What is with this HUNGER!!!!

I don't know whats going on with my hunger this week!!! Grrr! I was so hungry this morning! So I get my eggs and one piece of sausage. I eat it. I"M STILL HUNGRY! I mean I am just craving... so not really true hunger just this terrible craving!!!! It's driving me nuts!!! I want to devour my protein bar that sitting on my desk that I bought for lunch. I want to eat it now! What the heck!??? I just wish I knew what was causing it. The fruit maybe from yesterday??? Just don't know. 'SIGH' Elizabeth M

Not sure but could be the sugar and carbs making you crave, they must not be out of your system yet....If you can load up on the protein...drinks and meat....it seems to have helped me...I got two bags of pretzels and popcorn here and dont want it...AMAZING...but try overloading the protein...should help I think. Kimberly

Thanks Kim, I am feeling better finally. I've been drinking water so that seemed to help some. still real hungry but not like before. 'sigh' i hate that feeling you know? I'm going to have some chicken for lunch and my protein bar for snack later. I didn't bring my protein drink today so will have that for dinner most likely. I just hate that ravenous feeling! Elizabeth M

'lizbet, this is the feeling that I was having constantly for months...almost painful hunger, insatiable...that made me start investigating having my "tool" looked at - the endoscopy procedure that noted my stoma was hugely dialated. The extreme hunger was caused by the fact that whatever I ate was being immediately dumped into my small intestine, not sitting in my pouch because my stoma opening was so very large - it seems to be somewhat better now so that procedure must have worked, or at least made things better. You might want to have your plumbing scoped! The worse thing we do to ourselves is continue to blame ourselves because we keep carrying around that old sensibility in our heads...that we're little piggies that just want to eat everything in sight - NO, NO, NO!!!! There can be real physical reasons for what you're experiencing!!!! Get it checked out, sweetheart. M.

could it be hormonal??? at some point during my cycle I get a HORRIBLE hunger...like grazing but a need to constantly be eating... honestly for me it is carbs... I swear I eat them in any form other than a shake or fruit or a bar and I am eating constantly...ugh... nic

I wonder... I know there are times it just dumps right in because once I ate alot like waaaay too much at dinner and literally got sick and when I threw up there was absolutely NOTHING in my pouch. I just dry heaved and believe me i wretched there was nothing there and it was RIGHT after I ate too. I had like a teeny tiny bit come up and that was it and it was gone already. I realized then that I thought my stoma was larger because it wasn't mushy food or slider food. It was like protein and carbs and you know... normal. ... but the next day i could eat something and it would stay in my pouch! Just like duming...sometimes its there sometimes it isnt. Its really odd! I do have to get back to the surgeon for a check up. Its been like 2 years. I've seen my regular doc, but i need to go see my surgeon. 'sigh' I just have no time to take off work!!! I missed enough days. but ill have to. hormonal! I never thought about that! You know I feel alot better today the hunger is gone and i am cramping! and its way early for me to be having my monthly. hmmm.... i bet that is a big culprit too! I never thought about that! Thanks! Elizabeth M

somedays i get hunger that will not go away then soemdays i'm not hungry at all. crazy isn't it? i like the low sodium chicken buillion it helps me with my hunger too its only 10 calories. yum