Hi all.

My gastric sleeve surgery was on March 17 2019. I am two weeks in.

Problem is, I am constantly hungry and have only lost a total of 6 pounds in the first few days and nothing after.

My hunger is not head hunger, as I am back to work and quite busy and not thinking of food but almost every hour my stomach starts growling and is hurting with hunger. I am eating whole liquids and soft foods like yogurt.

Any ideas if this means that my surgery may not succeed?

In the beginning your stomach is still healing and you will get a lot of growling. Are you drinking all of your water and getting enough protein? In the beginning I ate 5 - 6 meals to get in all of my protein. Try to spread out your protein all day as this helps keep you felling full longer. Also if you haven't, meet with a nutritionist and have them help set a meal plan. We are learning a new way to eat and our bodies are adapting. I learned that my stomach growling also meant my body was thirsty. Best of luck to you.

I ate grits and cream of wheat. Cream soups seemed to help me stay full longer too.

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I had a similar problem. My nutritionist explained that it was probably acid production causing issues. I never even considered that because I have no reflux or heartburn symptoms, but as soon as I was on Prilosec for a could of days that feeling went away and I haven't had it since. When I ate, it went away too and I interpreted that as hunger. I take my Prilosec every day now! Maybe it could help?

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It's still really soon post-op, so give your body some time to adjust. Are you eating enough protein? Drinking enough? Whenever you feel hungry, drink something until it's time for your next meal.

I do remember being more hungry in the first couple of stages. Once you get to real foods again, you'll get fuller.

23 hours ago, Sara35 said:

Hi all.

My gastric sleeve surgery was on March 17 2019. I am two weeks in.

Problem is, I am constantly hungry and have only lost a total of 6 pounds in the first few days and nothing after.

My hunger is not head hunger, as I am back to work and quite busy and not thinking of food but almost every hour my stomach starts growling and is hurting with hunger. I am eating whole liquids and soft foods like yogurt.

Any ideas if this means that my surgery may not succeed?

I noticed that if I don't time my intake (pureed foods, protein and water) at an hourly/bihourly rate, I do feel hunger. Try timing your intake and maybe that can help. Make sure each hour something is going into the stomach.

I hope this helps.