Hi everyone,

I was sleeved on Thursday June 20. Since Sunday, I have had pangs of hunger. I am still 100% liquid diet but it's getting very difficult to stick to as my stomach is constantly growling. Other sleevers from my group say they have no hunger - will mine go away? Help!!

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I was sleeved on Thursday June 20. Since Sunday, I have had pangs of hunger. I am still 100% liquid diet but it's getting very difficult to stick to as my stomach is constantly growling. Other sleevers from my group say they have no hunger - will mine go away? Help!![/quote']

I have a few days where I struggle with hunger (head and stomach types) and then several days where it is not so much an issue. I've noticed more struggles with hunger when my carbs go up and Protein goes down. I am 5 weeks out and now can consume more variety of protein sources and this seems to help a lot.

Just do the best you can and focus on foods that allow you to heal for the time being ( foods on your allowed list). During the purée stage I did indulge in 2-3 ozs mashed potatoes for several days as it was on my list and seemed yo settle well in my stomach ( and tasted heavenly) . But after a few weeks of stalled weight loss and moving forward into soft foods I am focusing on good easy to digest protein (eggs, tuna, crab, fish, sml amounts yogurt.....dairy has been a challenge for me) I am feeling quite satisfied and the scale has started moving down again. Btw my sleeve was done 5/21/13.

Hi everyone,

I was sleeved on Thursday June 20. Since Sunday, I have had pangs of hunger. I am still 100% liquid diet but it's getting very difficult to stick to as my stomach is constantly growling. Other sleevers from my group say they have no hunger - will mine go away? Help!!

Eating solid food right now can put you in the emergency room so please don't even consider it. After surgery I would feel a hunger pang even well into a Protein shake so I didn't even know what to think. Do your best to consume what your surgeon told you to and when. At some point I'm sure we learn to interpret the signals our new stomachs send us.

Hi everyone' date='

I was sleeved on Thursday June 20. Since Sunday, I have had pangs of hunger. I am still 100% liquid diet but it's getting very difficult to stick to as my stomach is constantly growling. Other sleevers from my group say they have no hunger - will mine go away? Help!![/quote']

The same thing happened to me. I think it's the nerves or hormones in the stomach. Maybe something with the healing process. Whatever it is trust me it goes away completely , to the point where you won't even think about food. I'm 4 months post op and I'm never hungry I have to force my self to eat.

My stomach made lots of noises too but I never felt hungry. Do you actually feel hungry or going off the noises being made? I had to really zone it out sometimes and listen to my head. Not sure if that makes any sense.

When i get hungry i have learned to slow down and see if it started with a thought or actually coming from my new stomach. If i sip water and the "empty" feeling or growls go away then it was stomach. Head hunger has been much more difficult to get rid of for me.

The tummy rumbles still happens sometimes. Im almost six months out.

Hi everyone,

I was sleeved on Thursday June 20. Since Sunday, I have had pangs of hunger. I am still 100% liquid diet but it's getting very difficult to stick to as my stomach is constantly growling. Other sleevers from my group say they have no hunger - will mine go away? Help!!

I am 9 days ahead of you and it seems to me if I don't keep up with my fluid intake every 30 min. Then I too have some rumbling going on. my advice is to put yourself on a schedule of fluid intake and meals and then your stomach won't feel empty. My doctor said that whatever I do make sure I get my 70grams of protein and 64 ounces of fluids in, and think that helps with the hunger. you basically have to always be drinking or eating something. Just in small 2 to4 ounce increments.

I'm feeling the same way also. I was sleeved last Tuesday and am on full liquids. I eat Soup a lot but I'm already getting sick of it. I hate my Protein shakes so I'm trying to add Peanut Butter to make them taste better. All I want to do right now is freaking eat something lol!

I also take an acid pill every morning. Generic Zantac and that helps with a lot of my gurgling/hungry feelings. Hang in there this stage will be over soon enough.

The same thing happened to me. I think it's the nerves or hormones in the stomach. Maybe something with the healing process. Whatever it is trust me it goes away completely ' date=' to the point where you won't even think about food. I'm 4 months post op and I'm never hungry I have to force my self to eat.[/quote']

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So true!

I was sleeved 6/13 and each day the hunger lessens. My sleeve buddy reminded me that the acids must regulate first. Also as others stated, make sure to take acid controllers, drink lots of Water, Protein 60-80 grams per day and all of your vitamin/mineral supplements faithfully. Give it time...soon the hunger will subside.

I was sleeved last Tuesday also and I am in the same boat. STARVING

Thank god I'm not the only one! I was sleeved June 17 and about 4-5 days out. I wa starved! I don't find it bad anymore though

First of all you are NOT STARVING! People in third world countries are starving. Your stomach is in a major healing phase and will make noises, this does not mean that you are even hungry. As another poster said follow your eating guidelines and learn to listen to your stomach, it is just healing from major trauma.

I'm feeling the same way also. I was sleeved last Tuesday and am on full liquids. I eat Soup a lot but I'm already getting sick of it. I hate my Protein shakes so I'm trying to add Peanut Butter to make them taste better. All I want to do right now is freaking eat something lol!

I also take an acid pill every morning. Generic Zantac and that helps with a lot of my gurgling/hungry feelings. Hang in there this stage will be over soon enough.

Hey Olivia,

I am not a fanof the Protein shake. They totally nauseate me. A friend turned me on to Isopure Zero Carb with 40-grams of protein. They are clear drinks that have flavors similar to Gatorade. They aren't something you would choose over a Coke, but for the protein and the taste they are a life saver for me.

Hi everyone,

I was sleeved on Thursday June 20. Since Sunday, I have had pangs of hunger. I am still 100% liquid diet but it's getting very difficult to stick to as my stomach is constantly growling. Other sleevers from my group say they have no hunger - will mine go away? Help!!

Dont listen to all the preachy, holier than thou, people criticizing how you are feeling. You were alot like me, but when I found some good protien shakes that I liked it really did get alot easer. I like unjury chocolate splendor, vanilla with a tsp of instant coffee added. If you can stand skim milk it will add extra protien, if not use unsweetened almond milk. The body by vi shakes have some good recipies also like the butterfinger shake, or the almond cherry. I think theres an ap for those recipies. The unjury chicken soup is pretty good. When I got my protien up I stopped being hungry.

PPI, are you on one? You should be. If you're on one, be sure it's working for you - I had to change what I was on from Nexium to Prevacid (didn't work at all!) to Prilosec (I used generic omeprazole) before I felt relief. Do not assume that a lack of burning in your throat means you don't have too much acid. More often, the only symptom is that rumbling tummy and a never ending feeling of hunger.

That feeling of hunger is almost always acid and it can fool any of us - I'm three years out next month and haven't had to take a PPI regularly outside of pregnancy since six months post op. But if I'm having a lot of acid? It sounds and feels EXACTLY like a grumbly tummy. So, first line of defense when you feel hunger is ALWAYS to evaluate whether or not you're taking a proton pump inhibitor like Prilosec. Tums does not count, and despite being a PPI, many have come here to report Prevacid doesn't control the acid (it didn't for me, either) so make sure you're on something.

Beyond that, in the early days of liquids and soft foods it's hard to feel satiety from a mental perspective. We want food because we can't chew and that makes us think about food all the time.

Find a Protein that works. I promise, I've had to try more than thirty over the last three years to find things I like that don't bother my system. There is something out there for you, too. Protein is necessary and it's going to be a long while before you can consume enough food (and in enough variety to keep you from going insane!) to get the nutrients you need. Find samples online and keep trying, it's worth the effort!

Spend any time around here and you'll see people remind themselves and others that they operated on your stomach, not your brain. Those desires to eat are so often mental and emotional, not physical.

And finally, worst case scenario? Maybe you didn't lose the hunger. It's doubtful, because in four years around here (I lurked a good six months before starting to post) I've only seen three or four people with this issue. Even if that's the case, you have a sleeve that's going to help you immensely. How well you do has nothing to do with even the size of your stomach - it's what you put in it that counts. People that don't feel hunger can still fizzle out before goal and embrace bad habits like binges or grazing. How well you do is entirely up to you and the choices you make.

That said, it's most likely acid, I promise.

~Cheri