Before I had my sleeve, I joined this site and read a lot about people not feeling hungry after being sleeved. I just completed my first week of solids today. I eat 3 meals a day, of course extremely small ones but I find myself getting hungry about 3 hours after I eat and sometimes have to add a 4th meal in. My meals consist of basically just protein, like chicken, fish, turkey. Is this normal?? I am wondering why I feel hungry when many say they never feel hungry.

I feel hunger at 3 hours after I eat too. It does depend on what I eat. If I eat something like pork roast it will stay with me much longer than if I eat a slice of cantaloupe. But I definately feel hunger. I don't mind because if I want to disregard it, I can satifsy it by eating maybe 3 bites of food. I honestly think it would be a bad thing if I didn't feel hunger as I get caught up in work and stuff and would probably just forget. And I still fight to make sure I'm at my protein levels so I need the reminder. But not all of us got that lack of hunger feeling.

There are days I feel hunger and days that I don't. I don't get it. I wonder if it's still "head" hunger messing with me on some days. But yeah, I do get hungry sometimes.

I don't think I have really had any hunger since I was sleeved. I am 12 weeks out now, and I do have head hunger, but as far as actual hunger pangs, I don't have any of that. I know some days I will come home from work (I work over nights, from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM) and go to bed without even eating breakfast. When I get up, I'm not really hungry, and I rarely eat at work. Before I was sleeved, McDonalds was my first stop on the way home! I couldn't even get home without almost perishing (or so I thought) from hunger. I usually have something to eat when I get up, because I know if I don't, my body will switch into starvation mode, and I won't loose anything for several days. And of course, I know that I need to eat to nourish my body. My hardest situation is making healthy choices. Since I can consume such a small quantity of food, I know it is essential that I make wise choices, and choose protein over empty carbs. Not always an easy choice. I have been reading on the internet about foods that help to keep you satisfied, and many sources suggest being sure to eat enough lean protein foods, high fiber foods and foods that contain a high content of water. All of these are supposed to keep you feeling more satisfied than some of the other things that are out there. Hope you can work through this!

I've been able to add in some more solids this month and I am eating more "normal" meals (albeit itty-bitty meals). I think I am starting to feel the normal hunger cycle (if I eat lunch at noon, by 5:30-ish I am feeling a bit of hunger). It's nothing that consumes me or makes me want to tear into a bag of chips or cookies, though. Just my body telling me it's time to "fuel up."