I hear you. Kinda on the same page with your feelings right now. I am just going to have to go to bed earlier too. Can't wait til I finally reach the stage where I am eating a regular diet. 2 wks postop right now and just starting pureed phase....

I was lucky to be on pureed right out of the hospital. I will be a month out on Thursday and I am allowed to go to soft food. I am not too sure how much better that will be. LOL Keep up the great work and I am sure once you get on pureed food, you will begin to feel better. Once I was able to actually get some food in (even pureed) I began re-learning my body and it's hunger signs and fullness signs. I'm still not great at figuring out how full I am, but I'm getting better. LOL

I am exactly like you tmorgan! I stay up late so I have more time to get hungry after dinner. I truly am hungry again about three hours after dinner. It is not head hunger at all...my stomach will actually growl and I will have trouble falling asleep because I really am hungry. My nutritional plan has me eating three small meals and two snacks. What works best for me, is saving that last snack for the hunger after dinner. It's never anything big and it's usually protein and I'm losing fine so far, so I will continue with my late night snack!

I remember when I first starting feeling the same way. And I agree with you, it wasn't head hunger. At only 3 ounces capacity, imagine your stomach from 6:00pm-7:00am. That's a long time to have an empty stomach. I would eat a sugar free Popsicle and that would satisfy me. I ate a lot of those in the first 2 months. tmorgan813, I sure enjoy reading your humor.

I'm a morning person so if I was up and awake at 9 p.m. that would be a giant shock to my system I think "night time" people have to adjust their eating to accomodate their hours otherwise you will remain unhappy (and hungry).

Eat 3 meals & have a light snack in between... I have multi-grain crackers & cheese. I try not to eat a snack to close to bed or I feel like I'm gonna throw up. My Dr. says 5 to 6 SMALL meals... or drink a small protein shake to get you through the hunger... Good luck.

Also...myfitnesspal.com is great for tracking your food & calories,protein, etc... I'm Doreykn on there.

I am experiencing the same thing because I tend to be a night owl. When I get home from work I am hungry - but thinking of having a cup of soup to hold me over and then have dinner around 7:30, then if I really get hungry later just have a SF jello with light cool whip or a cup of diet hot chocolate. Wondering if having one of my protein shakes later in the evening might help. I have to work this out, I don't want to get off track!!

Well, I advise everyone to do this...stay away from artificial sweetners. I honestly think they create a sense of hunger and I think it is just poison. I also recommend eating 5-6-7 small meals throughout the day rather than 3 meals. Who ever said we need to eat three meals a day...and we all followed it...had us all bamboozled. If you really need to jump across the counter and have at it with some chicken...go ahead and do it. However, I bet once you do or once you eat more than you can handle, you won't do it again or you will learn soon not to do it - as you will likely get the nasty slimming and need to throw it up. I often think I can eat more than I am, but when I go 'past that point' I definitely pay for it - either lots of burping or I have to throw it up. So, learning to eat real small portions several times throughout the day is key for me. I've also had some evening cravings and I find that it I do a little protein, it usually goes away. I've been doing a couple spoonfuls of hummus at night to squelch that sort of craving.

I swear I have to relearn how and how much to eat every day.

That is my two cents.

Three meals a day isnt enough, aim for 5-6 small ones, it really does work. I am 12 weeks out today and I seem to be eating all the time...and keeping my body from getting hungry. Best of luck to you.