Anyone hungry 8 days out?

[hattie55 3]

I was STARVING from day 4-10 or so. It was so bad I cried. Yeah, I cried from hunger. Not my cutest moment. But my surgeon said it's common and that it would pass; and guess what...it did! Now, 6 weeks out, I get hungry some but not that grueling stomach eating itself feeling. He said that may be a result of the inflammation causing your stomach to move/grind a lot. Best of luck!

Thank-You for sharing that so now I know I am not alone in feeling THE SAME WAY.

[hattie55 3]

Be encouraged. I am 14 days out and just 4-7 days ago, I felt the same way. Today is my first purée day. It gets better.

UGH...can't wait. Thank-You.

[NikkiV1986 121]

I am 6 days out and hungry! food is all I can think about! I'm going insane! A lot of it is knowing "I can't have" this of that... And the other half is probably boredom and habitual hunger. As I sit here on the couch I want to eat!

I'm so glad I saw this! I'm going to up my Protein and see if that helps. Tomorrow is a new day.......

[madeupmind 27]

I had horrible hunger and head hunger the first 4-5 days after surgery. It scared me because I thought oh no I didn't get fixed!! Lol But my surgeon said I was starving because I wasn't getting in my Protein daily and I wasn't I have since been getting in my protein daily and the hunger is GONE!! Head hunger still a little there due to those dratted TV commercials but its getting better too I can't stress enough to get in the protein through foods or shakes. I prefer the soft foods because I'm not tolerating the shakes at all. I also drink part skim part vanilla soy milk a lot to get in more protein. I was down 16.2 lbs one week after surgery and have already lost another 4 lbs. since Thursday...feeling good

[AmandaRaeLeo 2,145]

I am 6 days out and hungry! food is all I can think about! I'm going insane! A lot of it is knowing "I can't have" this of that... And the other half is probably boredom and habitual hunger. As I sit here on the couch I want to eat!

I'm so glad I saw this! I'm going to up my Protein and see if that helps. Tomorrow is a new day.......

Trying redirecting your brain. Don't sit there and agonize over food. Go for a short walk.

Amanda Rae

[NikkiV1986 121]

Trying redirecting your brain. Don't sit there and agonize over food. Go for a short walk.

Amanda Rae

It's frustrating. I dug out some craft stuff. I also have studying to do... And now that the weather is nice my dog would love a walk. I need to learn to be proactive and work WITH my sleeve, not against it.

[msjovanna 9]

I'm 5 days post op and have been hungry also. Im glad that I'm not the only one. I started to think that the surgery didn't work so I tried drinking some extra juice and my little tummy immediately let me know that I've been sleeved!!! I think the hunger is boredom and those darn food commercials! I also avoid the food network at all costs!!!!

[Ballermom 803]

I'm 5 days post op and have been hungry also. Im glad that I'm not the only one. I started to think that the surgery didn't work so I tried drinking some extra juice and my little tummy immediately let me know that I've been sleeved!!! I think the hunger is boredom and those darn food commercials! I also avoid the food network at all costs!!!!

Love the part about the little tummy letting you know that you've been sleeved.

I have experience the same thing with Soup thought I was hungry but wasn't im going to try

A Prilosec and getting my Protein in.

[AmandaRaeLeo 2,145]

It's frustrating. I dug out some craft stuff. I also have studying to do... And now that the weather is nice my dog would love a walk. I need to learn to be proactive and work WITH my sleeve' date=' not against it.[/quote']

I'm using the weather and my dogs as a springboard too. My family and I went for a 30 minute walk yesterday. It's a start and our dogs were thrilled!

I'm still preop and the preop diet is making me crazy!!! I've actually gone to bed early to avoid being awake thinking of food.

Amanda Rae

[Gabi 6]

I'm 13 days out and I have hunger occasionally, but not really bad hunger. I do want the things I can't have, but it is not an obsessive thing like it used to be when I'd try to diet.

I started feeling "hungry" at about 3 or 4 days out, especially in the middle of the night. However, during the day when I feel hunger, it only takes a sip or two of a Protein shake to make it stop.

The problem I'm having now is that since yesterday, I don't want to eat or drink anything. I'm still on full liquids and plan to stay on them for another week, though according to my progression, I can start purees tomorrow. However, I travel next week and fulls are easier to carry around with me and prepare in a hotel room. But I woke up with a terrible cold on Friday, and yesterday, I don't know if it was from all the coughing and the subsequent air in my belly, or the fact that my taste is being influenced by the cold, but everything, except chicken Soup (unjury), makes me just a little sick to my stomach. Even Water.