Ok girls, i might have an explanation, but not that it makes me happy to say it. I read on a yahoo support group, about someone who experienced the same complaints and she couldn't get any answers from her doctor and switched doctors. The new doctor explained to her that her opening from her stomach to her intestines was very big and basically the food empties quickly from her pouch and then shes hungry again. He said it often can be corrected(with surgery) but in this poor persons case it couldn't and she only lost about a fourth of her weight. SCARY!! Now she also complained that she never felt full even while eating so there was no limit to what she could eat. She lost the little bit of weight while on the liquid diet at the beginnig but that was it. I hope to high heaven that is not what anyone is experiencing, but atleast it would explain so we wouldn't blame ourselves. Good luck. Amy

Hi Cathy...now I don't feel so alone and wierd. I too, am experiencing hunger pains and my stomach literally makes a lot of noise! It STARTED after week 5 for me. I keep a protein bar handy and nibble on that to take the edge off until time for snack or meal. What is up with this? Any anwers back yet? Keep in touch, my RNY was 7/15/2003 also.

Hey, I had my surgery on july 1, and I was right at 100 lbs overweight. at nine weeks, I had only lost 33, and it makes me discouraged because it seems like everyone else has lost more than me. I've been exercising, but i had introduced some carbs into my diet. I'm going to try to back them off and see if it improves. A few things have gotten way to small, but I had gained so much weight, I had to loose 20 lbs to get into 80% of my fat clothes!. My 18's are starting to get loose, but at this time of the year, it is hard to think about buying new ones. I understand your discouragement, but I figure if I'm eating these tiny amounts compared to what I used to do, I will have to loose weight. Even though my wl doesn't even average to 4 lbs a week (more like 3.5) it is weight I couldn't have lost on my own, and for that I am grateful. Take care and let me know how you are doing after your checkup Lori

I would also love to have your recipes e-mailed to me! I am 7 weeks post-op and I am having problems keeping down solids! You are a lifesaver! My e-mail ie [email protected] Thanks Again, Cathy Skorochod

Ok, sounds like you have a problem that I had,everytime I went on a diet way before WLS was completed.. You my friend are called what is known as a scale watcher.. I was the same way. A friend told me how to get ahold of myself and get over being this way. I took a normal piece of white paper, made a chart on it.. marked Mondays on the top of the page,adding monday dates for a month,marking lines for measurements for arms,bust,hips,thieghs,ankles,calfs. then weight. And every Monday morning I would go into the bedroom,and right after my shower while still naked,I would preform the Monday task of measuring myself and writing it on the chart and weighing myself.. What this did was encourage me in showing me what inches I had lost and how much weight loss in 1 week.. Now there were times I had not lost a pound,not even an ounce, sometimes I had gained a couple pounds however I had loss in inches!! And to occupy myself in the eating and fluid intake I took a notebook and wrote down everything I put into my body, no matter if it was water,juice,or food.. This way I could keep a record of what worked best for me.. Give this a try,I hope this works for you my friend. I turned the scales into my friend this way.. Audrey