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I'm officially 5 weeks post op. I've lost 26 lbs and have been feeling pretty good. The past two days though have been tough. All I want to do is eat. I know it's my head talking not my stomach but these past two nights I have not been able to shut my head up and it has been winning over my stomach. In fact here I sit in the middle of the night writing this after I just had to throw away some food that I wanted to desperately eat but knew I shouldn't because I don't want to go back to eating in the middle of the night. I've been doing so well and I don't understand. I know the rankings of a lunatic. I just don't want to feel that I am all alone on this one. Am I?

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Hi! I am starting my 5 weeks today and no your not alone! While I was a night eater I just told my husband it feels so good to sleep all night long abs bit wake up hungry! I have lost my hunger pains... Do you have them? If boy it's your head it helps to go to bed early and get a full nights sleep being 5 weeks out I have splurged some but complete different portions than before what are you eating now? Are you getting your Protein? With protein you should be getting full!

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I've been doing well in getting a lot of my Protein in. And I was actually doing well at not feeling hungry at night after dinner. It's just been these past few nights where I've struggled. It could just be a phase. I haven't been sleeping as well either these past few nights. I think I'm a bit concerned because night time eating was one of my issues and it's been going so well until these past few days . Do t want to have gone through all of this to have it be like before if that makes sense.

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You are not alone. Its times like these that make me the most thankful for my sleeve. I have noticed a change (mentally) since my surgery but I am reminded every now and again that I am not over my food addiction. I can count at least 5 times since I had surgery that if I didnt have the surgery I would of binged ate all of my weight lost back. Its important to use this time when we cant eat like we would like too in order to fix are food issues. Again-you are not alone

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I'm 2 months out. At weeks 5-6 I noticed my appetite came back, before that I had none. It made me panic for a minute but then I realized it was just part of the healing process. About that time I had a latte with some Syrup in it (intentionally because I was feeling bad). That syrup gave me carb cravings for 3 days after! Now I notice that sometimes I just have "hungry" days where I get hungry every 3 hours or so and have to put something in the tank. I did feel like my capacity increased slightly at weeks 5-6 so perhaps it is normal.

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I'm 2 months out. At weeks 5-6 I noticed my appetite came back, before that I had none. It made me panic for a minute but then I realized it was just part of the healing process. About that time I had a latte with some Syrup in it (intentionally because I was feeling bad). That syrup gave me carb cravings for 3 days after! Now I notice that sometimes I just have "hungry" days where I get hungry every 3 hours or so and have to put something in the tank. I did feel like my capacity increased slightly at weeks 5-6 so perhaps it is normal.

For me when that happen in the begining it was my stomach making acid so once the meds got in I didnt feel the hunger any longer..still today if im stress and my stomah makes more acid I feel it again and I was sleeved 6/18/13

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