one of the things with both surgical options i’m considering (bypass and sleeve) is that i’ve been told the hunger should disappear. Has this been your experience for this post surgery?

Right now what I crave most is taste and flavor.I feel like today everything tastes like flour paste. And way back in my little Frustr8 days I did eat paste, got to be a school paste connoisseur. Carter's was the company that had the smoothest and best. I ate it partly for boredom, but mainly to stave off hunger until I could get real food. Yeah, even back then the Ghrelin monster had reared its ugly head
Just like I have alluded in the past, some people are BORN TO BE WILD ; well I definitely was BORN TO BE FAT and even the times I fell within normal parameters, under-cover lurked Obesity, just biding its time until it could reclaim me as its?? own.

I still do not have a lot of stomach hunger, small pangs and if I am out shopping I can go a very long time without eating.

Head hunger is always around - see food - oooo I want that, never mind I am not hungry. It improves if you are not in crisis or anxiety mode.

It also helps to seriously enjoy the food you do eat, buy the shrimp, the asparagus, the tiny brussels sprouts sprinkle with sea salt and sliced almonds. Don't eat distracted, no phone, no TV, not in the car - unless unavoidable circumstances arise, use small salad plates, chew, chew, chew. Good luck.