Meet with the NUT today and she said the feeling of fullness and not being hungry "wears off" after 3 years. WTF! Anyone on here 3+ years out?

Hadn't heard that one... scary thought!

Hopefully we have new habits by then... and that they are SOLID!

The beauty of the sleeve is the fact that your odds of stretching it are zero to none..maybe 1. That feeling of fullness will remain because you can not stretch smooth stomach muscle very much. Yes, you might be able to increase your capacity of food in a sitting depending on what kind of foods you eat ..sliders ect... but other then that.. That would not be something you have to worry about ..Day by day..one step at a time..

I believe that for many people the feeling of hunger does return, but the fullness should remain because our new tummy cannot get much bigger.

I am four months shy of my 3 year surgiversary and I will say that, no, the feeling of fullness has not gone away. However ... after several years you learn tricks on how to eat more and fool your body, bad tricks, sneaky tricks that aren't helpful but yes, you *can* eat more than you *should*. Another however (more positive) is that there are still foods that stick, still foods that I can barely eat a mouthful, and when I "reset", eating like a post-op, my post-op stomach seems to return, where 2 oz of scrambled eggs fills me up entirely.

Is someone able to explain why or how a "reset" actually works? Why does eating shakes like a new post op " reset" us back to greater restriction? Enquiring minds want to know!!

Is someone able to explain why or how a "reset" actually works? Why does eating shakes like a new post op " reset" us back to greater restriction? Enquiring minds want to know!!

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Is someone able to explain why or how a "reset" actually works? Why does eating shakes like a new post op " reset" us back to greater restriction? Enquiring minds want to know!!

Agree^^^

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^{Not everyone loses their feeling of hunger - I didn't.}

I cannot explain why the reset works, it could be part physiological, part psychological. Returning to the strict healthy habits of post-op can trigger (in a good way) post-op behaviors and mind set. Not being a scientist or medical doctor I cannot authentically speak about how the stomach reacts to Protein or carbs but in my personal experience, I have discovered that "hunger" is "felt" by me the more carbs I eat on a regular basis. No carbs, no ravenous I MUST EAT IT ALL hunger cues. But that's me, not science.

I have also noticed that if I start my morning off with warm liquids (herbal tea) I can go alot longer without eating. I've also noticed that if I eat dense/thick foods like greek yogurt, soft scrambled eggs, Peanut Butter, they keep me full a lot longer.

I am in the process of a genuine reset, my first. Over the last year I went through a lot and let my food go to pieces, eating anything I felt like. On the 22nd I started tracking again exactly like a post-op. I can report that I am exhausted and going through carb withdrawal but that, if I really really examine how I'm feeling physically, am not actually hungry. A little frantic but that's the head hunger.

Today I am having:

Breakfast - egg white scramble with turkey sausage, shredded cheese, diced ham

lunch - Protein shake

dinner - steak

snack - tea with milk, grapefruit

Total will be about 675 cals, 24g carbs, 70g protein and I will go dancing tonight for my cardio.

This is an experiment, I've never done a reset before or as some like to call it "5 day pouch test", but there are plenty of folks here who do it all the time and there are whole threads devoted to this topic to serve as a resource.

Hope this helps!!

Great thread!

The fivedaypouchtest.com is a really good site. Kaye Bailey has written a book that is very helpful.