Hi -- I had the bypass surgery on Monday and I was doing great until today. All of the sudden I started getting really hungry. I hope I haven't stretched anything out but it's kinda scaring me. Is this normal to be hungry?

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It seems that it isn't terribly uncommon. I know for the first week or two I felt absolutely ravenous. Evvvverything looks and smelled so good, even food I hadn't cared for before surgery. It was, however, just the infamous 'head hunger'. Once I was able to eat food that actually tasted and felt like food again it passed, and I realized just how so NOT hungry I actually am.

Thank you I was hoping I wasn't doing anything wrong

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I had crazy head hunger the first week home. I thought I was going to lose my mind if I didn't have a taco. Of course I couldn't eat anything even close to that, but I noticed that whenever head hunger set in, I would have some protein drink and that would make the crazy hunger thing subside. As time goes on, it works better and better. I start thinking about how much I want a hamburger, for instance, so I go to the kitchen and eat Greek yoghurt and I don't think hamburger for weeks. I'm so thrilled it works so well.

I had surgery on Tuesday and honestly on Thursday I was feeling hunger. In a way I felt ok about it Bc I felt somewhat normal as weird as that sounds. But I am home and I get small spurts of hunger from time to time as well. I can honestly drink something or have a small snack and I am ok. I live in Germany and had my surgery here. I found it very weird that as soon as they sent me home they said I can eat puréed foods and anything I can chew very well for the next 3 weeks. I was very surprised seeing that I see everyone was put on a strict liquid diet for the first 2 weeks and then puréed food. But I still don't take it over board but I do curb my hunger in between with a couple sips of some type of liquid or drink and I am fine.

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