Feeling hopeless...always hungry. Need encouragement badly.

I swore I wouldn't allow myself to get like this, but I can't help it. I need to know that someone out there is feeling just like me right now. I am three weeks post-op today. As far as I can tell I am doing everything right. I get my 64 oz of water in, I stick almost entirely to protein for food. I am already walking a mile+ each day. I eat about three times a day. For example, I had 1/2 cup of soup and 1/4 cup of pureed egg salad when I woke up. Later in the day a whole piece of gefillte fish, and for dinner, another 1/2 cup of soup, 2 oz. of grilled fish and three mashed up, over cooked asparagus stalks. In the evening, I'll have a s/f popsicle. Most days I also have a 20 ounce protein drink. I think this is a lot of food for only three weeks. The problem is, I am constantly hungry. Actual hunger pain and grumbling in my tummy and it is making me so sad. I am so depressed - if I wanted to be hungry all of the time, I could've just gone on a strict diet. I never thought I'd say that, but that's how hungry I always am. You know, that kind of hungry, when you were on a new diet and barely ate anything all day so you were so, so hungry that you just couldn't take it anymore? That's how I feel almost 24/7. On top of it, although I lost 22 pound the first two weeks, I weight myself today nad only lost 4.5 more. I am trying so hard. Before surgery, I imagined that as long as I did everything as I was supposed to, I'd be all right. I'm sorry to whine. I usually don't like to complain at all, but I'm so upset and feel so desperate. Anyone in the same boat, so I know I'm not crazy?

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