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I couldn't sleep because I was hungry. Wth?

I ate tons of Protein today, I drank my Water, I don't eat sliders. I ate 800 calories today before my midnight snack. Normally I get in around 600 calories. After 800 calories I'm still hungry. And yes I took my usual PPI this morning. Finally gave in, dragged myself out if bed, nom-ed a handful of cashews and am feeling the restriction.

I'm frustrated about this. Is it possible TOM makes a person this hungry?

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I'm sorry lady!! Your doing a fantastic job !!!

Did it feel anything like head hunger?

I noticed myself last night at dinner "3 oz chicken Cordon Blue, 1 asparagus, 1 Tbsp mashed potatoes" I wasn't as full as I usually am. Worried me also :(

We are only a few weeks apart in surgery dates I believe.

Think its our body's adjusting to this whole process?

Or it telling us we may need more calories?

Either way I've noticed my hunger a little different these last two days.

Sorry not much help but kinda felt I could relate. :)

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I think it absolutely could be TOM. Mine really messed with my weight fluctuation this week, I think.

However, if you really were hungry (and maybe you were!) you did the right thing. You listened to your hunger, right? Were you able to sleep afterward? I know that sometimes that has happened to me pre-sleeve and usually a little milk does the trick.

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Could be a stupid but ummm....whats TOM? :)

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OMG DUH!!! lol Thank you. Why I didn't connect that is beyond me!! :)

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When I did have aunt flow, I'd eat like a horse. But I also had pretty out of control PCOS too.

I always knew I'd be getting it based on just my eating habits.

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My time of the month makes me hungrier, even with the sleeve. Add that to my habit of forgetting my acid blocker and that's a recipe for the feeling of STARVATION from time to time. Fortunately, it doesn't last long. Ugh.

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What's really weird is that I woke up to a half pound loss this morning. Who loses weight when they're on their period?? I think all the old rules have stopped working. I used to routinely gain 4 lbs of weight during this time.

Not that I'm complaining mind you!

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Since we are on the topic of TOM I have a quick question. Does anyone else gain during TOM? I have gained 5 #'s this week! The weird part is I have not eaten any thing extra except 1 mcd's chicken wing.

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Yes, I went up about 4 pounds one day. Then it dropped off again. The dangers of weighing every day, I suppose.

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Since we are on the topic of TOM I have a quick question. Does anyone else gain during TOM? I have gained 5 #'s this week! The weird part is I have not eaten any thing extra except 1 mcd's chicken wing.

I don't know what to tell you on this from my experience. My answer appears to be, sometimes. This time I continued to lose weight through it. Would I have lost MORE weight if it wasn't for TOM? I dunno. But in any case, if you suddenly gain 5 lbs it's a pretty sure bet it's not real weight so I guess that's what happened to you.

Think of how much fun it will be to suddenly see it gone though :)

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I always gain w/TOM. about e days in it goes down... must be Water retention. I am 3 weeks out, up until the last couple of days I could only get in maybe 400 calories, all of a sudden I'm at 700-800. And want more. Scarry because it doesn't seem like I'm eating anything, still in puree stage. I think it's that everything is healing up and our bodies are ready to move on ro moee solid foods but our surgeons are not. We'll see next week when I move onto soft if I still feel as hungry

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I always gain w/TOM. about e days in it goes down... must be Water retention. I am 3 weeks out, up until the last couple of days I could only get in maybe 400 calories, all of a sudden I'm at 700-800. And want more. Scarry because it doesn't seem like I'm eating anything, still in puree stage. I think it's that everything is healing up and our bodies are ready to move on ro moee solid foods but our surgeons are not. We'll see next week when I move onto soft if I still feel as hungry

My hunger varies by day and I've asked other naturally thin people and they agree, this is quite normal. When I look at my calories on MFP I see not a flat line, but rather a sinusoidal curve.

So I wouldn't worry about the odd days up because they seem to be followed by fewer calorie days. Very. Ew for me. Previously if I was on a diet,I was starving! And you can bet I ate very damn calorie I was allowed. Now, if seems more a function of true hunger rather than anything else. Wonderful NSV in some ways :)

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