PittGuy 201 Posted September 3, 2013 I am 6 weeks out and have felt zero hunger since the surgery. I am scheduling meals just to make sure I eat. I know everyone is different but when can I expect to feel hungry again. Or I guess a better way to ask it is when did you first experience hunger post op? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ajustice 484 Posted September 3, 2013 I am 6 weeks out and have felt zero hunger since the surgery. I am scheduling meals just to make sure I eat. I know everyone is different but when can I expect to feel hungry again. Or I guess a better way to ask it is when did you first experience hunger post op? I think I was about 3 months when I started having a weird "hollow" feeling. Now at 4months I feel hunger again. Never as strong as before of course but its returned. I often would forget also in the early stages and then it's was more of the I just was blah on food. 1 PittGuy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zephyr 48 Posted September 3, 2013 I'm a year out and I still don't feel real hunger. I just have set eating times. 1 PittGuy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
terry1118 1,274 Posted September 3, 2013 I'm a year out and I still don't feel real hunger. I just have set eating times. I don't feel hunger yet (three months out). I'm not missing it either. I could be very happy the rest of my life without it. So nice not to be controlled by hunger! I feel totally indifferent about food and am finally eating for fuel. I plan what and when and how much to eat and I follow the plan. It's liberating! And I can watch other people eat things I used to and not really care. I hope it lasts a long, long time! :-) 1 melhealthy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dorian 683 Posted September 3, 2013 I am 6 weeks out and have felt zero hunger since the surgery. I am scheduling meals just to make sure I eat. I know everyone is different but when can I expect to feel hungry again. Or I guess a better way to ask it is when did you first experience hunger post op? Im 4 months out and feel hunger occasionally. Not even every day. I basically eat because I know I need to. When I do feel hunger, nothing appeals to me so I usually just have a greek yogurt. Coming from someone who used to eat all day, it is honesty the weirdest thing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melhealthy 103 Posted September 3, 2013 I'm almost five months out and I still do not feel hunger. I need to do a better job planning meals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
music1618 879 Posted September 3, 2013 At 14 months post op my hunger pains have changed. I can still go all day without eating because and not even think about it. It is more of an empty feeling in my tummy, but if I want to I can ignore it. If that makes any sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rem 87 Posted September 3, 2013 I am a little over 4 months out and as someone stated above the only hunger I ever really feel is that hallow feeling.. not the same as hunger. Nor do I feel full ever. I still measure and eat, what and when, I am suppose to. Its so weird how everyone is different! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PittGuy 201 Posted September 4, 2013 Thank you everyone... glad it is the norm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bypassing.life 1 Posted September 6, 2013 im five years post op...+ can honestly say I have not been "hungry" once (nor have I heard my stomach growl/felt a rumble). i call the feeling which I now think of as me hungry, "empty". which I guess is that "hollow" feeling y'all are mentioning. to this day, 5 years out, I can be caught saying (out loud) "I think I am empty". kind of feel like a gas tank. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zuzuspetals 78 Posted September 6, 2013 I'm a year out and I still don't feel real hunger. I just have set eating times. I hope that's me too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SoccerMomma73 1,867 Posted September 6, 2013 I think I was about 3 months when I started having a weird "hollow" feeling. Now at 4months I feel hunger again. Never as strong as before of course but its returned. I often would forget also in the early stages and then it's was more of the I just was blah on food. Hollow is a great way to describe it!!! I started just getting the funny empty feeling around 7-8 weeks then occasionally getting a true hungry feeling around 3 months. I eat Breakfast while driving to work (or drink breakfast) around 7:30, without fail around 11:00-11:30 I start feeling a little hungry. The rest of the time it's just the weird hollow feeling if I go more than 4ish hours without eating. I have a couple times gotten the ravenously hungry feeling....typically when I've been super active and haven't eaten in too long....the awesome thing is 4 or 5 good bites and ravenous is gone! No more stuffing my face and still feel like I'm starving! HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 200.2 1 zuzuspetals reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites