I'm not sure if I'm hungry

Help! Before my WLS, I had no idea what hunger and fullness felt like because I ate all the time. The fullness mechanism was especially screwed up, which is probably the case with many of us. Anyway, here I am, almost 4 months out and I don't trust my body enough to know if this grumbling I feel in my belly is real or not! I've been drinking fluids consistantly so I'm not thirsty at all. I don't want to stretch my pouch but I don't want to deny my body if it needs food. Am I crazy? Thanks for all your help, Laura*

It sounds like you may not be eating enough at meals. I have that horrible grumbling all the time when I eat a meal that doesn't make me full. Eat a little more than usual and see if the grumbling goes away for longer

Mine does that if I eat something that gives me gas.....sucks!!! Shree

Hello Laura, I am at about 4 monthes out myself and I have not had the problem, but I have the grawling noise in the morning, it wakes me up sometimes ! I guess I can't say that I haven't had it then.... Well I find if I get in a protein shake the frist thing in the morning I do not get any hunger pains or noise during the day. I have to remind myself to eat sometimes !! And Like you I was always eating before WLS. So make sure you get your protein in and vitamins in the first thing in the morning and then plan your meals thru out the day. I am up to about 3 1/2 to 4 ozes per meal now. Another signal of when your getting full I learn from another message board is when your nose starts running stop eating and you are right at the fullness stage, I myself have trouble and throwing up alot still but since I learned that "running nose " idea I have not done it so much! Hope that helps you out.... Take care . Tom

I have experienced the same thing with the "runny nose" trouble. I find that if I stop eating I am fine. If I don't stop eating I will get sick.

You know... I have that grumbling feeling all the time... my co-workers can hear it because it is so loud. I was told by another WLS person that it is the sound of your food digesting. I don't know how true that is and it sounds a little weird... but there are a lot of weird things that go on after this surgery