I am 5 months post-op and just had a follow-up visit with my team. I'm doing great - getting my Protein, eating the right amount of food and exercising and losing weight. I got cleared to resume any food I wanted to try withing reason for a low-fat, low sugar diet. I see people posting all these recipes and longing for food and I honestly I just eat very simple meals and find food often has little or no appeal to me. I have very little tolerance for processed food. Cooking and eating is a bit of a chore for me and yes, I do get hungry in that my sleeve is empty and I can tell I need some protein and nutrition, but the appetite and desire for food is almost totally gone. I asked my PA if my appetite would ever return and she said, that for some sleevers it really never comes back and others find it does and find controlling their hunger becomes more of an issue around 2 years. Not sure if no appetite is a good or a bad thing. For those of you who are a bit farther out, do you ever enjoy food again?

If you were one who struggled with food addiction, grazing and unconcious, uneneccasry eating then this feeling is a God-send like it was for me. I felt the same way by 3 months post-op and at 10 months, I've truly adopted the "eat to live" ideaology, simply because I just don't care that much. I do certain things to maintain this feeling though because over the months I've felt it trying to creep back in, so I don't eat after 7pm, I stay off all foodnetwork and Food related shows, and I never reward myself or children with food. It's been a great help for someone like me, who faught with herself mentally on a daily bases when it came to food. I was afraid after having the surgery that I'd be among the ones who struggled with mental hunger but thank God I haven't so, I always think this is a good thing.