When Will I Not Be Hungry?

[ME123 39]

Okay, I have been reading all these posts about how people aren't hungry and tastes have changed and you just don't want to eat. Well, my tastes have stayed the same, I'm getting all my liquid in, really I am, I just want to know when it is that I won't want food anymore. I feel like I haven't even had surgery, if I didn't have incisions on my stomach I would think I'm still the same person as before surgery. I also take my ppi everyday, so its not thirst nor is it lack of ppi, so what gives?

[SleeveShelly 75]

I can't wait to see what people reply to this post. I am the same way. I was sleeved in 9/12 and I have never felt like I have had surgery. I have been starving all weekend and it is like I just want to eat!!! And I have are terrible all weekend so far. I want this so bad but I don't know what my problem is with food!!! Yikes

[lizv123 389]

Okay' date=' I have been reading all these posts about how people aren't hungry and tastes have changed and you just don't want to eat. Well, my tastes have stayed the same, I'm getting all my liquid in, really I am, I just want to know when it is that I won't want food anymore. I feel like I haven't even had surgery, if I didn't have incisions on my stomach I would think I'm still the same person as before surgery. I also take my ppi everyday, so its not thirst nor is it lack of ppi, so what gives? [/quote']

Some people don't have such drastic changes. They crave and taste things the same, can only eat smaller portions.

[kczar 166]

How often are you taking your ppi? I took it twice a day plus Tums as needed in the first month. Is it possible that you're feeling head hunger? I've rarely felt actual hunger but I know there were times when I really felt like I should be eating. You'll also start feeling more satisfaction once you are able to eat solid foods.

I hope it gets better for you. Hang in there. You'll do great.

[mistyw 14]

I feel the same way. ;(

[bkz3 17]

Glad I'm not alone in my feelings, I was sleeved 10/2 and feel the same way. One question, what does ppi mean? I do pretty well with my liquids, but somedays I only get in about half of what I need to. I know for hunger and cravings it doesn't make any difference if I get in all my liquids or not though. I have a friend that had the surgery done a year ago, and she used to LOVE sweets, especially cake. Now she says she could care less, and things she used to love are actually too sweet for her. I haven't gotten to a point yet where I could even try to eat that kind of stuff, but I sure do crave it, and a lot of other things I used to love to eat. I knew this wasn't going to be a "magic" fix, but from what I read on here, I sure hoped I'd have less of the cravings and hunger then I do.

[Butterthebean 8,146]

Where are you on your post op diet? For me, I was starving on the liquid phase. I started feeling better once I got to solid foods. Plus, the foods you eat play a role in hunger as well. When I first started eating again, I was eating mashed potatoes, grits and macaroni and cheese regularly because they were on my soft foods list. But those are all starches and simple carbs and they only increased my hunger. I switched to chili and egg salad because they are all Protein. It made a huge difference. The farther away I get from those starch eating days the more control I have over cravings and hunger.

I still get hungry and I have always felt like I had a higher than normal capacity for food post op. But now I can predict when I'm going to be hungry because it's very consistent. It's also not overwhelming. I feel it, but if its not meal time or I'm not near food, I'm okay.

[delta_girl 931]

Two PPIs a day made a huge difference for me. 1 Prevacid in the morning and a Protonix in the late afternoon or evening. What I thought was a lot of hunger was actually stomach acid and gas. I also notice that, just as others have stated, more carbs makes you want more carbs.

[Gig 27]

I was sleeved on 10/11/12 and I could care less to ever eat. I make myself but I can't eat more than 1/4-1/2 cup of anything and that is pushing it. Things don't taste the same. I was a big Water drinker but now it tasted like metal.

[newgrandmother 725]

i stopped the ppi, wasnt doing anything. how often do you eat i eat every 2 hrs its not head hunger im actually hungry. im now 6 weeks going into week 7 and finally im not as hungry. i had startcy food one time that was rice. i eat all veggies and fruit with protien i had to stop the protien supplements because i was getting way to many protien over a 100 grams a day. so my nut said to stop them. so i know it wasnt because i wasnt getting protien.

we eat so little and it goes away so fast in our tummys. just keep drinking and making sure you get the Protein you will be fine.

[newgrandmother 725]

wait i lied i eat flourless bread with my turkey for lunch one slice toasted

[Getting There 198]

I've been struggling with hunger too.

Are you getting enough Protein? Getting in 60+ gr/day will help with the hunger. But it may not eliminate it Also having 3 planned meals and 2 Protein based snacks/day might help.

Antacids &/or PPI's may - or may not - help as well.

This may help too; it's a cut/paste from a similar comment. The first part is someone else's response to a comment similar to yours. My response starts with "I'm going to have to disagree......"

I am not hungry. You will not be hungry as they remove the part of the stomach that stimulates hunger. What most experience is head hunger, the wanting of foods. What I have also posted is that having an empty stomach is not hunger. As a fat person we are always filling our stomachs so as not to feel this empty. This will be something you will experience. Water will always fill you up so it is a good way to make sure you get your Water intake daily.

I'm going to have to disagree. I know the difference between head hunger & "real" hunger. I, for one, am not looking to fill myself up with anything. In fact, my stomach physically feels hungry even though I do not feel like eating and there is nothing I'm craving, etc. I drink at least 70 oz per day so I know water doesn't "always fill you up."

According to the PA/NUT at my surgeon's office, hunger is in part caused by hormones and it can take some of us longer to achieve a hormone reset than it does others. The hunger is REAL and to always call it "head hunger" is to minimize a true, real, physical condition that some of us feel - and may feel for many long weeks post-surgery. There are some that may always feel hungry (I pray I'm not one of them!). Additionally, (having just called to ask the PA the question - there is not one part or another of the stomach itself that stimulates hunger so there's not a way to "remove the part of the stomach that causes hunger.").

It's also not always a case of acids in the stomach being misinterpreted for hunger, as verified by the PA/NUT. I'm taking an antacid & a PPI daily and this doens't negate the hunger.

While it's awesome that most people don't feel hungry, and yes, SOME people will sometimes experience "head hunger," but some of us feel "real" hunger and can only hope that the hormones (ghrelin in particular seems to be a primary culprit), etc. will reset soon.

[Fiddleman 4,376]

I was sleeved on 10/11/12 and I could care less to ever eat. I make myself but I can't eat more than 1/4-1/2 cup of anything and that is pushing it. Things don't taste the same. I was a big Water drinker but now it tasted like metal.

I am about the same. Also never eat carbs and just pure Protein with some veggies. Generally ok with this. Try eating every 3 hours a small amount or if in liquids, a shake ( 2 oz) every hour. This will cut the hunger and really work the sleeve.

[FDclerical 318]

not sleeved yet 9 days away and this is my biggest fear. good luck i hope everything works out for u

[newgrandmother 725]

fiddleman im going to try the 2 oz shake every hour