i'm ALWAYS hungry?

nmcmanus66
on 2/19/13 3:36 am - CA

i can eat every hour? whats up with that? i'm a constantly hungry?

    
Jackie T.
on 2/19/13 3:40 am - KS
VSG on 12/19/12

When was your surgery? We would need more information in order to give you suggestions.

If you are eating dense protein first, there should be little room for anything else and you should be full.  If you are just eating easy, smooth carbs, you will be hungry a lot faster. 

Do you take an antacid?  Sometimes heartburn and/or the acid can make you feel hungry. 

Are you drinking all of your water?  Sometimes dehydration can make you feel as if your are hungry.

Highest Weight: 285 SW: 264.6 CW:163.1   Surgeon's GW: 189  PCP's GW: 165-170  

My GW:  154   MFP:  jteaford                  

        

rhearob
on 2/19/13 4:06 am - TN

For most people the answer to this is either head hunger or PPI.  A lot of times you confuse acid with hunger after surgery.  Remember a lot of nerves were severed so your brain has to learn to interpret those signals all over again.  A key distinguisher is if you feel hungry immediately after eating.

 

Head hunger can be harder to figure out.  For me it took a lot of searching my feelings when I would feel hungry.  Id have to quiet my mind and examine how I felt physically.  Was I feeling physical hunger?  Did my stomach still feel full physically?  What was my emotional state.  

 

Also, look at your food choices.  Are you eating dense, solid proteins or are you eating slider foods?  Dens proteins followed by non-starchy vegetables will help you feel full longer.  Soft foods won't hold long in your stomach and your stomach will empty faster.  Look up frisco's pyloric valve post.

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 160 lbs lost. Surgeons Goal Reached in 33 weeks.  My Goal in 37 Weeks.

VSG: 11/2/2011; LBL+Thigh Lift+BL: 10/3/2012; Brach+Mastopexy:  7/22/2013

newme_38
on 2/19/13 4:16 am - Randallstown, MD
VSG on 06/12/12

I am experiencing the same thing....It's really annoying.

mauigirl2
on 2/19/13 4:39 am - kihei, HI

I am also hungry all the time, but it has to be head hunger, obsessive compulsive eating disorder, something like that.  It really messes with my weight loss, but I still continue down only more slowly, I mean even when I overeat I am still consume a very small amount of calories for the day.

    
hshelley386
on 2/19/13 4:44 am - IN

can you give me some examples of dense protein? I know meat would be one of them, but what else? TIA

Jackie T.
on 2/19/13 5:19 am - KS
VSG on 12/19/12

Turkey, eggs, fish, shrimp, tuna, chicken, tofu, etc.  If you do a search on dense protein it will bring back a lot of options.  There are some people who have problems with chicken, I am not one of them.  I eat a lot of chicken, shrimp ****tail, and fish.  I don't handle hamburger very well, but it is getting better.  It just tends to make my stomach hurt, not sure why.  Some people have problems with organ meat but you will have to find what works with you and your new stomach.     

Highest Weight: 285 SW: 264.6 CW:163.1   Surgeon's GW: 189  PCP's GW: 165-170  

My GW:  154   MFP:  jteaford                  

        

rhearob
on 2/19/13 7:08 am - TN

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, Turkey Breast,  etc.

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 160 lbs lost. Surgeons Goal Reached in 33 weeks.  My Goal in 37 Weeks.

VSG: 11/2/2011; LBL+Thigh Lift+BL: 10/3/2012; Brach+Mastopexy:  7/22/2013

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