Anyone Hungry?

[Reddrobin 24]

I am at day 6 post op. Have been drinking 48oz of Water and my three shakes plus the two tablespoons of whatever I am allowed with each meal. I am walking and doing everything I am supposed to do yet i am craving sweets, And I am hungry. Is this normal? I feel like I could eat just about anything. The only thing stopping me is knowing how sick I would get if I even attempted to go off the liquid diet. Any suggestions? What is wrong with me.

[Momof2inIowa 195]

I get hungry too, they said there is a % of people who will still get hungry. Just be mindful, I am 2 months out, what helped me early on was to drink more Water and have Jello, just chew it really good and you will be fine. trick your mind!

[awold0 246]

I am a year out on July 11th. I was hungry right from the beginning. What you will find is it is a lot of head hunger. This will get easier the farther you are out. When you start eating more of the solid food you will see you will take 2 or 3 bites and be done. In the early days you do Soups and soft food. It is when you get to solid food you will see it is way easier to get full. I still have hunger. When I eat then about 2.5 hours to 3 hours I am ready to eat again but when I do I eat less than a cup of good Protein and veggies or a Protein shake or bar and I am done. It get's easier. Keep drinking the Water. It will help.

[Poseyrosey 20]

I I am also 6 days out and craving food. I have been following the guidelines getting in Protein Drinks and other Clear Liquids. But i find I want something of substance.i feel like I am fighting this urge all day. Pretty frustrated.

[Butterflyhigh 504]

I am three weeks post-op and have experienced a lot of head hunger and some actual physical hunger.

Head Hunger is so easy to misinterpret as physical, but it's not. Up until now you've never had to differentiate between the two...you felt one and ate food wether it was true hunger or not. As a result you've trained your brain to perceive your emotional hunger as the real thing.

However, you will feel some real hunger too. My doc said it's silly to tell people they won't feel hunger anymore. If your belly is empty and you haven't eaten in several hours...you will feel hunger. However, as far as my experiences go it doesn't feel the same as it used to. One, it takes a lot longer for me to actually get hungry. Before surgery I would think to myself "Huh, I haven't eaten in a couple of hours...I'm hungry!" It was like the thought of hunger was the signal for my body to become hungry. Now it's more like "Oh my God, why do I feel so empty and hungry? Ohhh, it's because I actually AM hungry!" It's hard to explain, but once you start being able to identify head hunger vs. the real thing you will see what I mean.

The other thing is, it does get better. At first your body is detoxing all of the crap food you used to eat and it's causing cravings. After about two weeks of no bad food you loose your taste for it. The body doesn't crave it anymore. Now again...there is a difference between craving food in your head vs. in your body. You will have to start really observing yourself and your emotions to get a grip on head vs. real hunger and cravings.

This WLS journey is 10% physical and 90% mental.

[NikkiMoore 3]

Thanks butterfly high. That helps.

[Diosa617 0]

I had surgery one week ago and I am STARVING! I see the doctor/nurse tomorrow. I am hoping to be advanced to full liquids.