Sound Off On Post Op Appetite

[shelleyrn22 78]

Hunger... *sigh* it's been a rough afternoon for me. Celebrated my first nsv, then it was capoot.

I'm less than a week out and I'm already wanting something "different". I pretty much cried all afternoon. No regrets, but it's a grieving process for me. I'm grieving the loss of my life time friend, lover and companion - food. Yes, I knew this was part of "it" - blah blah. It still has thrown me for a loop.

However - actual hunger - nope, not yet! Good luck to you!

[urbandecayno5 40]

Im a month or so out and I do get hungry but a 1/2 cup or something small like that fills me up. If I don't drink enough fluids I get hungry faster. The head hunger is the worst part right now

[jaymzee 79]

I'm about a week out. When i cook my fiancee dinner it smells good, but it doesn't make me hungry. I have pretty much no appetite at all anymore.

[Liberated Sleeve 148]

3 months out - real hunger nope - sometimes forget to eat. Most days though I eat when I am suppose to and when I get that empty feeling. Water will usually satisfy that. I usually carry some Atkins Protein Bars around with me or cheese sticks just to make sure I get my Protein in for the day, especially if I am running around town.

[sarahcc 184]

Before surgery when I got hungry it was all consuming for me. I couldn't think or do anything until I ate. And if I let myself get that hungry I ATE. Now a month after surgery I will say that I do occasionally feel hungry... that's not even the right word. I get an empty uncomfortable feeling that makes me want to eat. It's not very often. And it's not the overwhelming, desperate feeling that I had before when I hadn't eaten in a while. It's just a trigger now as opposed to a driving force.

Hope that helps!!

[madela1 0]

im 10 weeks out the first 4 weeks i was not hungry but now i am hungry all the time and if i don't eat i get grouchy i have the need to eat about every hour to two but i don't feel satisfied or full i was under the impression that with the surgery the hunger sensation would go away at least that's what i was told

[MyGastricSleeveLife 180]

I like the way sarahcc put it - I don't consider it hunger like before, but I can tell when I need nutrition, especially first thing in the morning, but it's definitely not what I consider hunger, which is why I put that I don't get hungry in my first response. :-) For me, it's a completely different relationship with food now & nothing like before! I now eat for necessity & not for desire or because it controls me. Now I control me!!

[BigDaddyWest 2]

I am learning that the mental hungry is a powerful feeling and you have to and I mean have to conquer those feelings!

[madela1 0]

i feel physically sick if i don't eat im not eating great amounts i eat very small portions and within an hour or 2 im hungry again im taking all my Protein and i do control the urges for Snacks i don't consume any sugar products for some reason i don't crave sweets its just the feeling of being hungry all the time

[katyb 36]

At 3 weeks out, I'm not feeling any real hunger, but a bit of head hunger. I do feel like I'm having to eat every few hours to simply get in enough calories, though.

[madela1 0]

i was not much of anything at 3 weeks not even liquids

[Houston17 115]

Great feedback from all. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us per-surgery folks!

[jetpilot 7]

I was hungry for lunch as soon as I recovered from the anesthesia but it's 1/4 of what hunger was like before. i get hungry every 4 hours now. I'm 10 weeks post op.

[Capt Derel 287]

13 weeks out. Not hungry but crave snowcones all the time. I really dont care about food. Protein Shake in the AM and Water n snowcones the rest unless I feel like something else. Haha popscicles. Sorry. Food isnt ever on my mind. cheese and those sinsational tuna in the cans do the trick for me. I force myself to eat 3x a day.

[roxy.grissom 12]

I had my sleeve on May 7th. I have not felt hungry one time since. I actually had my first non-liquid meal today, it was 1/4 cup of pureed vegetable beef stew (wonderful). After 1/4 cup of that, I felt as full as if I had eaten a double meat, double cheese Whataburger, large fries and large milk shake. I keep waiting to feel hungry, but it hasn't happened.