Question about hunger after being sleeved

juzmejnee · July 22, 2011

I was sleeved on June 23rd. And eat about 3-4oz each meal. I have like half a yogurt for snack, or a hard boiled egg. I track everything i eat at myfitnesspal.com and seem to be under 700 calories everyday, and my carbs remail pretty low. My question is, i still seem to be hungy. I am on a PPI, and take it everyday. I read that the ghrelin hormone takes a few weeks / months to be out of your system. So im wondering will i have less hunger as i go along? Im afraid that if i still have this hunger, and our tummys stretch over time, i will eventually gain weight. Anyone ever go through this, and stopped feeling hungry at like 6 months post op or something ( please say yes!) thank you

kellyw74 · July 23, 2011

I was always starving before surgery and prayed and prayed that this would be resolved for me post-op. I was so sad when I was still hungry at 7-8 weeks after surgery. I too take a PPI everyday and have for 8 years. I just felt so defeated.

Alot of folks on here talk about false hunger from acid and I mentioned it to my surgeon and he said it was bolonga!! I took it upon my self to get some Prilosec OTC and try it insead of my Nexium. It took about 17 days of taking it befor I noticed a difference, but I seriously can tell a HUGE difference in my hunger now and I have been taking it for about a month now.

I still get hungry, but I am not STARVING all of the time like before. If I go 5-6 hours without eating, my stomach will tell me, but I don't growl all damn day like before.

I got my primary dr. to give me a prescription for the Prilosec because it is cheaper than buying it over the counter and I am now taking it everyday instead of the Nexium. If you can, get some Prilosec and try it. If it works have your surgeon switch you.

Good luck!

Kelly