How long did you deal with head hunger post op?

[Greenephoenician68 1]

I am only a bit over a week out . I thought hunger would be a thing of the past but my stomach is growling as I make hamburger helper for my kids .... is that head hunger ?

[Losin' it in MN 13]

So interestingly, I mentioned my constant “head hunger” since week two during my most recent nurse visit (I’m 6 weeks now), and she said that it is not necessarily head hunger. It could very well be real hunger since they can’t guarantee that they got every last cell of ghrelin during the VSG. It’s hard because I don’t trust my own body anymore. Am I hungry? I don’t know. Am I full? Not sure.
Here’s to hoping it gets sorted out soon!

[JessLess 1,163]

11 hours ago, Losin' it in MN said:

So interestingly, I mentioned my constant “head hunger” since week two during my most recent nurse visit (I’m 6 weeks now), and she said that it is not necessarily head hunger. It could very well be real hunger since they can’t guarantee that they got every last cell of ghrelin during the VSG. It’s hard because I don’t trust my own body anymore. Am I hungry? I don’t know. Am I full? Not sure.
Here’s to hoping it gets sorted out soon!

I have found I need to weigh and measure. It takes most people 20 minutes to feel full. You can eat a lot in 20 minutes. So I try to eat slowly and take breaks. You can always eat more later if you are still hungry.

[Horseshowmom 45]

On 12/09/2020 at 20:35, Losin' it in MN said:

So interestingly, I mentioned my constant “head hunger” since week two during my most recent nurse visit (I’m 6 weeks now), and she said that it is not necessarily head hunger. It could very well be real hunger since they can’t guarantee that they got every last cell of ghrelin during the VSG. It’s hard because I don’t trust my own body anymore. Am I hungry? I don’t know. Am I full? Not sure.

Here’s to hoping it gets sorted out soon!

I just had a one month appointment yesterday, and I meet with the fitness advisor and dietician as well as the doctor. The dietitian said that since I limit myself to 4-500 calories a day and have been exercising most days that some of my head hunger could very well be my body truly wanting something. She told me that our plan of 3 meals only is what they want, but that I could add a snack
Like green Beans that are super low in calories and see if that helped. The fitness advisor also said now that I am supposed to add weight training to my cardio that I very well may feel hunger on some days.

[Blueslily 94]

What do you all mean by head hunger? Is it a thought that you want to eat something? If that's the case, then its mental, not physical, right?

Right before starting my pre-op diet, I noticed that I thought about food more than I realized. I realized that I would graze some evenings and some weekends. I was not hungry, it was just something I wanted to do. So, I addressed that with a therapist. I could certainly figure out the difference between hunger and thoughts of eating. Sometimes I would have just finished eating something or sometimes I would even be full, but I would go looking for more. I would have a thought about wanting to eat something. To me, the thoughts cant be fixed by WLS. Addressing why I want to graze is better fit for therapy for me.