How do you know the difference between head hunger and real? If my stomach is growling is it always real? Is there a way to find out without eating food? I'm still preop.

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I had horrible head hunger post vsg early on. It was from the point of the 2 week pre op until i could eat almost normal food post op. It's not that bad now 3

months out.

I feel like head hunger for me was this intense desire for food. ANY FOOD. Whatever food i saw i wanted to eat. And i wanted a lot of it. Even post op i just knew i could kill a Chipotle burrito bowl cause i wanted one so bad. But i knew i was just being extra and needed to get my crap together. I think head hunger is any time you feel like eating without there being a need. Whenever i want to eat something but im not physically hungry or need to or just ate and the item im craving just happens to be really indulgent, i consider that head hunger. But that's just me. Some might feel differently. Hope i helped tho

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I have this problem. Like we should have IHOP for dinner because pancakes sound good but I wasn't hungry. I had to stop and ask myself am I thinking and wanting this food out of habit or because I am hungry. 100% of the time when I wanted stuff like that it was because of habit versus when I was like I should have Protein because I haven't had any in so many hours. You will figure it out, you just have to stop and ask yourself some questions.

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