Hunger after revision

Bornagainbabe · September 21, 2010

Does anyone here know why that I, as a 'revisionist', regularly feel hungry, regularly have cravings and can now eat a quite a lot in comparison to a lot of other sleevers who say they never feel hungry and can only eat tiny amounts - I dont' eat anywhere near what I did pre-op, but I can quite easily graze all day long if I don't exercise some willpower. I've not had chance to discuss it with my doc yet but I will do. I still eat far less than I did before but I do crave chocolate, crisps and stuff that I wouldn't have bothered with when I had my band. I genuinely didn't feel hungry then and wouldn't really think about food. Now I do all the time and I don't get any warnings of being full usually until it is too late. It's not fair :001_smile: wah wah wah

I'm wondering if it is because I had revision surgery and maybe more of my stomach was left with the grehlin-inducing part due to scar tissue or other reasons. For whatever reasons I seem to have to be working a lot harder than some people I speak to and in a way that's a good thing because it makes me think more about what I eat plus it gets me out to the gym. No way do I ever want to eat myself back to 300lbs plus!

mightymouse · September 21, 2010

I have yet to feel full after being sleeved, i also craxe foods and am hungry at night. I have found that i can eat popcorn, it is one of my favorite foods from before, and i choose this as my snack at night with some Protein

Tiffykins · September 21, 2010

Cravings are mental. So, none of the surgeries are going to stop those. I still get cravings, and could graze all day if I wanted to do so. I especially crave Mexican and Thai food. Both of them are definitely not great options, but none the less I crave both of them. Every once in awhile, I'll crave something sweet, but I stick with the miniature candies to help with those cravings. The big difference with me is that I'm never, ever hungry. I literally never experience physical hunger, but I can eat, and I eat a lot more now than I could at 2-3 months post-op.

If you aren't on a PPI (true acid inhibitor), you might want to see if you can get on one. I've been on Prilosec 20mg since I was about 6-7 weeks post-op because I was having this funky, twinge in my stomach an hour or so after I ate. It was false hunger caused by acid. Started on Prilosec and never felt hunger again. I was a revisioner as well, the part of the stomach that is banded shouldn't affect if they get all the fundus out which is the part of the stomach that makes the majority of Ghrelin. Our pancreas also makes ghrelin and some sleevesters do not experience the zero hunger thing like I and many others experience.

I don't eat tiny portions anymore. For example: Saturday night my husband and I went to a Japanese Hibachi restaurant. We ordered a fried sushi roll, shared the entree of filet mignon, scallops and shrimp and veggies.

Before the meal, they brought us a cup of Soup. I drank all the broth (this relaxes my stomach, and allows for more food intake, sadly it's a way to eat around the sleeve).

Sushi roll: I had 3 pieces of the fried sushi roll covered in eel sauce. YUM.

Entree: I had 1 piece of shrimp, 1.5 large scallops, and 5 small bites of the filet mignon. I ate about 6 of 7 bites of the steamed rice, and some of the veggies that were served with the meal.

NOW, with all that said, that dining experience lasted 1.5 hours so it was a lot of eating, sipping, eating, sipping, eating, taking a break for 10-15 minutes. I was not overly stuffed, I was not sick to my stomach. I ate a lot of slider foods. The only thing remotely dense was the filet, and it was cooked medium rare, and it pretty much was melt in my mouth smooth/tender. Scallops slide right on down as does shrimp. Rice is a slider food for me. I can eat tons of rices, but I refrained, and only had a few bites. I also eat with chop sticks and that slows me way down on eating.

I hope your surgeon has some ideas for you. Cravings do suck, but in my mind, I don't know one naturally skinny chick that doesn't get cravings. So just from my perspective, cravings are normal. It's the refraining from those insane cravings that is my biggest struggle.

Edit to add: On the full signal, it took months for me to get mine back. The first signal for me was hiccups, and if I took one more bite, it was over, and that one last bite was coming back up. Now, I get this little sniffly, runny nose, and rarely get the hiccups anymore. I measured my portions until I was well past 4 months post-op because I had no full signal until it was too late. Some people experience a twingy, discomfort in their shoulder/collarbone area as their full signal, some get hiccups, some get nothing since our nerves have been severed, and stapled off.

Edited September 21, 2010 by Tiffykins

Bornagainbabe · September 21, 2010

Thanks for that Tiffy. I do feel really envious of all those people who say they don't experience hunger and forget to eat. I think about food all the time and how healthy I can make my next meal. I'm very cautious about eating out as I can keep eating until I am extremely uncomfortable and end up vomiting. When I do eat out I make sure I stop early but then I feel hungry later on and end up snacking. I do get the hiccups but only after I've eaten loads and feel uncomfortable. I guess the key for me is eating healthily and keeping up my exercise with chocolate etc. reserved for an occasional treat! I can easily maintain at the weight I am now with the odd fluctuation but I really do want to lose another 28lbs at least despite people telling me I don't need to.

twice · October 28, 2010

Does anyone here know why that I, as a 'revisionist', regularly feel hungry, regularly have cravings and can now eat a quite a lot in comparison to a lot of other sleevers who say they never feel hungry and can only eat tiny amounts - I dont' eat anywhere near what I did pre-op, but I can quite easily graze all day long if I don't exercise some willpower. I've not had chance to discuss it with my doc yet but I will do. I still eat far less than I did before but I do crave chocolate, crisps and stuff that I wouldn't have bothered with when I had my band. I genuinely didn't feel hungry then and wouldn't really think about food. Now I do all the time and I don't get any warnings of being full usually until it is too late. It's not fair :001_smile: wah wah wah

I'm wondering if it is because I had revision surgery and maybe more of my stomach was left with the grehlin-inducing part due to scar tissue or other reasons. For whatever reasons I seem to have to be working a lot harder than some people I speak to and in a way that's a good thing because it makes me think more about what I eat plus it gets me out to the gym. No way do I ever want to eat myself back to 300lbs plus!

I am seven weeks out and as hungry as I have been all my life--with the exception of the time I had the band. I am set up for five mini-meals to make life a little easier. However, the hunger is overwhelming all other thoughts. I also have yet to feel even half way full after any of my meals.