I am 5 weeks out now and so far, have had little if any hunger. However, I don't know if the last couple of days, my mind is trying to play tricks on me or if I am genuinely starting to get the hunger feeling back.

I am feeling ever so slightly empty at the moment but I can't tell if its hunger or just my old, greedy mind saying you can eat something lol.

How far were you before genuine hunger came back?

I was almost two months out when my hunger came back. Hit me like a ton of bricks. Lol

Hw-273
Sw-226
CW-124
GW-130
Size- 2, Small in sweats. Small in shirts. depends on how it's cut or made.
Bra Size- 34C

Surgery Date- April 26th, 2017
RNY
"Only those who try will become" FFX

For me, at about 3 months I had physical hunger return. But after two weeks or so, it disappeared again. But head hunger has been a constant struggle for me. It is definitely as real and as persistent as physical hunger!

The day after surgery, with a vengeance.

I was starving...crazy hungry...until around three weeks when I started eating about 1000 calories per day.

I eat about 1200 per day now, and have no problems with hunger at all.

3 hours ago, Alison Murray said:

I am 5 weeks out now and so far, have had little if any hunger. However, I don't know if the last couple of days, my mind is trying to play tricks on me or if I am genuinely starting to get the hunger feeling back.

I am feeling ever so slightly empty at the moment but I can't tell if its hunger or just my old, greedy mind saying you can eat something lol.

How far were you before genuine hunger came back?

I can’t answer that. It hasn’t happened yet.

When I think I am hungry , I always drink water first because sometimes i am just thirsty.

PCP,has always said that, OMG do you suppose he didn't lie about that? Maybe I'll have to believe him more often!

Real hunger where you want to gnaw your arm off?

I don't have it much at 7 months. I can tell I need to eat because my brain starts to malfunction and I get tired, cranky.

I do have head hunger and it varies, sometimes it is a couple days in a row, and then nothing for weeks.

An empty stomach does not bother me, I just notice it but it doesn't really set off alarms. I will get a cheese stick or eat 2 small shrimp or something like that and be okay until meal time. Or get busy and forget to eat until I am in trouble and desperate for nourishment. All part of the navigation.

Was just coming here to check on the same thing, I’m 7 months almost 8 months out 130 pounds down and almost 50 inches. And I’m constantly starving the last few days, dr said to try to do a reset. I’m down even further then this picture I’m down to 255.3

I wasn't hungry at all for about four months. Now if I forget to make my protein shakes I get really really hungry. However, it still only takes a relatively small serving to satisfy this hunger.

On ‎06‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 8:40 AM, Alison Murray said:

I am 5 weeks out now and so far, have had little if any hunger. However, I don't know if the last couple of days, my mind is trying to play tricks on me or if I am genuinely starting to get the hunger feeling back.

I am feeling ever so slightly empty at the moment but I can't tell if its hunger or just my old, greedy mind saying you can eat something lol.

How far were you before genuine hunger came back?

I have felt my hunger kick in more in the last two months, I'm 5 months post op tomorrow. It's not nearly as bad as pre op. And sometimes, I still think it's head hunger. The good thing is, that if I can't overcome it, I have a small snack and I'm good again in no time.

Nine weeks out, I've felt hunger since day one. No, it's NOT head hunger like everyone tells me, I am legitimately hungry, but definitely not like before my surgery. I try to keep hydrated and keep my protein up but it's really a struggle and VERY annoying when your doctors say it will go away (umm it hasn't) and (some) bariatric group members say it's not true hunger. I'm disappointed, I heard a lot of even most of the members of my post op support groups here locally say they don't feel hungry or rarely do, some of them are years out. But, I don't give in, I drink my water, stick to my 3 meals and maybe have one protein rich snack. I guess it is what it is.

I was hungry the day after my surgery and HUNGRY every day since! I envy you I was so looking forward to this non existent hunger that I heard about and was told would go away with a smaller stomach but I am in the percentile that that did not happen. So count yourself blessed

I was also started feeling hunger the day after my surgery. My doctor told me it was just stomach acid but I've pretty much experienced it every day since surgery. And I know it's not "head hunger" because I don't even want to eat if that makes sense. My stomach wants food but my mind tells me I'm too nauseous and uncomfortable to eat.

The hunger is real! But is it head hunger or real hunger? I am still working it out.

Water helps. I am jealous of the people who don't feel hunger, it's a b**ch. But I didn't have my belly cut up for nothing. Some days it is just me and my iron will.