Hey all My wife and I were sleeved on May11 everything is going well so far, but I do have one question, I don't get hungry AT ALL, but when I do go a long time without eating I start to get bad gas pains, is this my new indicator for hunger? Has anyone else experienced something like this?

Congrats on your surgeries! I'm 5 weeks post up, I think week to week it is different for everyone. I had gas pain to nausea within my first couple of weeks.

I'm almost 3 1/2 weeks and when I wake up in the morning I get this "empty" feeling in my stomach and drink a shake. I equate that to what hunger is now because I do NOT get hungry either. Today was a super busy day at work and thank goodness I had my greek yogurts with me because the shake, two greek yogurts and water is all I had so far today and nada. lol Tonight I am making Shelly's Ricotta Bake from The World According to Eggface. Cant wait!!!

I don't get hungry anymore either, but I don't get gas pains--I don't seem to have much gas anymore, whereas before surgery it was kind of embarassing. Anyway, I get cranky, headachy, or an empty, sort of hollow feeling when I am hungry. Early out my stomach would rumble when it was empty.

Thank you for all the replies, It is sort of a rumbling bumbling feeling, its weird, but I know it's time to eat when it happens.

Thank you for all the replies, It is sort of a rumbling bumbling feeling, its weird, but I know it's time to eat when it happens.

Isn't it fascinating figuring out the new language of our thumbys? I too get that sort of rumbly pangy feeling and know to have something. The usual hunger thing is just gone.

Since our stomachs were just slice open and mostly removed, I figure our bodies have to heal , become whole, and create a new language. We have to be patient and just take good care of the new thumbys as they form.

I actually feel really fortunate that hunger is gone because I know some people still feel it early on and that would be miserable!