WOO-HOO!!!!!!

Financing in place and surgery scheduled for June 12th with Dr. Aceves. So it looks like Ruthgrosvenorcox, my DBF and I will be headed to Mexico to change our lives and our health.

Looking forward to it being over and finally being able to get this weight off and keep it off for good! Anyone else having surgery around that time? Let us know -- we'll have a party to celebrate

I don't think hunger is a feeling. I would consider that head hunger. Hunger is when I can feel my stomach so empty that it aches.

I don't think hunger is a feeling. I would consider that head hunger. Hunger is when I can feel my stomach so empty that it aches.

Hunger is a feeling, air in your stomach is not hunger, it's a sound. When I say "feeling" I don't mean emotion, I mean you can feel it. You have repeatedly described sounds and that's not hunger, that's air moving around.

YES! My stomach gurgles a lot but it's not hunger. I did a "test" yesterday. After taking my pills & vitamins with a cup of coffee for breakfast (8 AM), I decided to wait until I FELT hungry to eat. At 5 PM I felt a tiny bit hungry. I'm loving this sleeve. LOL.

The gurgling can be from stomach acid too and also from drinking too fast. Both of these things feel very much like hunger so it's good to treat them. Are you on a PPI and, if so, maybe you need a different one?

I'm on Nexium and will stay on it for 3 months as per the post-op instructions. I definitely don't drink too fast but I can't drink much all at once because it fills me up.

Heart burn and acid reflux were what I lived with constantly with the band and made it hell eating, sleeping, and working. Thankfully, I have not experienced any of that since the revision. Sleeping all night on one flat pillow is heaven. LOL.

My stomach feels exactly the way it has always felt right before lunch time. I can remember in H.S. waiting for my lunch hour .My stoamch growled then and now right before 12 pm. It felt like hunger to me. It feels the same way it did about 5 pm every day-Thats the way hunger feels to me.

My stomach feels exactly the way it has always felt right before lunch time. I can remember in H.S. waiting for my lunch hour .My stoamch growled then and now right before 12 pm. It felt like hunger to me. It feels the same way it did about 5 pm every day-Thats the way hunger feels to me.

It is very common for obese people to not know what true hunger is. It's very common, haven't you seen people post on various boards asking what hunger feels like? We always fed head hunger before stomach hunger was able to kick in.

Air in your stomach/intestines isn't hunger, it's air. Hunger is a feeling, almost a bit painful. Hunger is a sensation, air is... well, air.

So what does hunger feel like to you?

So what does hunger feel like to you?

The same as I explained a couple of times. ;o)

Hunger, for me, feels mostly like an emptiness. I can tell I'm weaker and it's time to eat. Sometimes it is gnawing though, but that's mostly

A rule of thumb is that it's normal to feel hunger every 3-4 hours. So, if it's been that long since you last had calories, eat something.

heres wishing you all good luck,i went to wallmart today and got a size that i wore before my knee suregry,well ill expalin after my knee surgery 2 yrs ago i gained 50 pds more,now ive lost 49 pds and im back to size i was before knee suregry,im happy but mad at myself for gaining that after that surgery,but with lap band and following what im surpose to ive lost the 50 now im working on the rest i need to lose,so i went walmart today to get pair shorts,figured the 22/24 size would fit like before guess what,it was to big so i can take back and get the 22 or 18/22 size ,makes me happy,happy mothers day all

So what does hunger feel like to you?

When I finally did experience hunger, I felt the uncomfortableness of an empty sensation in my stomach in addition to gurgling and a gnawing feeling. The feeling made me HAVE to take time to put something in my stomach.

I will just miss you..my surgery is June 17th with Dr Aceves..I feel the same I'm ready to be skinny and healthy...

All I know is now that I am on full liquids, that gnawing feeling is gone, thank goodness.

All I know is now that I am on full liquids, that gnawing feeling is gone, thank goodness.

That's great!