im almost 8 months post op and i noticed that lately, ive been feeling hunger. not severe hunger but i definitely do feel it. before, i knew i was hungry when i had an empty feeling but now its definitely a hunger feeling.

is this happening to anyone else?

I am still PRE op, so I cannot speak from experience, but I thought you were SUPPOSED to feel hunger, no? At least eventually? I thought that the sleeve would make you get full faster and require less food to get full, but that you would still get hungry when it was time to eat. No?

_{Are you sure it's not head hunger or indigestion?}

when u r sleeved, they cut out the hunger hormone so u dont feel hunger but the hormone may grow back, or so ive read

I am still PRE op, so I cannot speak from experience, but I thought you were SUPPOSED to feel hunger, no? At least eventually? I thought that the sleeve would make you get full faster and require less food to get full, but that you would still get hungry when it was time to eat. No?

no, its def hunger but just not severe. its not intense.

_{Are you sure it's not head hunger or indigestion?}

Oh, I most definitely get hungry. I get kinda ravenous sometimes even. Thankfully though, once I get something to eat, even a little...I'm ok. But I do get hungry and that happened after just a few weeks for me. Nothing like I USED to get, however. And it took a LOT more to fill me up.

I am getting that too. Like Dooter said it's not how it used to be, though.

I feel hunger? I am 5 weeks post op....

I feel hunger every day. It just takes a lot less to fill me up now. I think its healthy to be hungry.

I was told that approximately a year after surgery the remainder of your stomach can start to produce ghrelin again. Maybe this is what you're feeling? Is it bad, like you're hungry beyond when you eat? Or is it pretty well satisfied with your current eating?

once i snack on something small or drink, im fine. i just get appetites quite often. like every 3hrs, i start feeling hungry again. it kinda scares me because i now need to start watching how im satisfying this feeling where as before, i planned when to eat. before, id eat 2 meals & would be disgusted with food for the rest of the day. now im eating 4-6x a day whether its a protein bar, some fruits, or chicken & corn.

once i snack on something small or drink' date=' im fine. i just get appetites quite often. like every 3hrs, i start feeling hungry again. it kinda scares me because i now need to start watching how im satisfying this feeling where as before, i planned when to eat. before, id eat 2 meals & would be disgusted with food for the rest of the day. now im eating 4-6x a day whether its a Protein bar, some fruits, or chicken & corn.[/quote']

Hi! I'm just like Dooter- I get hungry and full on starving at times, but it does subside after a small meal. Maybe ur having more persistent feelings of hunger because u r eating some fruit and corn. Maybe u r consuming less protein than what u were consuming in the early months after having the sleeve done. Just a thought. good luck to figuring things out. Btw- I didn't know that we would start producing grelin again. Sigh.

I was sleeved in December and I am starting to have the same problem. I never really used to have an appetite or get hungry, but now I feel like I am hungry every few hours. I am quite frustrated, as I dont want to gain back my weight.

when i got sleeved, i took in no Protein because i couldnt tolerate shakes. then at week 5, i was diagnosed with a leak & didnt eat for 5-6 wks after that. i upped my protein from about 20g to 90-110g of protein so its definitely not that. :/

Hi! I'm just like Dooter- I get hungry and full on starving at times, but it does subside after a small meal. Maybe ur having more persistent feelings of hunger because u r eating some fruit and corn. Maybe u r consuming less protein than what u were consuming in the early months after having the sleeve done. Just a thought. good luck to figuring things out. Btw- I didn't know that we would start producing grelin again. Sigh.

i know what you mean. i guess this is where we have to start making healthier choices instead of bad habits and this is where we begin to maintain what we've lost & struggle to lose more!

I was sleeved in December and I am starting to have the same problem. I never really used to have an appetite or get hungry, but now I feel like I am hungry every few hours. I am quite frustrated, as I dont want to gain back my weight.

We still produce ghrelin just not in the volumes we used to. So some hunger is possible.