I'm two weeks away from being 12 weeks post op and I've only lost 15 pounds. I barely eat Breakfast (maybe two slices of bacon - I'd rather drink my Protein coffee than eat) - lunch is usually a smart ones and I'm completely stuffed to the max. What I have noticed is that I want to eat every 2-3 hrs. When I do eat breakfast or lunch I'm only full for a little while (about 2- 3 hrs) then I'm ready to eat again.

I'm wondering whether I should have gotten the DS because of the malabsorbtion????????

I'm going to do the 5 day pouch test and hopefully things will turn around for me........

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If you aren't already doing it, I would join a food tracking site like myfitnesspal and log EVERYTHING you eat and drink.

It's amazing how much stuff can sneak into your diet if you don't pay attention.

I was probably adding an extra 1200 calories a day just grazing on Snacks between meals before I started to track everything.

I also think carbs can cause a rebound hunger to occur when your blood sugar levels spike and then crash.

If you stick to the Protein first and try to avoid carbs it should kick start your weightloss and help with the hunger.

I 100% completely support this suggestion: food journaling will save your butt (literally), and there are free online sites that make it almost trivial (since who isn't around a computer that's connected to the internet, these days?)

When I started tracking my food, I realized that even after sleeving:

• I was eating almost 1200 calories per day. I would still lose weight on that, just very, very slowly.
  
• I was eating a LOT of carbs.
  

Give it a try!

And definitely get on an acid blocker. They remove almost all of the "hunger" pangs for me.