Mspretty86

This sounds so hard, and I really feel for you. People who haven’t dealt with that kind of hunger don’t always understand that it’s not just “wanting a snack” — it can feel constant and exhausting, like your brain/body won’t shut it off.
Starting back on a GLP-1 might make sense if your doctor agrees, especially if it helped quiet that food noise before. I’d just make sure you onboard slowly, watch side effects, keep protein and fluids up, and stay connected with your bariatric team since you’re post-sleeve.
You’re not failing because the hunger came back. Obesity is complicated, and needing more support doesn’t mean you did anything wrong.

Just wanted to update again in case anyone is looking for GLP1 stories after surgery. I'm now using Patiently and I pay for my Semaglutide with an FSA card (nothing out of pocket!!) I will die on the hill that GLP1 after surgery (after a certain point) is a lifesaver. When you feel like you cant get more weight off or regain starts creeping I couldn't suggest it more to see your dr about trying a glp1. Semaglutide helped me get off another 112 pounds after a plateauing for a year. It helps me not obsess over food. It helps me stick to a calorie deficit. It helps me intermittent fast when I interchange that in. It helps me feel normal. It helps my PCOS symptoms.

I would love to try GLP-1s, but I can't afford it. I've had so many life changes in the last few months. Losing a friend to cancer, losing a job due to the loss, months of unemployment, losing a temp job, finally finding a new one. Shopping for things I can't afford and eating stuff I don't actually really want is taking it's toll.
I'm still absolutely thrilled that I've gone from UK size 24 to UK size 14, but I'm disappointed that I'm not at my ideal weight and am trending upwards again.

My treatment has been on the NHS here in the UK. I need to just admit to my GP I need help. Maybe they will be able to get me back on track.

Wow Raven you have definitely had a lot of curve balls thrown at you so sorry to hear that but sometimes you have to hear the hard things being a UK size 14 is great but definitely definitely try to get a hold of your cravings and get back on track. We all know to well how a size 14 can be a size 26 in no time! That's how the disease of obesity works it's always waiting for you to let your guard down but you can't let the disease win! 🏅 I'm rooting for you

OK, so an update you guys I started my GLP1 last Tuesday and I want to talk about something that I thought about in regards to my hunger. My smaller gastric sleeve pouch was NO MATCH for the obesity hunger I experienced! The hunger that I had even the smaller stomach couldn't even stop that type of hunger! That my lovely people is the OBESITY DISEASE.... everyone should have access to different tools and to me GLP1s shouldn't even be an issue for insurance companies to approve. I'm trying to think how I would manage this disease without it because that is not a type of hunger that can be satiated.

I agree and I was thinking of doing it through Ro or something like that. I have gained about 12lbs from my lowest and before the new additions of boobs. I do have a lot more muscle on my body but I do catch myself binge. He did tell me that if the weight continues to creep up then we would revisit. He told me its not a no its a not right now.
Ideally I would love to lose about 10-15 more pounds. Just to stay in my safe zone.

Hey girlie, I thought I had came back to this thread and updated everybody so it's been almost a month and a half now and it has been like a miracle to be back on my GLP1 I have already lost about 10 pounds! As soon as I gave myself the first dose the food noise went away and I want to talk about GLP1 on a psychological level because it's greater than having it for just weight loss! Studies and-research shows that GLP1's fire in the pleasure and reward center of the brain. I have food noise and an addictive binge disordered eating behavior as soon as the GLP 1 releases it goes to that part of my brain and it quiets the noise so for me it's bigger than just weight loss. I understand what your Dr is saying but it's bigger than what he is seeing with a human eye. It calms the pleasure pathways. So if the food noise gets too loud, you might have to Dr shop because this drug is heaven sent and we can't afford to go backward. It's bigger than just weight loss obesity fights you every chance that it gets, you can do the same exercise, you could eat the same meals, and the weight will still creep on. We have to have all of our tools and I would be pissed if a doctor didn't really understand what I needed. Are you currently experiencing weight regain or reoccurrence? Is the food noise back with a vengeance?

Win: keeping up the momentum. I don't know if any of you got to see the Kentucky Derby but it's such great symbolism for this journey. Golden tiempo was way in the back and on the final stretch, he passed all the horses up and won. On this journey, we might feel behind that we are not as far ahead as we should be, or we may have setbacks, but just keep pushing forward because the underdog always wins in the end.

Win: keeping up the momentum. I don't know if any of you got to see the Kentucky Derby but it's such great symbolism for this journey. Golden tiempo was way in the back and on the final stretch, he passed all the horses up and won. On this journey, we might feel behind that we are not as far ahead as we should be, or we may have setbacks, but just keep pushing forward because the underdog always wins in the end.

I’m 17 days post-op gastric sleeve and trying purée foods. But despite blending completely smooth in a nitrablender and thinning them a bit they keep coming back up. I’m only trying 1 or 2tsp at a time. Even the shakes try coming up and when it does it’s kinda chunky curdled like baby spit up. I have no nausea, pain, heart burn or fullness. Pills are going through and clear liquids. Is this normal? I’ve tried puréed canned meats in broth, humus, and soft scrambled eggs. I see people eating all these dips, ricotta bakes, and such. Am I doing it wrong?

If you are still having the problem I recommend you reach out to your surgical/dietican team to discuss with them and see if they can give some guidence as everyone is different. Maybe, for your body, you need to stay on liquids a bit longer to give your stomach more time to recover as everyone heals in their own way.

My best suggestion is to start the day already prepared. Protein shakes on hand, high protein low calorie snacks in your work bag, prep lunch and bring it with you. Its so easy to make the wrong decisions and choices when your hungry and all the bad options are staring at you.

So a Win I made two years post op! Major win

So a Win I made two years post op! Major win

Congrats!

Wow, honeymoon over I will be two years postop sleeve in April and I dreaded this day the day where the hunger Demon 😈 would come back... obesity is the cruelest disease of all and wouldn't wish this disease on my worst enemy. If I had a camera in my kitchen, it would be sad as many times as I went and opened the fridge and my cabinets .....I could not find or satiate my hunger, so I'll have to onboard my GLP1 soon. I've been off of my GLP1 one for two years, but I have to start back on it next week because that's the issue with the disease of obesity, It's a complex disease lthe type of hunger that us who deal with obesity has is not a normal hunger sometimes it's a hunger that can never be satisfied and that's the sad part about this disease.
The hunger can't really be described. It's so it's an obesity type of hunger. I call it obesity hunger

OK, so an update you guys I started my GLP1 last Tuesday and I want to talk about something that I thought about in regards to my hunger. My smaller gastric sleeve pouch was NO MATCH for the obesity hunger I experienced! The hunger that I had even the smaller stomach couldn't even stop that type of hunger! That my lovely people is the OBESITY DISEASE.... everyone should have access to different tools and to me GLP1s shouldn't even be an issue for insurance companies to approve. I'm trying to think how I would manage this disease without it because that is not a type of hunger that can be satiated.

First of all, you’ve already done something right by continuing to monitor your weight and taking action quickly when you see it going in the wrong direction. That’s exactly what you need to do to maintain your weight loss long term.
How did you succeed in losing weight and what has changed? Are you logging your food and tracking calories? Consistently doing physical activity? Eating protein and vegetables first? It’s normal to be really strict at the beginning and relax a bit as you get farther out from surgery, so you may just need to refocus on the good habits that helped you succeed in the first place.
Also, don't be afraid to reach out to your clinic for support. They’re on your team and want you to succeed. Sometimes people feel like they’re going to be “in trouble” if the clinic finds out they’ve regained, but your team wants to help you.

This is my take.. Go back to what you did in the beginning. Make an appointment with your surgical center, mine offered me so many different ideas to get back on track. Drink protein shakes again, prioritize protein in your meals, write down or track everything you eat. Find out where you need to be to be in a calorie deficit and try to eat within that range. For me its 90% protein and veggies. I also introduced a GLP-1 and that helps a lot but not everyone wants to go that route. I wish you luck!!

You know what flower child you bring up a good point because shopping is also known as as a transfer addiction. It has the same addictive qualities so the GLP1 combats your GLP1 receptors and maybe it's targeting another addictive receptor in the brain wow that's interesting. I never thought about it like that. I am glad to hear that you took the necessary steps to tackle that food noise. I knew what it was instantly lol! I was rummaging around for food like a drug addict. I worked so hard to lose this weight and I refuse to gain it back due to this obesity genetics, and this metabolic disorder. I will let you all know how it goes as I will start my first shot maybe tomorrow thanks for your feedback.

Wow, honeymoon over I will be two years postop sleeve in April and I dreaded this day the day where the hunger Demon 😈 would come back... obesity is the cruelest disease of all and wouldn't wish this disease on my worst enemy. If I had a camera in my kitchen, it would be sad as many times as I went and opened the fridge and my cabinets .....I could not find or satiate my hunger, so I'll have to onboard my GLP1 soon. I've been off of my GLP1 one for two years, but I have to start back on it next week because that's the issue with the disease of obesity, It's a complex disease lthe type of hunger that us who deal with obesity has is not a normal hunger sometimes it's a hunger that can never be satisfied and that's the sad part about this disease.
The hunger can't really be described. It's so it's an obesity type of hunger. I call it obesity hunger

Amber, I feel you 100% if you are able to get on a GLP1 definitely give it a try. It was life-changing for me when I first got on it before my gastric sleeve surgery 2 years ago. It reduced all the fooD noise. After my surgery, I stopped it because the food noise was gone and my stomach is much smaller but here recently about a month or two ago all of the food noise came back (the disease of obesity😡) and similar to you i was rummaging around for food at night.... also similar to you my measurements are the same, but I'm heavier on the scale which I really don't like. I understand that muscles weighs more than fat but to me this weight that I'm at is really not a healthy weight for me. Don't get me wrong, I look f**king hot. I should post some before and after photos, but I personally don't want to be at this weight, It's too close to a danger weight for me! I want to lean out! I'm very very muscular. I'm going to start ramping back up my running, running has always made me leaner. I have been slacking on running. Yes the struggle is real. I will give you all the update on how my GLP1 does I will start it today.

I’ve been thinking about the GLP-1 because the food noise has been really rough lately. Since my lowest weight- before the boobs and before my “muscle mommy” era (LOL)- I’m up about 15 lbs. The weird part is I’m still roughly the same size, except for tops because of the new additions.
But mentally, things feel different. I find myself binging at night sometimes just because I want something sweet. I don’t know where my control and discipline went. I used to be so hyper-focused, and now that I’m more in a maintenance phase it feels like I get in my own head. Then I end up sabotaging myself or almost punishing myself for it.
During the week I do great. I meal prep, I eat 140g+ of protein, I do about 30 minutes of cardio and get 10–12k steps, and I weight train 4–5 days a week. But Saturdays can turn into a free-for-all sometimes. And when I allow myself to have cocktails, I have a hard time stopping at just one. Then Sundays I feel like sh** and then get back on track. I know that the muscles are shaping me and I look different at this weight then someone who never weight lifted. I look in the mirror and be like "ok baddie" but then I step on the scale and I am pissed.
This is honestly the first time I’ve said it out loud, but the last few months have been really hard for me.

As time progresses and our journeys age I tend to forget about wins! I would say my win for the month is continuing to do the work. Sounds easy but it's NOT. Getting in the workouts, protein, water, etc is all daunting! My other win is that on special occasions I eat whatever I want now. I still live on an abstinence model of eating but I do not spiral out of control on the off plan days! I attended a festival and ate a mini funnel cake it was heaven it had been so long! I also ate Jamaican beef patties if you have not tried it it's a MUST!