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Hello everyone. I had my VSG done on 12/21/15 so I am 11 days post op. For the first week everything was pretty good. Of course Christmas was hard and I wanted to eat like everyone else but was able to refrain. I moved on to thicker liquids this week and I feel like I am hungry all the time! I want to be able to chew something!! All of these liquids are becoming nauseating. When will the cravings stop? I'm afraid I am going to fail at this because my urges will win. I have heard about people who have to set their alarm to remind themselves to eat. Does anyone else do this? Anyone else having and issue with head hunger that can give me pointers?

My doctor gave me hot chocolate packets that have protein added. He also said I could have sugar free hot chocolate and could add unflavored protein powder. I wasn't a fan of the 2nd option.

I had my VSG done on 12/21/15. I spent one night in the hospital. At the time I thought that was great but now I wish I had stayed another night. For the most part I feel fine. I tired very easily the first few days but that is getting better every day. I have one incision that is still very painful. It is the main site where my excess stomach was removed so I expected it to be sore longer; but not this long. I was so glad when I hit week two and could start drinking protein shakes and could have thicker soups! I'm still dealing with cravings and what I'm told is head hunger. I'm hoping that will begin to fade soon. I've read it takes about 30 for your gherlin levels to drop and you will have to remind yourself to eat. I hope that is the case because at this point I feel the only thing that is keeping me from eating bad stuff or over eating are the surgical restrictions. I am so looking forward to eating something I can actually chew. . I have averaged 2lbs of weight loss the last few days. I'm down 10 pounds in 8 days....that's after a 9lb weight gain in the hospital from all the fluids....so I'm excited about that.