I understand how if you have a sleeve the ghrelin producing part of your stomach is gone. My question is: with a bypass does this area go dormant or does it continue to produce hunger hormones? I have gastritis presently pre surg and am not sure if it is that or the ghrelin giving me hunger sensations? If a bypass is not going to help me, should I be rethinking surgery?
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My experience is that the ghrelin thing is largely over-hyped.

I still get hungry as hell. Prolly because I can only eat about 3 ounces at a time and i'm extremely active.

I think it may help with cravings? Maybe I'm not hungry as often as I used to be...or I have to be really hungry before I notice? But hunger is still a VERY REAL part of my world. Most of my stomach missing be damned.

Other's experiences might differ.

If you're expecting surgery to eliminate hunger, or if you feel you need hunger eliminated to be successful......you might be very disappointed.

That said....there are some people who experience very little hunger after surgery.

Wishing you the best.

Edited March 17, 20188 yr by Creekimp13

I'm not overly active yet and havent noticed too much hunger, unless I go like 5 hours between meals (my program discourages snacking and emphasizes 3 meals) i expect a change when i start working out hard. But bodies differ

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I’ve had bypass and yes indeed I do get hungry. I do not yet experience the same amount of cravings I did presurgery, and when I have the urge to buy something off plan, I am able to ignore it right now.

But yes, hunger is normal. If I go too long without eating I feel as hungry as I used to, but can’t eat much.

Some people say they never feel hungry, I’m just not one of them I guess.

I had antipathy and little hunger in the first week or so? But now, sure, I get hungry. But like others have said, it's not the same "kind" of hunger. The intensity, white knuckle, will power fight isn't there for me. I just know I need to get food in my tums. And you know, 2oz protein + 1/2oz of veg to 1oz of veg and boom, done. It's interesting cuz I thought I would want to cook and engineer a lot of foods. But now, I'm like, dang, I have opened canned chicken, cooked chicken tenders, cooked shrimp, sliced turkey. I can just mix and match and as God is my witness, I shall never cook again!!!

Yesterday I pulled out 2oz canned chicken, 1/2oz of steamed leftover broccoli and some WF Italian Zero Cal dressing and was done in 20 minutes of eating. Full for 4 hours.