Help! Hungry all the time!

I'm 4 1/2 months out and lately it seems that I'm hungry a lot. This seems early. It makes me nervous that I feel this way. Any advice? 

Are you exercising more? I was told that sometimes after a good workout our bodies are needing more food.

Are you working out and drinking a protein shake immediately after? You burn more fat and build more muscle if you do.

Oh Sweetie,

I am so sorry!  I feel this way ALL the time and I am pre-op!!.

My recommendations- 1) call your surgeon 2) call your endo (it could be hormones, like thyroid, ovaries...or something as weird as your LH is out of kilter with something else causing a PMS type phenomenon) and 3) call your NUT.

Go to your surgeons support group.

You have to figure this out NOW. Dont let it (weight gain) creep up on you.

 

EAT more protein (i.e. the solid stuff...meat not shakes) and less carbs.

 

 

I am at just over 5 months and have started experiencing this as well.  I am trying to move my routine so my protien shakes and meals are no more then 3 hours apart. I  think its realted to my workouts. I have always worked out heavy since about 8 - 10 weeks out but lately I am able to do more and go farther and I think I am building a lot of muscle.  I am basing that on weight change vice inches lost and body fat percentage dropping.  I think the more muscle I have the more my metabolism is faster the hungrier I get.  I am hoping by making sure i am doing some type of protein based snack or shake every 3 hours I may be able to curb it without adding to many calories. 

Thoughts?

Sarah

Around 4 months I had more head hunger, but realized I was not actually hungry. I had my meal and if I distracted myself (or drank a large glass of water) I found I really was not hungry but thirsty or needing to start another activity.

Ask yourself if it is actual hunger and look at your food diary to see if the days you are hungry you are eating different things than the days you have more consistent satiety. 

When you say you're hungry a lot, what does that mean, exactly?  How much are you eating and how often?  How many calories do you get in a typical day?  It's normal to start feeling hungry again and to need to eat more as you get further out.  That can be scary, but it's normal.  So there may not be a problem.  Now, if you're really eating a huge amount of food (not just that it seems like a lot compared to what you could eat right after surgery, but really a huge amount), there might be a problem.  But maybe it's just a matter of getting used to eating more.