What does your TRUE hunger feel like?
I have a question for you. I had a lapband done on April 19, 2010 and on Sept 1, 2011 I had all of my fluid removed from my band because it has slipped down. not up. and I currently have a surgery date of Nov. 25 to a gastric bypass. I was just wondering if you had any problems with the surgery. My doc said I may have to have a feeding tube for a month because the chance of leaking is more because of the damage the band may have done. Just wondering how things went.
Deanna
Ummmm...I don't know. Honestly. Even at four years I don't know what hunger is SUPPOSED to feel like. I know when my body is food deprived. Which I guess is hunger. I feel weak and vacant, a bit shaky and light headed.
But I eat on a schedule. So I don't feel hunger often. I don't LET myself get to the point where I've waited so long to eat that I feel hunger.
For the record, I am in the process of doing an investigative piece for Bariatric Foodie on hunger. It is, by my estimation, one of the most confusing aspects of post-op life. Look for it in December!
But I eat on a schedule. So I don't feel hunger often. I don't LET myself get to the point where I've waited so long to eat that I feel hunger.
For the record, I am in the process of doing an investigative piece for Bariatric Foodie on hunger. It is, by my estimation, one of the most confusing aspects of post-op life. Look for it in December!
At over 4 years out, I still don't have any physical signs of hunger.
I do have what is obvious head hunger -- an urge to snack out of boredom or stress (and I am pretty good at recognizing the psychological component of it) -- but the only physical reaction I get to a lack of food is related to hypoglycemia (regular, not reactive). When I go for a very long period of time without eating -- about 6-8 hours (I normally eat 6-7 times per day, so that's about every 3-4 waking hours) -- I suddenly become very shaky, dizzy, and sometimes nauseous. I had this very mildly before surgery, but it is much more pronounced now.
Lora
I do have what is obvious head hunger -- an urge to snack out of boredom or stress (and I am pretty good at recognizing the psychological component of it) -- but the only physical reaction I get to a lack of food is related to hypoglycemia (regular, not reactive). When I go for a very long period of time without eating -- about 6-8 hours (I normally eat 6-7 times per day, so that's about every 3-4 waking hours) -- I suddenly become very shaky, dizzy, and sometimes nauseous. I had this very mildly before surgery, but it is much more pronounced now.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
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At 7 months out I have yet to feel any hunger well other then head hunger. I know one day it iwll come back but I am ok with it taking a long time to do so.
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Start weight 282, Surgery weight 265, Current weight 131, Goal weight 140
Start weight 282, Surgery weight 265, Current weight 131, Goal weight 140
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I actually just posted a topic of my :hunger" feeling. If I dont eat something evert few hours..I actually feel a twingeful pain that I am assuming is a hunger pain...because when they hit..and I eat a little snack, they seem to disappear. So it seems like I eat /drink breakfast at 6:30...then something at 9:30..then something about 12:30...then lunch at 3 and then supper at 6:30...usually I am good after supper without until I go to bed at about 9. If I dont eat when they hit...they can become bad.
It's good that you listen to your body!
It also amazes me how different we all are. If I ignore my hunger signals...my body sort of just deals. In fact, I get LESS hungry (or further away from what one might consider hunger) if I push through it and don't eat, which is dangerous knowledge. Thankfully I have never been prone to anorexic behavior. If that ever changes I would seek out help because it is entirely possible for me to go a full day without eating without many ill effects.
Drinking? That's a whole other story!
It also amazes me how different we all are. If I ignore my hunger signals...my body sort of just deals. In fact, I get LESS hungry (or further away from what one might consider hunger) if I push through it and don't eat, which is dangerous knowledge. Thankfully I have never been prone to anorexic behavior. If that ever changes I would seek out help because it is entirely possible for me to go a full day without eating without many ill effects.
Drinking? That's a whole other story!
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if i go too long without eating i get nauseous until i eat something, but that's usually like a 7-8 hour thing. otherwise it's more just knowing i need to eat then feeling like i have to
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