hunger hormones comes back after surgery

[jaysleever 61]

how many people experience hunger now after surgery and what do you do about it. I suspect if I keep weighing my food and not go over 5 ounces per meal maybe I can keep from getting hungry. I mean the hunger sensations were terrible before surgery. Especially at night I ate most of my food at night so I was a night eater. I'm hoping that doesn't happen again with Portion Control.

[magtart 603]

I've been getting hungry sooner than I thought I would. I can eat a whole egg for Breakfast and feel hungry an hour later. I ate a slice of cheese and some turkey lunch meat in between Breakfast and lunch. After lunch I haven't been hungry again. I guess I just need to get closer to 500 calories than the 3-4 hundred I have been eating.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

I started feeling hunger again maybe four months after surgery. I just tell myself that hunger is unpleasant but not an emergency, and I can put it on the back burner until my next scheduled meal or Protein Shake.< /p>

[lark60 430]

I started feeling hunger about 6 months post sleeve. I try to retrain my thought pattern by drinking Water when I feel hungry (especially between meals). I drink the Protein shake (6-8 oz) morning and evening, lunch is 1/2 cup Protein and veggies and I have an afternoon snack (limited to 2oz of cottage cheese, string cheese, yogurt with fruit or nuts). I average 900 cal daily (any less and I stop loosing weight).

[gmanbat 5,889]

2 years out here. I feel hunger but it is not even close to the overwhelming compulsion I had before the sleeve.

I can easily defeat it.

Before it was a charging Grizzly, now it's a 3-legged Shiatsu.

[Jenny12 361]

I never really lost my hunger, but I noticed an obvious increase at 6 months out. Now, I get hungry about two hours after I eat. Kind of annoying, really. I just try to limit my snacking, but I find that I usually have to have an afternoon snack and an evening snack. I want a snack between breakfast and lunch but I can usually talk myself into waiting til lunch.

[Healthier2day1227 326]

Yes I'm not a lucky one who has no hunger. I get it but I talk myself through it, it's slightly uncomfortable but not painful. I got that Jack Links turkey and cheese sticks it's only 100 cal for both. It's dense and takes care of my hunger till my next meal. Also a meal that has been really filling me up and it lasts is el pollo loco chicken tortilla Soup. The small is perfect for me and maybe could even forgo the last two bites. It has a lot of chicken so the satiety lasts. Best part it's 210 calories. Just a few ideas.

[jaysleever 61]

I weigh my food to 5 ounces per meal. Im curious as to what are other people portion sizes.

[Olivia23 68]

I am a little over 6 months and have yet to experience "real" hunger. I have gone shopping around Christmas all day and was so busy I did not eat. That never happened before surgery. I finally near the end of the day ate something only because I was feeling lightheaded.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

@JaysonGoldfarb, my plan limits meal sizes to 3 ounces per meal, 3 meals per day, no solid-food Snacks - Protein Shakes only between meals.

[bearman99 228]

I use these to fill it up and then dispose of everything else for the meal.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Y4Z7NS/ref=oh_details_o04_s02_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Next step when I go out to eat will be to use these.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000K9WTLO/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

it seems to be working for me.

I weigh my food to 5 ounces per meal. Im curious as to what are other people portion sizes.

[mickally 95]

I have been getting very hungry within an hour of eating it is frustrating, I keep telling myself that I am thirsty not hungry which is true most of the time. I have to sip all day between meals to keep my stomach happy. I am eating 3oz at a meal and 3 meals and 1 to 2 Snacks usually my Snacks are cottage cheese, cheese sticks or turkey bits.