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I'm never hungry, tell my brain that. The mind hi get takes over all the time. It makes me so depressed that I am losing the battle and give in half the time.

Is that something veterans dealt with early out? And somehow won the war on?

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here!! I go through spurts! I'm 8 months PO and some days are worse then others :)

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I get bouts of head hunger, I've found that mine usually happen when I've eaten things like Pasta, rice, or things like donuts during the day or the previous day.

I fight head hunger by eating pure Protein - chicken, beef, or pork. I fill up on Protein, and then if I still "have to have" carbs, I am satisfied with just a few bites.

I have to be very careful of how much and what type of carbs I eat, even at 2 years post-op.

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I am having it just 3 and a half weeks out.

Funny thing is I am craving foods I do not eat much of during the year. For instanct, right now something I am dieing to have is Boudin. I might of eaten it 3 or 4 times a year, now its all I want lol.

I just try to enjoy what I do eat.....It's funny how much power the mind really has

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I have head hunger all the time. I too crave food I haven't eaten in a long time. That really baffles me. I have given in a couple of times and eaten the food I was craving. I find that the actual eating of the food is anticlimactic. I didn't get such a rush from it that I thought i would.

Now I know that what is going to make me feel great is if I go through the day sticking with my program. When it gets to late evening and I add up the calories and Protein in my food journal...I get to draw a happy face next to the total. Day after day of drawing happy faces is going to get me where I want to be.

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I wasn't hungry (head or otherwise) for the first 3-4 months. Then I started enjoying eating again, but had no cravings or head hunger issues. By 10 months, my old hunger and cravings were starting to make appearances. At 15 months out I fight my head hunger every day. I'd say I'm successful at winning the battles 80% of the time.

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Glad I'm not the only one that fights "head hunger". It is a struggle at times. I keep a food journal & it helps to keep me on track. On days when I have to many calories & carbs I just get right back on the program the next day. The worse thing a person can do is beat themselves up. I also watch "My 600 lb Life". That gives me a lot to think about.

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I didn't really start experiencing head hunger until about four months after surgery. The head hunger isn't nearly as strong as it was pre-op, but I do find myself wanting to graze more when I'm idle than I did four months ago. Even though I'm eating no more than 4-4.5 ounces per meal, it's very easy to eat again every 30-45 minutes, so I do limit myself to eating roughly every 2 hours.

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