cokeguy223

Hey guys, hoping you can help me out. So I'm just over two years post-op. While I have lost a lot of weight, I have plateaued, but I mostly think it is my fault and I'm a little bit worried. For the past 6-7 months I have been eating too much. I haven't necessarily been forcing food down my throat, but I've definitely overate a bit on many of my meals, and I've had more meals in general. I started seeing a personal trainer and he got me tracking my food. I've been eating on average 1800 calories a day and this has kept my weight stagnant, but I still have more to lose. Tracking my food was great for me because I can really see where I went wrong and how to fix it. So here's the problem, 5 days ago I decided to get 100% back on track with a proper post-op diet. But I have noticed I am getting hungry a LOT. My stomach is constantly yelling at me for more food. I started supplementing a small protein snack in between meals (and eating less on my main meals) to help keep the hunger under control, and it has helped but I am really worried. Have I caused permanent damage to my pouch? Stretched it out and now my stomach won't tolerate less food? So I'm curious about other people in my situation post-op. Do you guys experience hunger? I don't remember ever experiencing it before I started eating poorly, or if I did certainly not like this. If I messed up my pouch, is it permanent? Also, after researching this a little bit I have found something called a "pouch reset" diet, is this something you guys would recommend for my situation? I'm really worried that I'm going to be hungry for the rest of my life if I start eating properly again because I stretched my pouch or something -_-. Thanks