Has hunger come back for you?

Hi all, I think my stomach has awoken. The last few days I've noticed that I am hungry all the time. It actually feels like I haven't eaten in days. This is freaking me out. I haven't lost a single lb. in 2 weeks. I haven't been exercising due to hurting my back and now this hunger thing. I'm afraid I'll be derailed. I still have a lot to lose to get to my goal. I'm not even close. -Dawn M.

well last week i felt like i was hungry so i said to myself i will wait well my blood sugar drooped to 60 and i called my nut and she said eat 6 meals per day but stay under 200 cal at each meal......well it is workin....but before i felt like i was hungry all the time..........she said its better to eat 6 small meals because our new tool can't hold alot........but i can't tell sometimes if its head or if im really hungry lol...................vickie r.

Yes, sometimes I do feel really hungry. Fortunatley it doesn't take much to fill me up but I have noticed that I am able to eat more now.........and that.......................is really scary.

About a month ago, I went through a period of about 2 weeks where I was always hungry - the stomach growling kind. I started to feel a bit 'cheated' since people at my support group during this time told the newer people that hunger wouldn't come back for at least 6 months. That said, for the last few weeks, I don't feel hungry like that anymore. You never know. The body - especially surgically altered ones - is a weird thing! Brenda

Hi Dawn, I can definitely eat more and I noticed the past couple of weeks I was eating every two hours, ...but I was due for my menstral cycle and I really do notice that I eat more while waiting for that. Once it is here, I go back to eating less often and smaller quantities. It is so weird. What makes it worse is that I am peri-menopausal so sometimes it is taking like 50 days before my cycle starts and I get the PMS stuff for over two weeks. So I make sure I have healthy snacks around the house that have very little fat or no fat. I've also increased my water, started back exercising 3 days a week for 1/2 hour and increased my protein and I've dropped 5 lbs. after about 6 days. Of course my cycle started too and I've been more on track with eating so I think that has helped. I've come to realize that now is when the real work starts. This is when I must use the tool the Dr. gave me the right way. I think now I am more like everyone else in the world who has been dieting with the results of loosing weight and keeping it off. I have learned good habits and now I must apply them. So now I eat right and smaller quantities, exercise and drink water and I will continue to lose weight and keep it off. This is why it ****** me off when someone says or thinks we took the easy way out. Are you kidding me????!!!!! Oh well, I just know that there will be times/days/weeks when I will be able to eat more than normal and will want to but know that I will get right back on track again. You are not alone! Hugs, Loretta

I'm the same way around my cycle. Good to know I'm not crazy.

I'm getting hungry more as well. The Growling tummy kind. My pouch rumbles & then I hear it like it's traveling south for about 20 minutes. I still can't eat much though! I did loose the 3 pounds I had gained back, but no more! My sister-in-law had wls surgery years ago & she told me yesterday words I have heard so often lately..."If you don't eat, you won't lose". I don't think I get enough calories in! I think max would be 700 or 800 for me! Gina L 260/190/160??

My hunger came back at 4 weeks post op. Some people will say that is head hunger, but NO I lived through head hunger and this is different. About 4 hours after breakfast and 5 after lunch, my tummy is rumbling to be fed. Jenn 264.8/195.4/145

Dawn, My hunger comes and goes, and has been like that for weeks. Some days, I eat every two hours, and some days I have trouble get 3 eatings in. I have found that I lose better the weeks that I have eaten every 2 hours consistantly. It is, of course small amounts, so I don't worry. I do keep track of calories and protein, just so I know that I'm not getting out of control. I find that on the every two hour days, I consume around 1000 calories, and on the others, I get around 500. And like I said, I lose better on 1000 calories a days. I really think that it is my body saying "feed me!". Good luck, Jeanna

Yes ms dawn ... My appetite comes & goes now. I didn't have any appetite until just shortly ago. But, if I don't rush what I'm eating, it still takes very little to fill me up.