Do you have hungry days and not very hungry days?

italianspice
on 10/21/11 7:02 am - Eastlake, OH

Yesterday I seemed to want to munch all day long. I felt hungry. Was eating a little something about every 2 hours.

Now this morning, I cant even seem to finish my protein coffee. Just seems so odd.

Hormones? Dont know. Or is it just a finicky pouch?

Hoping it is just not me!

~Maria

SW 230 Preop 205 GW 120 CW 148.5 LW131 Ht5'1"

kimberly_gr
on 10/21/11 8:11 am

VSG on 12/01/10 with

I'm finding that the further from surgery I get, the more my hunger acts like it did before surgery. So around my TOM, I tend to be more hungry. If I don't get enough sleep, I tend to be hungry.

Other days, I can't figure out why my hunger fluctuates. I wish I was one of those VSG surgery people that hardly ever gets hungry. Still, the hunger is nowhere near the levels that it was before surgery.

Kim
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Stacey N.
on 10/21/11 8:33 am - Chesapeake, VA

RNY on 08/31/10 with

This happens to me all the time and I cant quite put my finger on it either. I will say that the monthly curse does tend to make me munchier than normal though

chris_ruff
on 10/21/11 9:45 am - Staten Island, NY

RNY on 04/07/09 with

all the time. some days im a bottomless pit and other days i cant even choke down a protein bar.

--Christina

Jody ***
on 10/21/11 10:03 am - Brighton, MI

RNY on 10/21/08 with

Yep - happens here too, even 3 years out. Last couple of days it has been tight and only 1 protein coffee for me today too, so far.

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wade 1.
on 10/21/11 10:33 am - TX

VSG on 10/04/11 with

I've deceided that I'm doing something wrong because I've been starving since surgery. I'm eating like I'm supposed to, getting more that enough water, and taking my ppi. Who knows. Read somewhere that it should get better at 5 weeks.

Ruthie D.
on 10/21/11 11:34 am - Mayer, AZ

RNY on 02/09/11 with

You're not doing anything wrong at all Wade. Just follow your plan and watch the changes as they come. That's the one constant. LOL

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edelu
on 10/21/11 12:38 pm - los angeles, CA

WLS on 08/01/11 with

Wade,

My 3rd and 4th week were a hunger nightmare. I kept thinking what did i do? I can't live like this. Then week 5 it got more manageable. Don't get me wrong I'd eat and be hungry an hour later, so i was white knuckling it but it wasn't disrupting my day or thought process the way it had done previously. Couple of week ago i realized i was looking at the clock to gage when to eat. It took that long. Now i don't know where the hunger went to but i damn well want it to stay there. hopefully yours is packing a bag as we speak. Good luck

seaview
on 10/22/11 7:21 am

VSG on 04/08/10 with

Oh Wade the first month after surgery I was HUNGRY and weak because I was healing from major surgery and not eating anything ...or at least barely 600 calories a day...that first month was the hardest...but once you start eating other things and get your strength back you will be fine and your appetite will diminish....yeah it's always like that....and psychologically not eating for the first month is is difficult too so your head has to catch up and it's a BIG adjustment....it will get better....hang in there..SEAVIEW

italianspice
on 10/21/11 10:54 am - Eastlake, OH

RNY on 07/29/10 with

Glad to hear I am not the only.

I remember feeling hungry postop. I also remember not being able to feel full, I remember doing a lot of measuring in the beginning. I wanted to make sure I didnt stretch things out.

Thanks guys!

~Maria

SW 230 Preop 205 GW 120 CW 148.5 LW131 Ht5'1"

Ruthie D.
on 10/21/11 11:37 am - Mayer, AZ

RNY on 02/09/11 with

That's how I felt too Maria! It seemed I could eat anything and a lot of it. Then I learned that the pouch is in shock and it will let you get away with a lot of stuff that makes you think the surgery didn't work, when in fact it was ME who didn't work! I had to get back to measuring and following the plan in order for it all to start clicking.

:-)

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MacMadame
on 10/21/11 2:12 pm - Northern, CA

VSG on 09/24/08 with

Yep. Some days I'm starving and some days I can barely eat.

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Kermit P.
on 10/21/11 5:53 pm

RNY on 03/08/11 with

Yup, yup, yup!

Today is a HUNGRY day!!!!!

Tomorrow may not be.....I feel hunger often and fullness....

HUNGRily.....

......Jennifer

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aspan
on 10/21/11 8:21 pm

RNY on 08/16/10 with

I do too and I find it so frustrating..For me I think it is 100% hormone releated..hunger comes about the time of ovulation and last until my TOM..so I am really hungry 2 weeks out of 4 now..I guess its better than 4/4 but still. I find drinking about 40 grams or protein first thing in the morning does seem to help and I have replaced bad snacking with snacking on almonds..kind of high in fat but they have protein and seem to help tide me over until I get to eat again. The two weeks that I am not hungry, I am really not hungry..I have a hard time drinking my protein not much less eating.

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italianspice
on 10/22/11 5:59 am - Eastlake, OH

RNY on 07/29/10 with

Glad to hear I am not the only one. I quite cant pinpoint why, maybe I need to pay closer attention to the calendar.

~Maria

SW 230 Preop 205 GW 120 CW 148.5 LW131 Ht5'1"

Lee ~
on 10/22/11 8:04 am - CA

VSG on 02/17/10 with

I wish I wasn't hungry! I seem to be hungry every two hours unless I pack in a big (5oz) of beef or pork. Lack of hunger has never followed me since the first month post-op.

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Liz R.
on 10/24/11 1:04 pm - Belleville, Canada

RNY on 02/09/10 with

Protein coffee?

Do tell

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Do you have hungry days and not very hungry days?