head hunger... gurgling

My head tells me I am hungry but my tummy is saying no way .. how long is this gonna last? my head is craving food.. ugh .. not this again.. just seems to be really bad today ,, tried drinking water .. just my stomach is growling or gurling what the heck is that.. does it mean I am full or on empty? Hope this passes soon .. i am craving lemon pie for odd reason LOL lisa

I know the feeling, I've had a few cravings. But mostly, I have no desire to eat at all. which was part of my problem before. I used to go days without eating, then would binge. that's where I think a lot of my weight came from. I try to eat my 3 meals a day, but I'm not getting enough. I'm managing 500 calories if I'm lucky, it's pretty much all protein, but still. I drink all my fluids. I don't know what to do. a lot of it is from my work schedule, some days I just don't have time to make myself something, especially now that I can't use Mcdonald's or other places for a quick meal. as far as craving the lemon pie, if you like yogurt, you can usually find that flavor. I love key lime pie, and get the LF yogurt so I can get the taste of that without feeling guilty.

oh such a good idea I forgot yogurt comes in lemon,, womderful idea.. wow 500 calories .. I can eat about 1000.. a day why i have to exercise alot .. Lisa

Well Lisa remember henry....lol..my stomach...we talked about him....darn thing....but what you have having is when the food is finally leaving your pouch...I bet it is around that time again or your body is trying to still figure out what you are doing....hang in there and try to listen to your body but give it healthy alternatives...like I know you have been ...Just hang in there and this will pass.....

i guess I have his brother ken LOL I hate this ,, I feel hungry and I am full .. in fact last nite i thought I was hungry and had alittle left from dinner and I tried finishing it off .. and my stomach said r u nuts?????? it was full .. I just don't understand why I am having this soooooooooooo bad I really feel like i have no eaten in days .. but I went to support group last nite and this is very common after a fill .. but doesn't make it easy just annoying .. we r full just our head gets the signal we r starving hope it will pass but I am eating whole grain foods.. wholesome foods .. and drinking water.. when I can do it again.... hugs Lisa

Have some lemon yogurt!

I hate head hunger I know exactly where you are coming from. Trouble I have is I can eat a few bites and know I am full but my head tells me no you can't be full you haven't eaten anything. I am so used to MONDO size portions for so many years that now eating my child size portions I never feel satisfied. And every time I eat something I am craving I get sick so I have had to stop listening to my cravings. I hope you are able to get rid of you head hunger it is not easy.

Well we RNY'ers went through this right after surgery, well at least I did....But it is hard and I hope that it will pass like mine did.....So band and RNY do sometimes have same feeling but might not be at the same time in the journey....Well hang in there....