What do you do about your head hunger?

tiredandplainweary9
on 12/11/08 4:31 am

I'm pre-op
Just had a large satisfying salad. Made it at home and put everything I wanted in it. Got full.
AND still want to eat!
What do you do about it.. how do you convince yourself that you had enough?
I'm looking for tricks, mantras, anything to help me when I know I'm trippin!! I've got this 35lbs to lose and have got to learn to quit eating when I'm satisfied.

Kelley

Weeping shall endure for a night but joy comes in the morning!!
Yes, we did!
7-29-08 Consultation - 9-15-08 Psych - 11-11-08 Pre-Surgery Consultation 1-29-09 Life Style class

madame_butterfly
on 12/11/08 4:46 am - Where the Sun Shines, CA

RNY on 11/13/06

I find when I eat protein with my meal or as snack, I stay more full. I would drink water or coffee with light vanilla almond milk. I'd also try to stay busy and then that head hunger would leave.

Post surgery you'll have to build a strategy to deal with this issue. It's great you're dealing with it head on in the beginning phase of your weightloss. It's something to talk about with your nutritionist as well.

My best to you!
Kim

highest :313 | current :124 | low goal :145 | lowest: 118

Monica P.
on 12/11/08 5:03 am - Long Beach, CA

RNY on 07/19/07 with

As a post-op you can continue eating after you 'feel' full, but it will be competely uncomfortable. (IT HURTS!) I only did it a few times before I learned my lesson.

When I'm full now, I stop.

Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
- George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian

tiredandplainweary9
on 12/11/08 7:17 am

I'm definitely trying to get a grip on this waaaayyyy before surgery. I'm hoping by then I'm have some tricks up my sleeve to help ease the pain! LOL

Weeping shall endure for a night but joy comes in the morning!!
Yes, we did!
7-29-08 Consultation - 9-15-08 Psych - 11-11-08 Pre-Surgery Consultation 1-29-09 Life Style class

jj_in_CA
on 12/11/08 1:33 pm - Gualala, CA

RNY on 07/09/08

Preop I would have Bran-a-crisp crackers with cheese and a water chaser. It really filled me up. Or you can have a glass of metamucil.

Post op...I rarely get hungry, and never after I eat. Something to look forward to. ;-)
Good luck,
---jan---

---jan---

tiredandplainweary9
on 12/11/08 1:37 pm

metamucil??? LOL! Isn't that for... fiber? Did you really!?

Weeping shall endure for a night but joy comes in the morning!!
Yes, we did!
7-29-08 Consultation - 9-15-08 Psych - 11-11-08 Pre-Surgery Consultation 1-29-09 Life Style class

jj_in_CA
on 12/11/08 2:21 pm - Gualala, CA

RNY on 07/09/08

It's fiber. It's a good thing. lol Yes I did.

---jan---

tiredandplainweary9
on 12/12/08 1:58 am

Well, I can see how that can fill you up then! LOL! Maybe on some on those days when I'm dealing with horrible head hunger I ought to try it!

Thanks, Kelley

Weeping shall endure for a night but joy comes in the morning!!
Yes, we did!
7-29-08 Consultation - 9-15-08 Psych - 11-11-08 Pre-Surgery Consultation 1-29-09 Life Style class

MacMadame
on 12/12/08 6:12 am - Northern, CA

VSG on 09/24/08

While eating protein first and having protein-based snacks in between meals helped, I never really felt full pre-op.

I just learned to put only a reasonable portion on my plate and stop when it was done. In between I drank water like crazy to keep my stomach full. And sometimes even that wouldn't work and I'd just use willpower.

All this stuff is much easier post-op. Which doesn't help with pre-op dieting. But knowing it's short term and the end is in sight did help me.

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