Please let me know if it is normal to feel hungry??? I eat small amounts, but it seems like every two hours I am empty and ready for more!!!!

I am 4 months post op and I have been hungry from like day 4 on. I eat every 2-3 hours. Sometimes longer if I am really busy. glad I am not alone.

IKR!!! I was thinking "my greedy self might be out here alone with this one!!!!". Lol but I guess not! I do good tho with my food choices overall tho.

I'm 14 weeks postop and also hungry the majority of the time. Have been since very early out.

It is not abnormal to be hungry! There seems to be a growing belief here that you will no longer experience hunger.

I will say there a a few here that say they never feel hunger anymore but that is the exception not the rule.. Your body needs fuel to work!

It's still a balancing act in a way. I still have to make the decision to eat healthy when hunger comes and as time goes by you have to put a bit more work into it because increased hunger becomes an issue along with being able to eat a bit more.

These are not things to scare you off, this is part of the "work" part people are talking about. the sleeve is a "tool" to be used along with having to learn new habits.

I would eat 5 times a day. If you follow the rules with drinking and eating you will be busy all day putting something in your body.

I took a Metamucil tablet yesterday and today and it has helped with hunger sooooo much. I only ate 710 calories today compared to the 1000-1200 I was eating. And I haven't been starving all day. When I get hungry I can eat something small like a yogurt or string cheese and be good to go. Before yesterday I was having to eat more at a time and more often. Idk if its the Metamucil tablet or if my body is finally getting use to not having a stomach but I'm pretty stoked because I've been battling the sucky starvation for 6 weeks.

I took a Metamucil tablet yesterday and today and it has helped with hunger sooooo much. I only ate 710 calories today compared to the 1000-1200 I was eating. And I haven't been starving all day. When I get hungry I can eat something small like a yogurt or string cheese and be good to go. Before yesterday I was having to eat more at a time and more often. Idk if its the Metamucil tablet or if my body is finally getting use to not having a stomach but I'm pretty stoked because I've been battling the sucky starvation for 6 weeks.

Please be careful! Eating Fiber as an appetite suppressant without drinking enough liquid to pass it through can cause blockage and lead to very serious complications. Trust me! I had my intestines twist and had to have a bowel resection which was REALLY horrible!! It didn't happen for me because of fiber but was just a freak thing. Either way, it is definitely NOT something you want to go through!!

Ditto for me. I've been hungry for 3 1/2 months. I eat small high protein snacks and Popsicles. And try to stay busy.

Please be careful! Eating fiber as an appetite suppressant without drinking enough liquid to pass it through can cause blockage and lead to very serious complications. Trust me! I had my intestines twist and had to have a bowel resection which was REALLY horrible!! It didn't happen for me because of fiber but was just a freak thing. Either way' date=' it is definitely NOT something you want to go through!![/quote']

Really, I didn't know that but I'm very regular in the bathroom department, always have been and I haven't had any issues going to te bathroom since surgery but I will keep what you said in mind in case anything changes