So every night since I have started eating food at bed time I am starving. Is this normal I'm 5 weeks post op?

@@cole225 I did that pre-op and took some over the counter sleep aid to help me sleep. Careful you'll probably start having dreams about pigging out. I did. Then I'd wake up all freaked out thinking I ate a bunch of junk.

This is exactly how I felt last night. Prior to surgery and whenever I was 'dieting' I could cope all day but the evening and before bed was the worst time. I would always feel hungry. Last night for the first time since surgery (3 weeks out today) I felt 'hungry' after 10. My tummy rumbled and it took me right back to when I used to binge before bed or during the night. I was so tempted to have something but I didn't. I just hope its not my old demons back to haunt me

Pre--op, I would love a big bowl of Cereal or vanilla ice cream at bedtime and still would wake up in the middle of the night and eat fruit. What I do now at 20 months out is this: I have a glass of milk with vanilla and a little sweetener in it at bedtime and I keep sugar-free Jello made up in the fridge to satisfy the fruit craving.

I found sometimes that shortly after surgery extreme hunger feeling at night was actually Acid. Don't know if it's the same for you but in those weeks I needed to take some prilosec every day and having a tums around bedtime seemed to really help with that hunger feeling. sleeping with my upper body slightly inclined helped too but mostly it was the acid-reduction that helped. If it's not the acid maybe a little benedryl to help you sleep a little deeper. I find that helps me too when my cravings are a little stronger during that time of the month.

I'm on omeprazole 2 times a day and it doesn't help

I was getting that too now i just moved one of my protein shakes to that time n it takes care of it

Edited August 13, 201511 yr by newbeginning77

I don't even drink protein shakes.

I eat a cheese stick. Or last night I had a couple of ounces of grilled pork chop. As long as it's Protein it should be fine.

I ate pork chop at 11:30 pm last night and still was down a pound this morning.

Thank u. U all have been super helpful.

I eat cucumbers or spinach at night when I'm hungry. If I don't feel like eating some type of green vegetable, then I know I'm not really hungry. Pickles are also good since they usually have 0-5 calories. I'm trying to break out of the habit completely, however, since digesting food at night can disrupt your sleep. Although I've yet to gain any weight whatsoever from night eating.