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Is Feeling Ravenous Normal?

Hi,

Tomorrow I will be 5 weeks out, and over the past few days I have been going from feeling ravenous - like will eat my hand hungry, and can't think of anything else! to ofcourse feeling extremely full after like two teaspoons of food.

I'm finding this all so new. Just last week I was holding off eating because of the pain I got in my back and my chest from certain foods - but now I feel I can eat more foods, but its this starving feeling that I don't like..

At this stage - 5 weeks out, how often should I be looking to eat and how much at a time?

Any help appreciated.

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  • Ms skinniness
    Ms skinniness

    Are you still or are taking a PPI (omeprazole, nexium, mylanta etc)? This could be acid in your stomach that is mimicking hunger... If not, check with your surgeon and inquire about taking a PPI.....

  • at 5 weeks I was just starting soft foods. Your stomach is still a little swollen from the surgery so you will not be a able to eat a "full" 4 oz yet. They still want you eating every 2-3 hours of hi

  • Ms skinniness
    Ms skinniness

    It sounds like your PPI isn't working too good for you. Can you call you doc and see if they could prescribe a different one for you. That might help you a lot, or they could recommend taking one 2 x'

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me too and I'm 3 weeks out! In fact' date=' I just bought some appetite suppressants, that I used before the surgery, to help me deal with the hunger. The surgery didn't eliminate or even decrease my hunger like so many claimed that it would...maybe for the first couple of weeks but not any more.[/quote']

I'm 6 months out and get more hungry than I did pre-sleeve, I'm massively starving about every 2 hours. In saying that though I still get full really easily I struggle to eat a whole banana and can't eat a whole apple which is great!

I'm 7 months out and get more hungry than I did pre-sleeve' date=' I'm massively starving about every 2 hours. In saying that though I still get full really easily I struggle to eat a whole banana and can't eat a whole apple which is great![/quote']

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