Attention Experienced Sleevers

[Readytolose2012 88]

I see a lot of posts from new sleevers about hunger, some saying they have hunger pangs and some saying they are never hungry. Why the difference?

[LaBelle509 326]

I do get hungry.... I don't feel the "OMG I AM STARVING" sensation that I use to have at every meal time lol! I just gently "feel" it's time to eat

[Nate 292]

I know when I was first sleeved I went through a lot of "Head Hunger."

I was so conditioned to eating anything and everything whenever I wanted that my mind, and subconscious were all going "HEY JERK WHERES THE FOOD!?!" even though my body didn't want anything to do with food. Being on a liquid diet for so long after surgery just compounded the problem. And if I was ever around my family while they were eating it was really bad. So I would end up leaving the room and going for a walk or coming here and checking the forum.

With time I was able to overcome the head hunger and now I barely even want to eat and have to set a timer to remind myself its time for my meals or I would end up skipping them. i'm sure others have other experiences, but that's how it was with me.

[AliveAgain 283]

Like Nate, I experienced "head hunger" in the first month after surgery. That's where I wasn't truly hungry, but my emotions missed certain foods. It got better with each passing day.

Now almost 7 months out, I rarely feel hungry like I used to. I used to get wicked cravings for carbs that would literally take over my thinking. Not anymore. But I do get the normal, "Hey, it's time to eat" around lunch or dinner. It's not a ravenous feeling. And while sometimes I definitely want a lot, I still can't eat past 4-5oz of food and I feel full quickly. The only way to overeat is to do slider foods or to munch for hours. So yes, I could eat 1-2 hours after dinner. But no, I don't want to.

[Readytolose2012 88]

Ok. Thats understandable so maybe these people aren't really "hungry" in the sense we are preop? Like I am right now ,starving on day two of liquids!! Actually if I drink enough Water it's not so bad! And I have been off carbs for a while before the liquid stage.