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Hello Everyone,

I'm someone who's ALWAYS hungry. Hopefully when I get sleeved next February I can get things under control. I was wondering how long you post-op guys feel full...liquids/purees vs. soft foods/regular food?

Thanks in advance! :)

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I was, and am still, rarely truly hungry. However my head hunger rears its head a lot and it feels just as real and twice as powerful as genuine hunger.

During Clear liquids the head hunger was at its worst. It lessened as I progressed through the postop diet stages.

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Hunger is so different for me after being sleeved. It doesn't feel the same way that it used to. It's not a need to fill up like it was before. It's more like a nudge from my sleeve that it would like some food now. "I'm here, empty. Let's start thinking about what you're gonna feed me"

I'm one of those weirdo's who drinks when I eat (it's more like sips to cleanse the pallet) and I still only eat/need 1/4 of what I ate before and sometimes less.

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I am hungry about every 1-3 hours depending on what I've eaten. Full liquids or yogurt type foods last the shortest time. Dense Proteins last the longest. Also fullness lasts longer if I don't drink for an hour or more after eating.

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Another thing you will probably do is when you fix your plate of food, it'll take you a while to eat it. Even the small amount you fix yourself. At least it does for me. I'll make a plate and it takes me an hour and a half to eat it. So that holds hunger off longer.

I've become a professional grazer.

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I started feeling hungry at about five months post-op, and I get hungry 3-4 hours after eating, depending on what I have eaten, sometimes longer.

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I'm 11 months out and I'd say I get hungry 3 hours after eating a meal that actually makes me feel full.

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I'm in the soft food stage. I had about 2-3 oz of chicken at noon and it's now after 7 and I still haven't eaten. I feel hungry but not ravenous and I had a SF hot chocolate and gonna have hubby bring home some refried Beans soon. Such a change from liquid stage when I was starving all the time! But I'd say if u eat every 3-4 hours, you'll be good. Good luck!

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