I am one week post op, on puréed food, and trying to eat high protein low carb as much as possible. I am hungry about an hour or two after eating, physical, not emotional hunger. Is this normal? I thought a great deal of hunger went away, a little confused.

Edited November 21, 201411 yr by Wmc1231

Are you taking an acid reducer? Sometimes acid can mimic hunger. Are you drinking enough water? Once you move to solid, dense protein you should stay full longer as long as you don't drink too soon after eating.

I felt the same that first and second week out. I read that a lot of people said it was mind hunger, but it sure felt real. My suggestion is to drink water or protein when you feel the hunger pains. By the time you get to puréed foods you will feel better. I'm there now and am struggling to eat enough. I'm full all the time.

I feel exactly the same way. I'm 2 1/2 weeks post-op, and I swear I feel like I could eat a whole cow. I'm fine all day, but by evening, nothing can satiate me. I'll eat 3 or 4 ounces of something and then be starving again an hour later. Water and tums don't make the hunger go away at all. I'll eat a whole 5.3 ounce container of Dannon Lite and Fit yogurt with ease then be hungry again in another hour. I've seen zero reduction in my hunger, and it pisses me off. Wondering if it will get better, but I have my doubts. I seriously feel like I haven't had surgery at all and the only reason I know I have is the healing incisions and I watched the video of my surgery. That thing was violent!

So sorry you're dealing with this issue, but so glad to see I'm not alone.

My experience is that it is definitely head hunger. When you get back to regular food you will quickly notice the food is not as good as you imagine. If you are like me you will have an aversion to food for a while once you are able to actually eat it. My tastes changed significantly. Steak was my favorite, now I could care less if I ever eat it again. Strangely my favorite meat is ham now. I also changed my preference from white meat chicken to dark meat chicken. Weird but I'm not complaining.