The Best Thing About Gastric Bypass for me---

[TMG1980TMG 136]

I am NEVER hungry! I rarely even think about food except to quickly track my Protein.

It is such a change from pre-op where I felt that my whole life revolved around food!

I know this won't last forever(or so I have read), but I hope it sticks around for as long as possible!

[heather5565 959]

When did you have your surgery?

I too was super excited about never being hungry....

But the last month or so I get super bad stomach aches around 2-4ish... I thought it was from sitting all day and built up air.

It was only a few days ago that it dawned on me that it's because I'm hungry!

It's a different kind of hunger pain, that's why it took me so long to figure it out.

I'm 4 months out.

As soon as I realized this and ate a small snack during this time - the pains resolved.

Weird, I know. Lol

I felt kinda silly for not realizing it sooner!

Good luck to you. Hopefully you'll never get hungry again!

Edited January 20, 2016 by heather5565

[esskay77 785]

Yeah, the hunger does come back but it's not as intense and I can satisfy it with just a bit of food. Before surgery, I would get really bad headaches when I got too hungry and it would take a couple of days to get rid of the headaches. The hunger does stay away for at least a year so that's good news!! Though I am sure everyone is a bit different so your mileage may vary.

[Djmohr 6,965]

I am a gastric bypass person too. My hunger came back at the 4 month mark but it really does feel different. It's not that gnawing hunger that it used to be and I can make it go away with just a few bites of food or a cup of milk.

If you are bypass it will return but it will be different. Some people are lucky and it doesn't come back for a very long time?

I also will say that being full now is very different from being full prior to surgery. I swear I used to stuff myself so darn full before surgery that I would literally feel sick. Now, I am satisfied with so little and will stay that way for a long time as long as I am earring Protein dense foods.

[sharkgirl 251]

My surgeon said to be aware that sometimes it can be confused with nausea but it's really an empty and hungry pouch.

[TMG1980TMG 136]

My surgery was 9/29/15. ????