I had Breakfast today, plenty of Protein, and about 30 minutes later I was craving something crunchy, crackers, kale chips etc. I started getting upset thinking how could I be hungry, I was very full 30 minutes ago. I started thinking of my favorite Snacks, like cottage cheese and yogurt, and thought to myself, that is not tempting at all, I am still full. My point is, I think I discovered how to tell the difference from head hunger vs real hunger, for me anyway and just wondering if anyone else feels that way. I know before surgery if I was hungry, anything and everything sounded good and I would eat almost anything, but this time I realized I was not really hungry or anything would have been tempting. I hope I am making sense. So rather then give in to something crunchy, I waited and had some fluids and craving gone for now.

I found out what "mindless eating" was just this week. I am 6 months post op. The Doc wanted me to jump start my stall, so he had me do 5 days of liquids (like pre-op). I lost about 8 pounds, and now my sleeve has a tight restriction again (YAY). But mostly I realized that I had been mindlessly eating pretzels before this liquid diet. We have a big sams club barrel of pretzels in my kitchen, and I was eating a handful every time I went in there. Not tracking them either. Hence....the stall. Lesson learned!