Do you eat if you're not hungry....

Elena22
on 5/4/11 10:57 pm

..... but it's mealtime and you still need to get your protein in? I was in this dilemma yesterday evening. Mind you I am getting over a stomach bug, but I wasn't hungry at all during dinner time and I was still lacking on my protein for the day. I wasn't sure if I should make myself eat to get the protein in, or just skip the meal and try to do better the next day. Well I opted for the latter. I didn't eat, I just went to bed. But what's the protocol here for a VSGer? Thanks.

~ Elena.

Kim_M
on 5/4/11 10:59 pm - LaPorte, TX

VSG on 03/10/11

protein is important for weight loss just my 2 cents

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DrHollywood
on 5/4/11 11:01 pm - Harbor City, CA

VSG on 02/01/11

train your body to eat breakfast lunch and dinner protein. then you will be hungry at those times, go eat 2oz

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USAF Wife
on 5/4/11 11:03 pm

Revision on 06/03/09

I'm never physically hunger so I always eat because I have to eat. During my losing stage, even when my appetite was completely gone, I still ate because my body needed food for fuel. No matter how not hungry I am, I eat. If I'm lacking on protein or anything else, I eat something as long as it's not to close to bed time.

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RW76
on 5/4/11 11:04 pm - Medina, OH

VSG on 03/21/11

Yep, all the time. Have to stay on a schedule to get the protein in.

Elena22
on 5/4/11 11:13 pm

VSG on 03/08/11

Thanks everyone! I guess I still have some of that pre op thinking that if I eat when I'm not hungry, I'll gain weight. But hunger is very rare since surgery. I'll try to just stick to my schedule and get at least 2 oz in even if when I have no appetite at all.

~ Elena.

SASSI11
on 5/4/11 11:18 pm

It's funny, I never knew what it felt like to eat becasue I have to.....I can't wait to see what that actually feels like :)

Stephanie

Surgery: June 16th

ahleeeshah
on 5/5/11 1:26 am

VSG on 04/18/11

It is amazing! You wake up from surgery and while you aren't instantly skinny, your whole life has changed. I would eat breakfast and then immediately think "What am I gonna have for lunch?!"

I don't do that anymore. It's 11:30 and I'm about to go grab my 2 oz. portion of pudding not because I want to eat it, but because my body needs it.

punkin1952
on 5/5/11 2:25 am - AL

VSG on 07/13/11

I was just thinking the same thing! My surgery is 5/18. I'm always starved.

johnbertak
on 5/4/11 11:31 pm - MD

VSG on 11/24/10

I eat 4 mini-meals daily; at 4 hr. intervals. I do not snack between meals. I try to eat at 8, 1, 5, & 9. I consume about 1100-1300 calories daily - but I burn at least 500 calories w/exercise daily. My program insists on making sure you body dosen't feel deprived. I do get hungry, esp. when I'm working extra hard at something. My weight loss (125 lbs. in less than 6 mos.) tells me I'm doing the right thing for me. I'm 65 and feeling great. Hope this helps.
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