Hi all, I was sleeved on 27th July in Brisbane and I am struggling with how hungry I am.

I had no idea how bad it would be and I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions? I have found that if I have some milk in the morning I am not too hungry during the day but I don't know if milk is the best for my new sleeve.

At the moment I am having 125mls of up n go or milk for brekkie, 125mls protein water for morning tea, half a cuppa soup for lunch, juice or protein water again for afternoon tea and half a cuppa soup for dinner. And then approx 300mls water through out the day/night.

Does this sound normal? Does it get easier?

I was sleeved on the 26th and today started feeling very hungry. I thought that would go away so I'm a bit disappointed. Your liquids sound right. You might want to add some more protein.

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I was sleeved on July 26th and feeling very, very hungry since the day after surgery. I have never felt such strong hungry pains in my entire life. It was so bad it woke me up one morning. I wanted so badly to eat something unhealthy at that moment, but instead I grab one chewy calcium vitamin at 5:30am and called it a meal. Now this is pretty bad. LOL

Acid can mimic hunger pains. If you aren't on an acid blocker perhaps you should be? Or if you are maybe the dosage needs to be increased? I needed 40mg instead of the 20mg I started on.

37 minutes ago, jess9395 said:

Acid can mimic hunger pains. If you aren't on an acid blocker perhaps you should be? Or if you are maybe the dosage needs to be increased? I needed 40mg instead of the 20mg I started on.

Definitely this. It is amazing how much it can help. Also drinking a protein shake instead of protein water would probably help. I know they don't taste amazing, but they still kill my hunger 3 years after surgery. Just stick with it. It definitely gets easier to resist the urges over time. You have got this!

1 hour ago, SuperDave said:

Definitely this. It is amazing how much it can help. Also drinking a Protein Shake instead of Protein Water would probably help. I know they don't taste amazing, but they still kill my hunger 3 years after surgery. Just stick with it. It definitely gets easier to resist the urges over time. You have got this!

The Omeprazol REALLY helped me a lot.

13 hours ago, zoegastricsleeve said:

Hi all, I was sleeved on 27th July in Brisbane and I am struggling with how hungry I am.

I had no idea how bad it would be and I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions? I have found that if I have some milk in the morning I am not too hungry during the day but I don't know if milk is the best for my new sleeve.

At the moment I am having 125mls of up n go or milk for brekkie, 125mls Protein Water for morning tea, half a cuppa Soup for lunch, juice or protein water again for afternoon tea and half a cuppa soup for dinner. And then approx 300mls water through out the day/night.

Does this sound normal? Does it get easier?

It is normal. It will get better.

I went through the same thing for a few weeks post-op. Torture! I kept thinking, "I just had my stomach cut out and I'm still hungry?? WTF?"

I did take a PPI, but I don't know if it made any difference; I still felt ravenous. All I can say is that it will pass. In the meantime, the only advice I can give is for you to try and keep busy to keep your mind off of it.

Hi, very important question, are you taking a proton pump inhibitor??

I thought I was constantly hungry too, but it ended up it was acid reflux. But because my body had no idea what was happening and the parts of the stomach that sends signals to the brain has been messed with, my body had no idea how to interpret the signals it was getting, so it told me I was hungry. I was not, I was in a form of pain. lol!

The part of the stomach that send the hormones to the brain telling it it's hungry has been removed so this is most likely, not always but most likely, due to acid in your stomach. Get on a proton pump inhibitor, I had to double up on mine, one in the AM and one in the PM for a while.

I was sleeved on July 26th and feeling very, very hungry since the day after surgery. I have never felt such strong hungry pains in my entire life. It was so bad it woke me up one morning. I wanted so badly to eat something unhealthy at that moment, but instead I grab one chewy calcium vitamin at 5:30am and called it a meal. Now this is pretty bad. LOL

Hahahaha oh I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling that way! For some reason I thought that I wouldn't be very hungry at all straight after but I was wrong! I am one week post op now and feeling great even did cooking for other people and wasn't as much of a struggle as I thought it would be

Acid can mimic hunger pains. If you aren't on an acid blocker perhaps you should be? Or if you are maybe the dosage needs to be increased? I needed 40mg instead of the 20mg I started on.

Oh wow thanks for that! I didn't even think of that as an option. I might email my doctor and ask him what he thinks.

Definitely this. It is amazing how much it can help. Also drinking a protein shake instead of protein water would probably help. I know they don't taste amazing, but they still kill my hunger 3 years after surgery. Just stick with it. It definitely gets easier to resist the urges over time. You have got this!

Thank u so much SuperDave! I definitely feel the support on this forum which is amazing when no one else in your life really understand what you are going through. I will definitely switch up the water for the shakes as I seem to be able to drink about 600mls of water a day now. Getting better each day! Yay!

The Omeprazol REALLY helped me a lot.

I feel like I might me on a different version of this but I'll ask my doctor about the amount I'm taking. Thanks for the advice!

It is normal. It will get better.
I went through the same thing for a few weeks post-op. Torture! I kept thinking, "I just had my stomach cut out and I'm still hungry?? WTF?"
I did take a PPI, but I don't know if it made any difference; I still felt ravenous. All I can say is that it will pass. In the meantime, the only advice I can give is for you to try and keep busy to keep your mind off of it.

Yeah I think I am on a form of PPI (I haven't heard that term in Australia but I am on medication for acid reflux so I imagine it's the same thing) but others are suggesting I might have to up the intake so I'll talk to my doctor about it. Otherwise though, u are right. The moment I am distracted with something else, I don't feel hungry. Thank u for your help!

Hi, very important question, are you taking a proton pump inhibitor??

I thought I was constantly hungry too, but it ended up it was acid reflux. But because my body had no idea what was happening and the parts of the stomach that sends signals to the brain has been messed with, my body had no idea how to interpret the signals it was getting, so it told me I was hungry. I was not, I was in a form of pain. lol!
The part of the stomach that send the hormones to the brain telling it it's hungry has been removed so this is most likely, not always but most likely, due to acid in your stomach. Get on a proton pump inhibitor, I had to double up on mine, one in the AM and one in the PM for a while.

I feel like I am on a PPI (I don't think they use that abbreviation in Aus sorry!), I am on medication for acid reflux. I think I'll talk to my doc to see if I'm taking a high enough dosage. Thanks for your advice!

Just curious, what was the pain relating to? Acid reflux? I have had hardly any pain to the point where I don't even take paracetamol and that has been since I have gotten out of the hospital. The only discomfort has really been the hunger pains. I hope that's normal and a good thing!

There are different types of acid medications. Proton pump inhibitors block the stomach from producing acid (omeprazole, pantaprozole, protonix) Some other types reduce acid once it hits the stomach (tums, mylanta, rolaids). You need the first type.

And sometimes acid doesn't cause pain, just a gnawing hunger sensation.

Try this... are you hungry for a particular food? Or will anything satisfy? If it's true hunger or acid anything will do. If it's something specific or a type of food, it's head hunger usually... just mind cravings.