I am a strange bird, I'll tell ya LOL. So I'm on day 5 of the 5-day pouch test. Today is poultry day, so I brought some nice crockpot chicken to munch on all day (and have some waiting for me at home tonight). At 11 am, I realized I hadn't eaten anything yet(!!!) so I started eating my chicken even though I wasn't really hungry--just don't want to play with my metabolism. I ate it, nothing got stuck, but I just felt like stopping (I have no restriction, so I didn't feel full or have chest pains or anything)--had roughly about 4 ounces. Thing is NOW my stomach is starting to growl and I'm starting to get the hunger pains after I decide I'm finished eating! I notice this happens to me quite a bit. I'm thinking I might be waiting too long in between meals?

Thoughts? Has this happened to anyone else?

The only time I'm not hungry is after dinner. This is where I allow myself to eat a normal meal (just because I starve all day). You need that fill, girl! I know you can't get in to the doc until the end of this month. Hang in there. Many of us are in the same boat!!! It feels like we are dieting all over again, now with the band!

I get that too, sometimes, but I think for me it's not hunger, but thirst! Once I'm allowed to drink (I make myself wait an hour after eating), then that feeling starts to go away. Perhaps that's it for you too?

The only time I'm not hungry is after dinner. This is where I allow myself to eat a normal meal (just because I starve all day). You need that fill, girl! I know you can't get in to the doc until the end of this month. Hang in there. Many of us are in the same boat!!! It feels like we are dieting all over again, now with the band!

LOL right? It's crazy how some of us still manage to lose weight and be preoccupied with hunger every day! It was so weird all morning though--I didn't even think of food once--no hunger pains, nothing, then I looked at the clock and was all, "Crud! I should eat something" LOL

Here's to hoping our dream of restriction some day comes true !!!