This is one of my biggest fears. That I will still have my enormous appetite and be hungry. I've heard of people who have said they still deal with the intense hunger after surgery. My surgeon says my appetite will be gone, but is that really the truth?

I get hungry! I usually eat something small every two or three hours. The first month or two I didn't but I get very hungry at times...I just eat something small and I am satisfied.

The hunger felt during the first 8 weeks or so is not the same as after at all. Totally different. At least for me.

i am 18 days out and that is my prob. i do feel hungry , so when i do ill get some thing healthy and eat n eat til my bellys about to bust ...about 5 tsp......then ill feel miserable afterwards and ask myself ....omg why did i do that ....my weight is at a stall now and am wondering if its because i am eating too much ?lol i have heard ppl go thru the 2-3 week stall.....just wondering how long this will last ? and yes i do need to control my hunger .....lol

Also 7 weeks out and still get hungry ... not like before as it is so easily satisfied again. I also feel like my current portion sizes are smaller than they should be. I was told by 3 months I should be eating between 1/2-3/4 cup. There is no way I can do that currently eating dense protein. Very occasionally I will measure lunch and eat it over the afternoon as I find reduces snacking.

I am 6 months out and I don't have any hunger at all! Thank God this surgery worked and I don't sit around thinking about food all day. Now my new problem is that I can't remember to eat, I can go most of the day without eating one thing (I have done that a couple of days, but not on purpose) eating is more of a chore now then a pleasure.

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I am only a few weeks out, so things might change, but I don't feel hungry at all. The only hunger I suffer from is head-hunger, which I can usually recognize and handle.

If I get "hungry" (and that's a big if) it's usually something that I register mentally but can completely ignore. I do make an effort to eat every 2-3 hours, something with good protein like meat or yogurt or cottage cheese. Sometimes what I really am is thirsty and some times I just want to eat for the sake of eating, which is when I either get something very low calorie (I'm a sucker for canned greens with pepper sauce) or find something to distract myself.

Okay, I know lots of stuff gets lost in translation across the Pacific but WTF is 'canned greens with pepper sauce'?? :) I've googled it. Didn't help.

Greens is kind of a generic term for things like collard greens, mustard greens, spinach, etc. You can buy them pre cooked (they're really mushy) in cans. Pepper sauce is basically any sort of hot pepper, though commercially it's usually jalapeno in vinegar that's been bottled and left to sit so you've got this very mildly hot vinegar to put on it. It's primarily a southern US thing.

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LOL

Yes, a mostly Southern thing, I believe. We love hot sauce and hot vinegar in Louisiana to be sure!

As for hunger, days 5-12 were hell for me! After that, I had basically no appetite at all until literally a few days ago (I was 10 weeks out last Monday).

Now I can recognize my hunger for what it is...my body truly needs food. I'm still learning the difference between "wanting to eat" vs. true hunger. That's a real mind f*#k!!

I'm very proud of myself for consistently making good food choices since surgery and doing everything I can to replace my bad habits with good ones. It's HARD some days, I won't kid you, but I've had to take responsibility for my addiction and my choices.

Nothing tastes as good as being around to see my children grow up.

Also, not getting enough water in really does make me feel "hungry". It's tricky getting it in with the 30 minute rules, but makes a HUGE difference for me.

Here's the truth for me. After surgery I wasn't hungry the first day. Second day I was but it was very painstakingly hard to force myself to eat. I had a hard time eating for a week and half. Finally forced myself to get down more fluids and more of start o wad suppose to. I've been experimenting with soft pureed foods. I've vomited from not pacing my bites. I find I have mental hunger, but I can separate physical hunger and mental. I absolutely cannot over eat or I vomit. So I'm very careful to recognize which hunger I'm trying to feed. So even now I can go without eating, but its very important to keep schedule with eating, because you need to boost your metabolism. Good luck!

I am 16 months out. I don't get hungry, but I do (infrequently) get head hunger. I get the urge to eat something crunchy/salty/snacky. This is something I had before surgery as well, and it has nothing to do with actually being hungry. I tend to get this way in the evening.

I have found that having healthy/smart choices helps me avoid eating something stupid.

Yes, but not the same as pre-sleeve. If I go more than three hours without food, I am hungry, but not the growling stomach, weak, shaky hunger, more of just, my stomach is empty, feed me hunger.

I believe it takes a week or so for the ghrelin hormone to dissapear after your sleeve, so you should see a huge downturn in your overall hunger. I don't think about food that much anymore, and eat really because I have to.