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Does your matabolism slow down? Like, even a year or more after your weight has stabilized?!?

That is because the candy, and chips, and snack food, and fast-food, and soda industry are big bucks! If they (the powers that be) can push the idea that it is your own fault then they have no responsibility and can keep racking in big bucks! Imagine a factory was fluding the air with toxic chemicals. People were getting cancer... Not everyone, just some people... And it was getting to be more and more.... Soon a third of everyone was getting cancer from breathing the poison air. But the company pushed the idea that cancer is a choice. So they can keep polluting. And the crazy thing was people believed them. Even the sick people would hold their breath or wear a gass mask when out doors... and assume their cancer would go into remission on it's own.

@@CowgirlJane How MUCH does your hunger return? Are you just hungry at or maybe a little befote meal times like a normal, not dieting person, (who makes smart choices and is naturally thin) or are you "kinda hungry all the time but not as bad as dieting without sleeve" How is SATIETY? How long are you full between meals? Do protine shakes keep you feeling satisfied? Before sleeve were you obese your whole like? Does one piece of cake on someone's birthday leave you craving cake and junk for a week?

Also: Can you stop "slider foods" from sliding by, say, eating a bite of chicken? Like (this might sound weird, I know nothing about it) say you want a muffin top but want to stop yourself going overboard and wanna make sure it lasts till your next meal... Could a bite of protoine act as... I dunno. A plug?

So, from what I hear from people years into it: you DO get hungrier as time goes on? Does your body learn to make more ghrelin or are your hungry empty fat cells sending the starvation signal to make you eat more? I can see a problem of "getting lazy and instead of counting out 17 potatoe chips for a serving you take "a handful" and then it becomes "a large handful" and then it's "a bowl" and then it's a bag... And then you're at costco buying the big box with 30 smaller bags and you're in BIG trouble now because you have 30 bags of chips on your house!!! I can see that happening. That is where diligence and being mindful and learning new habits is important... But it is not what I am afraid of. From what people have said I am afraid that you eat 1 egg, 1 piece of bacon, and a slice of tomato for Breakfast and feel full and energized all morning.... ...until suddenly a few years down the road you just DON'T. One day it just doesn't cut it anymore and you're hungry before lunch.... You HAVE to up it to 2 eggs (or whatever is the step up from where you have been) or you'll be hungry before your next meal. Your eating hasn't changed but now it's not enough any more, and/or (even worse) now you gain on the same food! Is this what happens? Or is it more like the less scary (but still a genuine problem!) chip scenario?