I had my gastric sleeve surgery on 8/23/19 and am feeling hungry. Has anyone else felt hungry after their surgery.? I read that people lose their appetite, but my stomach still seems to growl, or is it just gurgeling?

Omgosh! I am totally hungry! I had my surgery on 9/22. I was wondeing if this is normal. I am able to keep my fluids down but I want food! Im really struggling!

I still feel hungry sometimes. My surgeon tells me it's normal. It's a very different type of hunger but hunger for sure. Usually it happens when I go to long without eating (which happens WAY easier now)!

I had a burger just the meat last week. I still weigh my meat and eat no more than 3 oz and usually less. I like tuna, chicken, salmon, and the burger was a real treat. Now if my meat looks dry I put cold-pressed olive oil on it to make it moist. The olive oil also increases the good cholesterol. I also eat cottage cheese for protein. I stayed on the soft diet for about 6 weeks and I'm slowly "testing" meats one at a time. I also purchased from Amazon children's stainless flatware so my bites are always small. I've not had an issue so far and everything I've eaten has done well.

I was the same way after my surgery in July. I was hungry it was not head hunger at all its the burning sensation of your stomach telling you its time to eat and its empty. I can tell you that it never went away and I'm hungry all the time. But there is an upside to being hungry you won't feel like you're force feeding yourself like most people here do because they're not hungry. My bestfriend is like that she had the surgery a month after me and she's never hungry and tells me she hates eating because she feels like she has to force herself to eat and it makes her nauseous.

We are suppose to eat 5-6 meals a day and with hunger its an easier task then having to force it. So I'm kinda glad I feel hungry. Before my surgery I was the opposite and was never hungry and would probably eat like 2 meals a day. So when i seen i would have to eat 5-6meals a day I was like oh gosh how am I going to do that i barely want to eat now. But after the surgery being hungry made it so much easier to accomplish that and get in my protein.