I'm 48 hours post op and been experiencing some serious food craving. I recall for the lecture and the informational material that most lose there craving after the surgery. My cravings have been out of control. I'm on a liquid diet for the next two weeks so I'm a little nervous that my cravings may win.

When I turn on the tv there is food everywhere I'm here craving thing i don't normally eat. I do understand the VSG is the tool and I'm going to have to do some work to lose the weight.

Can anyone offer any insight into the craving? Have you experienced any food cravings, if so how did you deal with them;

I don't want to discourage, but cravings are super hard to get rid of! It's like in your stage, you want what you can't have! I was really hungry too. Here's what I did. I bought a whole chicken, an onion, carrots, celery and made some chicken broth by cooking it all together. Then I took the meat off one thigh, a small amount of the veggies and blended them really well and stirred them back into the broth. It made the broth soooo yummy! About 2 weeks post op I added a little instant potatoes until they were super runny and ate it with a fork so I only got what stayed on the tines. It saved me! PS... I added unflavored protein powder too!

I'm just a couple of weeks out, and I experienced that so much the first week. I was so disappointed becuase I wanted my hunger/cravings to go away. But, once I started on some full liquids like applesauce, and some mushy food, I haven't felt much hunger. It only takes a couple of bites of those things and I feel so full and don't want food! The first week on clear liquids, no matter how much liquid you get down there is just not enough substance to it to make you feel full, but that will change soon.

It's in your head! You must conquer thy inner hunger or try an antacid pill which helps with hunger