Hunger Issues

[blaqk 0]

Hey guys,

I dont get sleeved until April, but I wanted to try and do two weeks of Optifast now so that I could A) lose some weight now and :thumbup: see what it will be like when I have to do it for real. Anyway my question is, I've been following it for today (three of the mousse's and two cups of veggies), and I am so hungry. Does it get easier? The hunger sort of comes and goes, but I'm hoping someone might have some tips for fighting it?

[bigtex52 0]

blaqk, kudos to you for wanting to jumpstart the process and lose some weight now. Unfortunately, following a liquid diet now won't bear much resemblance to what you will do then. Part of the benefit of having a sleeve done is removal of the fundus of your stomach, the part that produces ghrellin (which produces the hunger sensations in your stomach). Any hunger I have experienced since surgery is 90% head hunger, which is seeing someone eating, or seeing or smelling food etc. and then feeling hungry. My pre-op diet hunger was waaaayy worse than the hunger I experience after surgery.

Still, every pound that you lose between now and then will make surgery easier and will be that much more that you don't have to lose later. You'll do fine.

Good luck!