Ok, now I am worried. Woke up this morning and had my normal Protein shake (175 calories 28g protein) and less than 2 hours later I was ravenous!! I haven't felt hunger like that in ages -- even way before my surgery.

What is the deal? I'm still on liquids and mushy. I have not had any solid food. I've read from other sleevers here that heartburn can mimic hunger but I'd swear it was hunger and not heartburn. I'm on Prilosec but I had not taken it yet this morning so I just took one. I just don't think I should be this hungry suddenly. Anybody else what to chime in and share your experience?

Thanks!

Dana

Are you about to start your period? Happens to me every time.

I got on here to ask the same question... 10 days out and I think I have hunger... no heartburn, over 100 oz of fluids yesterday and I am hungry.... I even moved to mushies/softs early and am having a little small curd cottage cheese.

Is something wrong with me? and no, not my time of the month.

OH MY GOODNESS to I get the munchines and think I'm hungry before my TOM. It sucks!!! Just have to keep telling myself to keep it in check.

I got on here to ask the same question... 10 days out and I think I have hunger... no heartburn, over 100 oz of fluids yesterday and I am hungry.... I even moved to mushies/softs early and am having a little small curd cottage cheese.

Is something wrong with me? and no, not my time of the month.

Your very early and will have periodic sensations of hunger at first. They decline a lot for most of us after several weeks.

I'm just curious how you all know its not heartburn since the rest of us can no longer tell the difference after surgery?

Here's another question....if you feel hungry, so what? Hunger can't kill you. It goes away in some people after surgery but not everyone. It certainly had a hold of me during the soft food/mushie stage. But as soon as I started eating real food, especially dense Protein, it was like the wild beast was tamed.

Yeah heartburn or the acid reflux is much different than before surgery. The only way I knew was because I started taking prevacid and the hunger feeling went away. Also I knew I couldnt be hungry so quickly after a meal considering it took less time to get the hungry feeling than it did to consume the meal

Are you about to start your period? Happens to me every time.

Nope, not that time....

I'm just curious how you all know its not heartburn since the rest of us can no longer tell the difference after surgery?

Here's another question....if you feel hungry, so what? Hunger can't kill you. It goes away in some people after surgery but not everyone. It certainly had a hold of me during the soft food/mushie stage. But as soon as I started eating real food, especially dense Protein, it was like the wild beast was tamed.

You're right...hunger can't kill me. It's probably heartburn like everyone says.

If I get to feeling hungry & I don't want to graze all day, I drink more water...

Im pretty sure this is the same problem i am haveing. I can not take my meds because they are capsuls

Drink your acid reducing meds on an empty stomach they work best this way then drink your shake 30 mins later

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Ok, so I know from all my previous diets that if you feel hungry, drink water. But now, I don't feel hunger UNTIL I drink water. I'll be fine, drink a sip of water and suddenly get that hunger feeling, just for a minute or two then it passes...until I take another sip of water. I know it's not hunger but thats the only way to describe the feeling. What's up with that?

Are you about to start your period? Happens to me every time.

Same here.. only time i feel hungry

Im pretty sure this is the same problem i am haveing. I can not take my meds because they are capsuls

I was prescribed omeprazole capsules and I take one every day with a meal. I am only two weeks out and have been taking it for a week and a half now.

Ok, so I know from all my previous diets that if you feel hungry, drink Water. But now, I don't feel hunger UNTIL I drink water. I'll be fine, drink a sip of water and suddenly get that hunger feeling, just for a minute or two then it passes...until I take another sip of water. I know it's not hunger but thats the only way to describe the feeling. What's up with that?

I get what I am calling a hungry feeling, but I think it is gas. It certainly isn't a hungry from before surgery.