Day 2 Post Op And.. Hungry?

[Wisdom2KnowTheDifference 32]

I just woke up in the middle of the night and I think I feel hungry... I was on all Clear Liquids day before surgery, surgery 9/4, and all clear liquids yesterday. I am supposed to be on clears until next tuesday according to my case manager. I am drinking Isopure for 40-50mg protein/day.

Just wondering if this is a common experience and if the hunger passes? I don't know how i'm going to make it till tuesday. Thanks,

[NWgirl 574]

I was hungry on day three, but it's very important that you continue the Clear Liquids. Make sure to drink all of your Protein and if you are feeling hungrier, drink some more. Also, sometimes being dehydrated can feel like your hungry, so make sure you are drinking enough liquids in general.

[Krussell19 217]

I see you wrote you think you are hungry... just because you now have a band Doesnt mean your head has chamges they didn't reset your brain. Although that would be so helpful! Lol We have all had problems with obesity and over eating that's how we got here!!

I promise you will be just fine your head is just stickin to old habits. it takes a little time to adjust to the change. It took me a while to know when I was really hungry or if I was still just thinking I should be eating because that's what I normally would have been doing.

[Kime-lou 648]

I had the same problem. I made it until day 5 and I was dying. I was drinking my Protein, but it wasn't raising my surgar level. I was having fainting spells. I called my nutritionist and she told me to try very thin applesauce or plain yogurt - just a little bit - that really helped me. But I would recommend you speak to your doctor or nutritionist about it if it gets to bad.

[Mayasgram 351]

Operative words here was I think..... it is not your head that dictates hunger in thin people it is their stomach and you will be surprised at how little it needs to feel full.

In people with weight issues they think they are hungry, they think they might get hungry so they eat........... They eat because it's time , they eat everyone else is eating, they eat because they are sad, they eat because they are happy and on and on.

You h ave been given an opportunity to meet and learn your own body on a different level............. learn to listen to it, learn to love it by giving it what it needs .. not what you THINK it needs. In time when success is part of your life you will know what your body is telling you.