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I haven't been sleeved yet, but hope to in early December. Here is my question. For those of you who have lost 100 plus pounds, or are more than a year out of surgery...are you hungry? Does your hunger slowly come back? Thanks for your insite : )

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I would be interested in hearing the answers to this as well. My dr said about 80% will not get their hunger back but 20% do. My dad who had the bypass got his hunger back after about a year but it's no where near where it was pre-surgery.

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I haven't lost 100 lbs. yet but am somewhat close. The hunger has not come back but I do find I am eating more than I did when I first had the surgery. Then, I was totally not hungry. Now, I do pick and graze more (bad habits die hard) but I also cannot eat as much as I once did so it is not as bad...

I haven't been sleeved yet, but hope to in early December. Here is my question. For those of you who have lost 100 plus pounds, or are more than a year out of surgery...are you hungry? Does your hunger slowly come back? Thanks for your insite : )

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I'm only two and a half months out and I definitely experience hunger.. I have since about the 2 month mark. And it isn't head hunger.. it is real hunger. I think it is normal to get your hunger back .. survival instinct and all. The hunger isn't bad though and all you have to do is eat a boiled egg and you are pretty much full..lol So even though I get hungry I don't worry because it is simple to fix. :)

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I haven't been sleeved yet, but hope to in early December. Here is my question. For those of you who have lost 100 plus pounds, or are more than a year out of surgery...are you hungry? Does your hunger slowly come back? Thanks for your insite : )

I'm 11 months out. I do get hungry. Of course, nowhere close to what I used to get before the surgery and it can usually be satiated after eating 2-3 ounces. I do eat every 2-3 hours (still only eat around 1000-1200 calories a day). It just works better for me.

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I'm three months out and have lost 50 pounds. I do get hunger but it's not intense like it was before the surgery. And like itscometothis has said I eat some small meal and it's gone. I also notice that if I drink a caffinated beverage like coffee or tea I feel hunger alot more and if I eat bread....other than that it's nowhere near at all the intense I have to eat half the fridge kind of hunger....

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I lost 100 over a year but first 65 was diet before surgery and last 40 post surgery at 2 1/2 months. I don't know about feeling hungry versus just wanting to eat "normal" junk food at times, I have ice cream once in awhile and still losing weight. I still get cravings for the junk foods and find it tempting now that I am near goal to say "it is only few extra calories."

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I haven't been sleeved yet, but hope to in early December. Here is my question. For those of you who have lost 100 plus pounds, or are more than a year out of surgery...are you hungry? Does your hunger slowly come back? Thanks for your insite : )

Not everyone completely loses their hunger. Actually from what i've read it seems like most people still get hungry, they just get full a heck of a lot faster! I am only a month out and I am very lucky that I have NO hunger at all. I have to remind myself to eat. Also from what i've read it seems like most people who didn't have hunger start to get more of an appetite at the 6 month mark.

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I'm 5 weeks out and I get hungry. So then I eat. But I'm having trouble eating - it wants to come back up as acid reflux....don't know what I'm doing wrong. Seeing my doctor in a few days and will ask him. On the plus size, I've lost 39 pounds....

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I don't get hungry like I did pre-surgery. If I haven't eaten in a long time, I do get syptoms that tell me it's time to eat, but it's more like an empty stomach feeling. Rarely does my stomach actually grumble. I enjoy food and can eat more, but I could mostly pass on it without batting an eye and can easily go a very long time without eating.

It's 11am and I'm eating for the first time today, not because I was really hungry but because it's the healthy thing to do. And while the chicken teriyaki is delicious, it's more of a chore I have to get done so I can run my errands and go to work.

I hope I explained it well.

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I was sleeved 3.5 months ago and I still get hungry physically and mentally. I am still coming to terms with the hold that eating/food has on me psychologically. If I am upset I have the urge to graze, I'm just not able to fit the amount in that I had been.

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I lost 100 over a year but first 65 was diet before surgery and last 40 post surgery at 2 1/2 months. I don't know about feeling hungry versus just wanting to eat "normal" junk food at times' date=' I have ice cream once in awhile and still losing weight. I still get cravings for the junk foods and find it tempting now that I am near goal to say "it is only few extra calories."[/quote']

I'm surprised your insurance let you move forward with such great weight loss preop. I wish I had been more diligent before my upcoming surgery.

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I'm 11 months out. I do get hungry. Of course' date=' nowhere close to what I used to get before the surgery and it can usually be satiated after eating 2-3 ounces. I do eat every 2-3 hours (still only eat around 1000-1200 calories a day). It just works better for me.[/quote']

How r u doing now, looks like you are about 2 yrs out....did u hit goal, how many calories do u now? Do u eat "crap"?

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