Crazy Question

Do you guys feel hungry? I know they take out the part of the stomach that creates most of the hormone that make you feel hungry. They say eventually the other parts of your body that make the same hormone will get better in 4 to 5 months out.But right now I don't feel hungry at all.

I definitely get hungry - but I didn't for a few months after the DS for sure.  Eating wasn't pleasurable at all, and sometimes it downright made me feel icky (not sick or nauseous, just icky).  I wish I didn't feel hunger now...but when I get hungry, I get hungry hungry  hungry!!!  And as soon as I eat something, I get gurgles in my stomach and the back of my throat.  Seems like I get that way every couple of hours or so.  Nothing keeps me full for very long - but then again, it only takes a little bit to make me full.

That's exactly how I'm feeling right now. All I want is to drink water milk watered-down juice and Powerade zero.

I am 3 years post VSG and nearly 6 weeks post Ds and I still don't get hungry. I can count on one hand the times I have been hungry in the last 3 years.

i guess it was about 6 - 8 weeks out that one day i realized i was hungry and wanted food.  now, 4 years later i get hungry.  i munch all day long on protein items.

there are days when food is just too much of a chore, so i would rather drink my protein instead.  thankfully those days don't happen very often. 

Early out, I didnt get hungry in the traditional sense- I got NASTY.  All of a sudden, I would just be grouchy and irritable and just feel hollow.  I quickly learned to eat every few hours and just basically keep "emergency protein" with me at all times.  Now, at 3 years out, yes, I get hungry.  And it will go from "oh, I could eat" to "Im going to chew my own arm off" hunger in about 2 minutes flat.  Thats only if I dont keep my regular schedule of eating a few bites of protein here and there all day though.

 

Edit to add- there are definitely days where I just dont care about food at all, and could easily go all day without eating a bite.  Those are probably a 40% of the time thing.  The rest of the time, Im just so used to my schedule now, I just keep nibbling.  

I am nearly 5 years out and still get hungry about every 2-3 hours.  I usually eat one item at a time.  My tuna salad is my go-to food, both at home and at work. I also have pepperoni, salami, sausage, and several kinds of cheese in my fridge.  I buy them unsliced, slice them myself, and take some to work. I also buy bags of peanuts from Trader Joe's and place them in containers: one for home, the other for work.

If I don't eat anything after about 3-4 hours, I really get famished.  But the restriction in my stomach helps prevent me from eating more than I should.