Hi everyone, I am on a 1200 cal. a day pre-op diet. My surgery date is not set. I had a hard time with the diet for 4 days. On the 5th day I awoke with no hunger, no cravings. This is the easiest dieting I have ever done--which is kind of bizarre to me. I have read here about people being hungry after surgery. Can those who are having problems with being hungry after surgery please say if you went thru this pre-op period of not being hungry? I am preparing to be successful and dont want to be unrealistic in my expectations.

One thing I have learned is that, for me, sugar plays a huge role in feelings of hunger. As I said, after day 4 on the diet I had no hunger. However, after a few weeks I baked and iced a cake. I kept sticking my fingers in the icing...and voila, the next morning I woke up hungry!!! It took another two days of strict diet to go back to not being hungry.

Thank you for any insights you may have or anything you care to share! This site is such a gift to us all!

hiddn

You're spot on, sugar - highly processed carbohydrate - is rocket fuel, it burns fast and hot but burns out quick leaving a craving behind it.

Not just sugar either...refined carbs include all white flour containing things.

Feel the force, use the force! You have the power..

Corny but true. Hehehe

Good luck with your journey.

Thank you for your reply Jalomum! Its good to get some feedback.

Your words are inspiring to me

hiddn

Not odd at all, just lucky.

I had a 3 week liquid pre-op diet and wasn't hungry either. I knew I was lucky.

Congrats and good luck!

I wasn't hungry at all on my pre-op diet of liquids for 2 weeks. I had to force myself to eat. I was usually only having about one shake a day. The weight flew off. But its not the easy after surgery. I wasnt hungry for about 2 weeks after, but then I wanted to eat everything! I was sasified with the food I was eating and I wasnt starving, but man I wanted to eat more and more. It was head hunger. The is what kills me the most.