I know I’m not hungry, it’s just a head game. Some days it hasn’t gotten to me at all, some days in the evening is when it sneaks up on me. I don’t cheat or snack or anything, but I also don’t relish the feeling.

I’m just shy of two weeks post op. I’m doing good with consistently getting in over 70g of proteins and my calories and carbs are pretty consistent day to day as well. Did anyone notice certain meals would lead to them feeling the head hunger more than others? I’m cycling through 4 or 5 different “meals” right now so it shouldn’t be hard to determine if one is more prone to making me feel this way, lol:)

So interestingly, I mentioned my constant “head hunger” since week two during my most recent nurse visit (I’m 6 weeks now), and she said that it is not necessarily head hunger. It could very well be real hunger since they can’t guarantee that they got every last cell of ghrelin during the VSG. It’s hard because I don’t trust my own body anymore. Am I hungry? I don’t know. Am I full? Not sure.
Here’s to hoping it gets sorted out soon!

11 hours ago, Losin' it in MN said:

So interestingly, I mentioned my constant “head hunger” since week two during my most recent nurse visit (I’m 6 weeks now), and she said that it is not necessarily head hunger. It could very well be real hunger since they can’t guarantee that they got every last cell of ghrelin during the VSG. It’s hard because I don’t trust my own body anymore. Am I hungry? I don’t know. Am I full? Not sure.
Here’s to hoping it gets sorted out soon!

I have found I need to weigh and measure. It takes most people 20 minutes to feel full. You can eat a lot in 20 minutes. So I try to eat slowly and take breaks. You can always eat more later if you are still hungry.

On 12/09/2020 at 20:35, Losin' it in MN said:

So interestingly, I mentioned my constant “head hunger” since week two during my most recent nurse visit (I’m 6 weeks now), and she said that it is not necessarily head hunger. It could very well be real hunger since they can’t guarantee that they got every last cell of ghrelin during the VSG. It’s hard because I don’t trust my own body anymore. Am I hungry? I don’t know. Am I full? Not sure.

Here’s to hoping it gets sorted out soon!

I just had a one month appointment yesterday, and I meet with the fitness advisor and dietician as well as the doctor. The dietitian said that since I limit myself to 4-500 calories a day and have been exercising most days that some of my head hunger could very well be my body truly wanting something. She told me that our plan of 3 meals only is what they want, but that I could add a snack
Like green beans that are super low in calories and see if that helped. The fitness advisor also said now that I am supposed to add weight training to my cardio that I very well may feel hunger on some days.

What do you all mean by head hunger? Is it a thought that you want to eat something? If that's the case, then its mental, not physical, right?

Right before starting my pre-op diet, I noticed that I thought about food more than I realized. I realized that I would graze some evenings and some weekends. I was not hungry, it was just something I wanted to do. So, I addressed that with a therapist. I could certainly figure out the difference between hunger and thoughts of eating. Sometimes I would have just finished eating something or sometimes I would even be full, but I would go looking for more. I would have a thought about wanting to eat something. To me, the thoughts cant be fixed by WLS. Addressing why I want to graze is better fit for therapy for me.