Hello;

I'm four days out and feeling pretty hungry. Anyone feel similar?

Yes it happens. Prayer helped me more than anything and Eating Sugar free popsicles.

I wish prayer could help me lol I turned to Lipton noodle soup with light noodles. My stomach seems ok with it and it keeps me feeling full.

It does take time to get thru this stage. Head hunger---learning to deal with it. I ate the broth from chicken noodle soup and tossed the noodles lol

I also ate yogurt.

Head Hunger? For me it's real hunger, to go from a High Calorie diet to barely getting enough nutrition is not in my head. At least that's what my stomach is saying. I am mixing the protein powder in my yogurt, it takes forever to finish. Nothing tastes good right now

It is tough going from high calorie to almost no calorie. Hopefully eating yogurt will help. Have you tried mash potatoes?

I agree... Thankfully the days are passing pretty quickly so in time it will pass! Yogurt sounds like a good idea too.

At four days out I was still on a clear liquid diet and continued until day 7. Be careful having noodles at this point, your stomach is not ready for it. Have diluted sugar free apple juice. Keep sipping your water and keep yourself busy. Your stomach has been through major trauma so it actually is not producing hunger signals; unfortunately it is all in your head.

Every doctor is diff on what they allow. So depending o. What you can have. Noodles ws something I didn't do. I ws allowed broth of course, yogurt, sugar free jello and sugar free popsicles and mashpotaoes.

Thanks for the input. Mashed potatoes I wasn't aware of.

I am 2 1/2 months post op. I started getting hungry on the 3rd day post op and i still get hungry, I know its not head hunger.

It is hard to stay at 800 cals per day. I am exercising 35 mins per day on the exercycle (6 miles). Getting fluids in is harder. Ive only lost 37 lbs (down from 244 to 206). The weight loss has been really slow.

I've had lots of NSV's (from a size 22 to an 18).

So the hunger is a disappointment. An acid reducer seems to help, as well as chewing on lots of popsicles.

Im trying to focus on the NSVs but I sympathize with your frustration. I will be happy to see what others think of this. I am sure we are not alone in our hunger.

Please "like" us if you are in the same boat. We need encouragement.

Thanks for your post Tink ... It really is a struggle this far for me and I appreciate your honestly with me! Praying for better days for you and I! Best wishes!

I am headed to the kitchen now, going to try it. Heaven knows it has to be better than yogurt. I will have it with plain Greek yogurt, mmmm will be like a baked potato with sour cream.

Let me know how that goes lol. I'm anxious to hear your end result.

missmarie124 if mashed potato's are not on your approved list of foods, you should be careful about eating this. You are only 4 days out, you should contact your nutritionist before introducing these types of foods into your diet.

Yes you really should go by what your doctor hs told you. Every doctor is diff on what they allow you to have. I have seen where people were on liquids for six weeks to eating soft foods first wk