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Hey guys is it only me? Since surgery I just don't have an appetite. (Head hunger yes) But never a real OMG I need to eat I'm hungry feeling. Is this our new norm? And if not how long will this last? Don't get me wrong I embrace it but it just feels like I force feed my self all the time. How long did it take before you felt hungry again if at all?

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Wondering the same and when we can eat "regular" size portions again... 7 months out can only eat a little less than a cup an hour.

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Wondering the same and when we can eat "regular" size portions again... 7 months out can only eat a little less than a cup an hour.

Wow great weight loss. Well fine by me because all that tells me is that there is hope on controlling what I will eat later on ...

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More than two years out and currently pregnant. No hunger.

Empty feeling when I need to eat - check.

Dizziness and/or nausea when I go too long without eating - check.

Hunger? Not so much.

The few times I've felt what I thought was hunger it was my body kindly reminding me that I need to take my PPI again now that I'm pregnant.

Set a timer and be thankful. This lack of hunger gives you the perfect opportunity to work through any emotional/head issues related to food while not feeling any physical hunger. Take advantage of it and maintenance will be far easier for the effort.

That said, it is possible to enjoy food again. It just takes a while and really enjoyable meals are few and far between. Tastes change and if you make the right food choices odds are good your standards (as in, how highly you rate a meal) are likely to be higher.

Oh, and like I said - more than two years out and pregnant - and a cup is about all I can fit in, though sometimes it's less and sometimes it's more, depending on what I'm eating and when I'm eating it.

~Cheri

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I feel empty... sometimes hunger. Not really the way I felt before surgery, like ravenous and like I could eat the paint off the walls. Just a...hey do you think you could feed me a little something? Thanks. feeling. I like to get something in every 2 hours or so. Otherwise I will go like 6 hours without eating and then I get home and Jelly is MAD.

I think "regular" portions are a thing of the past. I talk to a lot of people that are YEARS out and a cup of food is about the norm for them.

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Cool I really hope this is our new norm that means we really have the upper hand it what we do... Come the long run that is..

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I hope the same luck, no hunger would be great instead of always hungry, What does head hunger feel like, I read a lot about it here?

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I hope the same luck, no hunger would be great instead of always hungry, What does head hunger feel like, I read a lot about it here?

Its your mental messing with you for all the NO NO foods It was real bad during the liquid and puree part but now that I am eating soft/ground food I am okay I guess if you allow the commercials that play on tv get to you it will lol. I have my fiance and 2 boys here with me so they eat normal food and I smell it and want it at times but i know it will hurt my weight loss so i stay on track. Going out is hard at times because others wont stop living for you.. One day I was with my mom and she wanted pizza (this was during my puree week) I wanted to kill her not only did she buy it but she sat in the car and ate it while making Umm Umm noises! lol I was like really! Lol its all in your head I was full from my 1/4 of a cup but still wanted what she had just because i could not have it! YOUR MIND WILL MESS WITH YOU! Did you not have your surgery yet?

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i am 14 months out and i really dont get hungry anymore. there have been days where all i do is drink fluids. Hunger as i knew it before is gone.

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Wondering the same and when we can eat "regular" size portions again... 7 months out can only eat a little less than a cup an hour.

My doctor said you run the risk of stretching your stomach out if you try to force the portion size. I got myself into this message by eating 'regular' portions instead of the smaller quantities our bodies really need. It is hard, though, if you're eating with other people. I feel like I'm either missing out on what they're eating, or they push me to have more.

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More than two years out and currently pregnant. No hunger.

Empty feeling when I need to eat - check.

Dizziness and/or nausea when I go too long without eating - check.

Hunger? Not so much.

The few times I've felt what I thought was hunger it was my body kindly reminding me that I need to take my PPI again now that I'm pregnant.

Set a timer and be thankful. This lack of hunger gives you the perfect opportunity to work through any emotional/head issues related to food while not feeling any physical hunger. Take advantage of it and maintenance will be far easier for the effort.

That said' date=' it is possible to enjoy food again. It just takes a while and really enjoyable meals are few and far between. Tastes change and if you make the right food choices odds are good your standards (as in, how highly you rate a meal) are likely to be higher.

Oh, and like I said - more than two years out and pregnant - and a cup is about all I can fit in, though sometimes it's less and sometimes it's more, depending on what I'm eating and when I'm eating it.

~Cheri[/quote']

This is kinda off the subject but being 2yrs out have you eaten hot wings or fried chicken? I feel this is the one of two foods I cant give up!

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This is kinda off the subject but being 2yrs out have you eaten hot wings or fried chicken? I feel this is the one of two foods I cant give up!

You didn't ask me, but I am 13 months out, I eat hot wings (not breaded) once a week at my hubs favorite restaurant. Fried chicken not so much, the grease hurts my stomach. I guess it just depends on the stomach.

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This is kinda off the subject but being 2yrs out have you eaten hot wings or fried chicken? I feel this is the one of two foods I cant give up!

Also, I can only eat 2 chicken wings ????

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This is kinda off the subject but being 2yrs out have you eaten hot wings or fried chicken? I feel this is the one of two foods I cant give up!

You clearly missed CLK's earlier post.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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