I’m 23 months post GB surgery and my hungry and cravings are back. I don’t eat nearly as much as I did pre-surgery, however my hungry and cravings are ramping back up...especially at night (always been my toughest time). I read that the Paelo diet can help to settle the hunger and cravings. Anyone tried this or have suggestions they can pass along? Thanks!

Yes, the return of the dreaded hunger/cravings! I have not yet tried the Paleo diet but am looking into it. I'm trying to go back to basics. I have also returned to a nutritionist but this time not the one at my DR's office. So far she's really good. I made sure that she had experience with people who had WLS and she seems to. I've been to NUT's before but so far she has been really good while the others were not. She actually helped me with a meal plan, not just showed me plastic food portions.

One of the things she is having me do and is what I have read on sites like theworldaccordingtoeggface.com and others is to not be afraid of foods that are not low-fat. In fact, when I have cheese or yogurt or things like that, it's ok to have the full fat version. It will be tastier and actually better for me. And, she said that I have not been eating enough of the right foods which is why I eat more later.

Try to go back to basics, make sure you don't drink with your meals, etc.

Thank you for commenting back and for the information. I’d heard this Day would come but I’ve worked so hard to achieve my goal wait that I worry about regressing to old habits since my cravings are coming back. I ate a whole slice of pizza yesterday and could have ate another (I believe). That’s the thing that worry me. I don’t want to stretch my pouch. Best of luck to you esskay77!

Thanks! I remember mentioning to my surgeon about the hunger being back and how surprised I was because I had thought it was gone for good. She said no, it comes back and when it does, it comes back like a beast! Luckily, once you get a handle on it, it really isn't that bad, it's just relearning how to react to it.

Exactly esskay77! The GBS is a tool and will not work unless I comply with the conditions of it. I just wish I didn’t have the cravings

There are two phases to gastric bypass surgery. These are the weight loss phase and the maintenance phase. The strategy of these two phases are different. I described my experience in the maintenance phase in the following article. http://www.breadandbutterscience.com/Surgery2.pdf

I feel I’m maintaining OK. I really want to figure out how to crush cravings. I will check out your link. Thank you.

On 1/14/2018 at 10:11 AM, James Marusek said:

There are two phases to gastric bypass surgery. These are the weight loss phase and the maintenance phase. The strategy of these two phases are different. I described my experience in the maintenance phase in the following article. http://www.breadandbutterscience.com/Surgery2.pdf

Great work, and a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing.