I have not had my surgery yet but have a question about eating when your not hungry. I am overweight because I eat too much, I eat when I am hungry and when I am not. So my question for those of you that have your sleeve done, what is it like now? Am I going to be less likely to be a "mindless" eater and eat when I am not hungry or will I still struggle with this? Thank you.

I don't really feel hungry right now but I made myself a schedule to make sure I don't fall behind on protein and nutrients. I've gotten cravings for things but I haven't felt like I've been starving myself. I'm on a 400-600 calorie diet so I try to stick to the priorities. I guess what I'm saying is, that I had to reset the way I looked at food completely. I eat to keep the body going and to stop myself from grazing, I set of schedule of times to eat. I can't say it will be easy, because its definitely not for me.

For me, the mindless "eating crap I don't even really like because it's there" pretty much stopped. The more active I am, the less hungry I get. Weird huh?

I think I still have the head hunger and eating out of boredom trouble, but the best thing to do for that is to go on a walk or bike ride and earn a little snack :-) Trust me. You don't feel so out of control.

I'm 9 days out from surgery and I can tell you that I don't think it just goes away. Even though I haven't felt hungry at all, I've craved things. Things that are not healthy like pizza or mac n' cheese. I haven't given into any of my cravings because I'm newly sleeved and don't want to jeopardize my healing. I have to think though that the temptation may become stronger when I'm further in and can eat a wider range of foods. I'm hoping that is where the 6 months of nutritional and psychological counseling I had as an insurance requirement comes in handy. I think Ryokokitty is exactly right when she talks about changing the way you view food. We need to view food as fuel and find other ways to deal with boredom, stress or to celebrate.

The cravings don't necessarily go away, especially early out, but the mindless eating stops significantly. I used to watch tv, look down and had eaten a half to 3/4th a box of cheez its. Today I had some for the first time and it took me hours to finish a serving of 29.

In between your Protein and Water goals there just isn't a lot of room for much else and I'm pretty satisfied most of the day.

I am 3 weeks post op and I can tell you I do get a craving but it does pass for me real quick. I only eat when im hungry and that is not very much. I hope it stays that way. But I am allso going to try to stay away from sweets