Hi, I’m so desperate about this! I’m two months post surgery and something weird is happening to me ...... I eat and after 30 minutes I feel empty and wanting to eat more... Help.....

Hi there

It would help if you tell us more - what sort of surgery? How much are you eating in a sitting? How often? What kind of food? Have you stuck very closely to your surgeon’s post surgery eating plan? All these things will affect the answer...

Also. I find by reading that we vary a lot. And things change over time. I had a bypass, could eat very little soon after but within a week or two, felt I could eat quite a bit. But now, 9 weeks post surgery, I think things are tightening up a bit...

It depends what I eat for sure. I can definitely eat more soup or even salad than say chicken or fish. On the whole though, I am never hungry thirty minutes after eating any meal. Are you eating nutritious protein first followed by some vegetables or what is your diet consisting of?

”Feeling empty” sounds emotional vs physical to me though.

Biddy is right it’s hard to give useful advice with such little information.

Are you stopping your fluid intake before eating(15 min or more) and then not resuming fluids for at least 30 minutes after eating? If you’re drinking soon after then it pushes the food through the pouch faster and you feel hungry much quicker

Same for me. I am 2 months post op and i feel hungry about 30-60 mins after i eat. Just try to drink water instead of eating

Thank you guys, the comments help me to see what I’m doing wrong...