Once I started eating pureed food and then when I hit soft food, I experienced fullness so quickly that I didn't experience hunger again for awhile. Now I get a vague hunger feeling around my regular meal times. Learning to eat slowly and understand what "full" and "hungry" really means. Still working on it.

    You may also be experiencing gas that mimics hunger. If your doctor didn't give you a prescription for acid-reducers, you should ask for one. Takes a week or two to kick in but that's also a big issue in the early days.


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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    I never thought of being hungry would be from gas pain!
    I did get prescribed the acid pills..I just don’t want to fail on this cause
    it’s so important to me and I want to loose weight and can’t wait till it happens!



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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    I'll tell you what I tell myself: Relax. Your only job for the first month is to build up to getting your 64oz of water each day and come as close as you can to 60+ g of protein. WAY too soon to worry about failure. Rest, drink, sleep, walk a little. That's what success in the first month looks like. It's an unfolding mystery and each phase brings new discoveries. The only way you could possible fail is to start eating ice cream several times a day. My guess is you'd take a bite or two and your new little tummy would tell you how it feels about all that sugar and dairy.

    At 3 months I am trying very hard to eat more than 800 calories a day. Even saying that boggles my mind. My husband is taking me to a favorite restaurant for dinner tonight, a place that in the past I would have eaten an appetizer, entree, wine, and possibly dessert. Haven't been there since surgery and he laughs about what a cheap date I am now. If I can eat an entire appetizer it's a big night for me.

    Look up the posts from tinman. You'll feel better.


    Beginning weight: 265
    Weight at surgery: 255
    M1: 240 (-15)
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    M4: 221 (-6)
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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    I wasn't at all hungry, but we're all different!

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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    It could be head hunger or stomach acid!
    I found when I forgot to take my pepscid I felt hunger. Hang in there!



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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    Take the antacid Rx. Really. It will help. A lot.



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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    Yep, I'm almost 4 months post op and when the hunger pangs kick in I have a yogurt and a cheese stick and maybe a cracker, keeps me going ok. Your only a few days out so tread easy and give it time.



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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    Yeahhhhh, for me I was hungry till I went onto purees, and then with solids the hunger was all over. I very rarely feel hungry now :-)


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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    Head hunger is very normal. Your brain hasn’t forgot how you used to eat. Also stomach inflammation mimics hunger pains and growling. Important to take your antacid twice a day to help this. If it wasn’t time to eat I’d tell myself your not hungry and distract myself with a walk. Hang in there. It will get easier.
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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    I had heartburn. It can mimic stomach pangs. Take a good antacid. For me the heartburn was off and on for a few months.



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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    Thank you everyone for the words of encouragement!
    Everything you all are saying makes so much more
    sense now!



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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    Quote Originally Posted by Luna354 View Post
    It could be head hunger or stomach acid!
    I found when I forgot to take my pepscid I felt hunger. Hang in there!
    Yes, same for me.

    Further, I experienced big frustration the first month after surgery, I wanted to eat and was craving but as soon as I started eating I was full within 2 spoons. I would say that the head must adapt and it takes some times. But dont worry, once your head has understood, you dont crave for food anymore, and not so strongly!



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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    I had mental hunger. I really wanted to eat even though I really wasn't physically hungry. I actually kind of became obsessed the first few weeks after surgery watching food videos! I would constantly look up food on Pinterest, watch you tube videos of people making food, I mean, it was crazy! Now that I can eat normally, that has gone away



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    Default Re: Question on post-op hunger

    Thanks for posting this. I have binged on Pinterest recipes, too. I look up bariatric stuff, of course, but even that is "vicarious eating" when all I can have is full liquids, haha!



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