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Never Hungry!

I'm 5 weeks out. I'm never hungry. I have to remind myself to eat. I get all my fluids and protein (shakes) in. When I make myself food, I eat about 5 tiny bites and that's it. I couldn't care less about food. Is this normal?

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Yes. I went through a period where I had no interest in food and just ate because I needed to.

I did too and that lasted about 6 months. Not so much anymore. I still can't eat much so it's working but I do get hungry now.

Yes, went whole days without eating if I was busy. I had to think about it.

I am 11 weeks out on Thursday and apart from the few 'head hunger' episodes I had early on, I have never felt hungry. I have to plan my work day out and keep an alarm on reminding me to eat or I would just carry on working and forget.

Even seeing other people eating doesn't bother me. I know this will change in time but I am LOVING it right now :)

What are you eating? Maybe I need some new things to try.

I'm a year out so I can eat pretty much anything. I will say the no appetite days were mostly protein shakes & soup

Isn't it a strange feeling? Never thought I would "not be hungry"

I just started to get hungry again - at 6 months out. For the first 6 months I ate on a schedule otherwise I would not eat at all.

One thing to note - if I thought I was hungry before I really was not - that was my "head" telling me it's noon and I should eat. So start to learn how your body is now with the pouch. Head hunger is different than pouch hunger. This took be about a month or two to learn the difference.

I wish I had this problem! I'm 6 days post op and feel hungry all the time :-/

I've got some hunger back at 7 weeks, (and no it's not reflux or thirst or head hunger for those who trot out that reply every time someone mentions they feel hunger :)

It's slowly come on recently, it's certainly not as strong as pre op but if i miss a meal or am a few hours late for one I feel some genuine hunger, it's manageable and doesn't take a lot to satisfy I can live with it I just preferred it a few weeks ago when there was nothing :)

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