I didn't think I was going to be so hungry. My surgeon requires two more weeks of a liquid diet before I can move on to mushy foods. The first few days were rough but I've been able to get all of my liquid and Protein for the past 3 days. But my hunger isn't any different than it was on the pre-op diet when I had a full stomach.

My greatest fear is that I go through all of this and eating a low calorie diet isn't any easier than it was before surgery.

It is a very normal phase. I promise. Same thing happened to me and a lot of people. I am 2 months out and went from being hungry everyday right after surgery to now I hardly ever get hungry. It will normalize.

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I hope because I'm a week out in I feel your pain I can't wait to eat tuna and fruit and vegetables and god stuff ????

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I hope so too. I'm in this phase now

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Are you taking a PPI everyday?

Head hunger from not chewing is really real. Physical hunger, not so much unless you are having acid issues. Acid mimics hunger.

When you get to purees it pretty much goes away. I was told that, since chewing is such an important part of the digestive process, your body craves it.

As soon as I could eat purees, I felt better.

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Thanks for the replies. It passed and I haven't been hungry in days, even consuming only 300 calories.

Hi DillThePill believe me we all are pretty much in the same boat I thought I was near death I wanted anything so bad at one point but as time goes by it got better I'm in stage two now and cream Soups are awesome I just can't get the fact of how people are loosing 30-50 pounds in a month and I'm only down 14 lbs I'm following protocol so I'm kind of confused

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Funny, I'm on day 3 of post op and I keep wondering if something is wrong with my sleeve because I have a healthy appetite, no food aversions and no nausea. I was told it could take me 2 hours to drink an 8 oz shake but I got it down in less than 45 minutes. I'm hitting 8O G Protein without a struggle. Same goes for Water. I sip, sip, sip and have been getting my ounces in. Is my pouch not tight enough, or am I still adjusting?

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Oh wow wish I could be like that I barely can get down 2 ounces and my doctor telling me to try getting 4 ounces of apple sauce at one time down that won't happen right now I sip but it takes me two hours to get down 30 grams of Protein

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