Never Full, Constantly Hungry

[Katharine83 1]

I was sleeved on Oct 29th and constantly feel hungry. I see posts where people talk about being 6+ months out and get full off of a few bites. Is what I'm going through normal? Does your body adjust with time?

[unbroken40 31]

I was banded Oct. 11th. I have had one fill and I am always hungry. I was told to be patient and consume more Protein. I have started doing 7 small meals a day. I am not as hungry and I am losing weight. I have started cutting up Protein Bars and I put them in a zip lock bag. If I start feeling hungry I take a couple small pieces. I am learning that the small meals are helping.

[ReadyNewM3 112]

Eat every 3-2 hours, that's help me a lot....I have 10 weeks out...

[Threetimesacharm 1,400]

You may have acid which mimics hunger. Firstly, your stomach will also be making lots of noises but it does not mean that you are hungry. Mine still does and I am 14 months out. Try taking an OTC like Prilosec and see if it helps, I bet it will.

[mistysj 1,940]

Lots of people do feel lots of hunger until they are in full solids and can eat dense Protein. Also you may well have hunger a couple hours after eating, but physical hunger should be easy to satisfy. You simply won't have much capacity. Don't be fooled by not feeling the restriction at first. Your nerves are still healing and liquids and mushies go through quickly. They would be classified as sliders later in your journey, but they have their place in the beginning when your stomach is healing.

And the stomach acid "hunger" is real. Most people take a PPI like Nexium for at least the first 6 weeks. I am 6 months out and still need to take 20 mg nexium each day. This is totally different from tums or rolaids. It doesn't neutralize acid but keeps your stomach from producing as much. Some of our stomachs still want to produce enough acid to digest our old normal food capacity even after the surgery.

[Cindy vsg 7]

I was having hunger issues as well, but increased the time it wait to drink after eating from 30 minutes to an hour and it helped. I'm able to drink normally, so I guess I was washing the food out faster than I would have if I could only just sip.