I am NEVER hungry! I rarely even think about food except to quickly track my Protein.

It is such a change from pre-op where I felt that my whole life revolved around food!

I know this won't last forever(or so I have read), but I hope it sticks around for as long as possible!

When did you have your surgery?

I too was super excited about never being hungry....

But the last month or so I get super bad stomach aches around 2-4ish... I thought it was from sitting all day and built up air.

It was only a few days ago that it dawned on me that it's because I'm hungry!

It's a different kind of hunger pain, that's why it took me so long to figure it out.

I'm 4 months out.

As soon as I realized this and ate a small snack during this time - the pains resolved.

Weird, I know. Lol

I felt kinda silly for not realizing it sooner!

Good luck to you. Hopefully you'll never get hungry again!

Edited January 20, 201610 yr by heather5565

Yeah, the hunger does come back but it's not as intense and I can satisfy it with just a bit of food. Before surgery, I would get really bad headaches when I got too hungry and it would take a couple of days to get rid of the headaches. The hunger does stay away for at least a year so that's good news!! Though I am sure everyone is a bit different so your mileage may vary.

I am a gastric bypass person too. My hunger came back at the 4 month mark but it really does feel different. It's not that gnawing hunger that it used to be and I can make it go away with just a few bites of food or a cup of milk.

If you are bypass it will return but it will be different. Some people are lucky and it doesn't come back for a very long time?

I also will say that being full now is very different from being full prior to surgery. I swear I used to stuff myself so darn full before surgery that I would literally feel sick. Now, I am satisfied with so little and will stay that way for a long time as long as I am earring Protein dense foods.

My surgeon said to be aware that sometimes it can be confused with nausea but it's really an empty and hungry pouch.

My surgery was 9/29/15. ????