When did you start feeling hunger again?

I'm five months out now and think I'm feeling hungry - and I mean all the time.  within an hour of eating I get a really uncomfortable achy feeling in my belly and feel the urge to eat again.  I've given in too often this week and feel just sick about it.

I haven't gained but sure haven't lost anything in a while.

Could it be hunger this soon?  Or could it be something else like an ulcer or infection causing the discomfort? - just grasping at straws.

I'd appreciate any advice, thanks.

 I'm not even four months out and while I don't think that I've hit full hunger, I have noticed a bump in my appetite just over the last week or so.

I'm just over 6 weeks out, and i definitely feel hunger, but its not that quickly after eating, and its satisfied by my meals and small snacks.

 I am one of the unfortunate ones who never lost their hunger.  One thing that you have to watch for is that stomach acid can mimic hunger.  I am on two Nexium a day, so I'm pretty sure mine is real hunger as oppose to acid.  I'm not sure how you can tell the difference.

at 3 months i started getting this gnawing feeling, like something down there was telling me to feel the furnaceand if I don`t i start to feel sick.

Me, as well, Sandy..my hunger never went away. I am 6 months out, and right after healing and up to now..I feel hunger, quite often. Since I can eat just about everything, I have to really think about what I am eating..I can see me going into grazing mode, which is how I got to my weight problem in the first place! This reminds me that I have been given a tool not a cure-all.

I am 7 weeks post op and yesterday I felt 'empty' all day. I was scared too because I was a grazer and how I gained the weight. So I am continuing to track/write down my food intake so I know I am not eating too much. I am also sitting at the table every time I eat. Even if it's for a small snack. It forces me to be more aware of my behaviour. Too often I would grab a snack and go back to working on the computer and not really register I ate anything at all. This method of tracking and change of habit seems to be helping. It is scary though when you start to feel hungry. Secretly I hoped this day would never come. I was enjoying not wanting food.

Hmmm... well, I don't think I actually felt "hunger" until about 4 years out (thank GAWD for that), but I do get a feeling of "emptiness" in the gut at times so I know I need to eat something. I'd monitor what you're feeling and when and speak to your surgeon about it. Make sure you're eating enough at your meals and snacks.

thanks for all your thoughtful replies.  lots of good advice there.  and I am seeing the surgeon soon, as well as my psychiatrist - I will be sure to discuss with them.

I'm almost a year and a half out and I haven't felt hunger since before Optifast.  I do sometimes feel something that can best be described as an empty feeling, but if I don't have time to eat or something prevents me at the time it doesn't bother me at all, I can wait for hours with no complaint.  In a lot of ways I am grateful my hunger has not returned and I hope it stays this way!


Cheryl