Help! Feeling like a bottomless pit!!!

I was sleeved on 3/28. I've lost a total of 28 lbs. But right now, I'm in a stall and have been that way since Easter. Ive accepted that this happens, but what absolutely blows my mind is days like today where I don't feel satisfied. I don't feel like I get full and want to eat all day. It worries me so bad! And I don't know what to do!! It makes me think my surgery was a waste! Help!

I have found that there are days when I am extra hungry and tend to eat more, and days when I am satisfied with much less. Overall, it balances out, so I have learned not to stress out about my "hungry" days. I track what I eat each day, but as long as the average calories/protein over a week is good, then I'm confident that I'm on track.

Stalls are very frustrating, indeed! But when the stall breaks and you lose 2-4 pounds "overnight", it wasn't really overnight. You were working hard in the weeks prior, and that's when you really lost the weight. So when I'm in a stall, I try to remind myself that I am making progress even though the scale doesn't show it yet.

I find that when I'm "hungry" and a bottomless pit there are 2 reasons - 1. you are eating carbs...they will make you hungry (carbs with no value); or you are bored. Other than that, I truly do not feel hunger. Also being hungry doesn't mean you have to eat... you'll be fine if you power through it. Drink a hot cup of tea or water. good luck! Also, stick with it - the pounds will come off if you eat appropriately.

Thank you! "Bored" hit home with me. I stay a lot with my elderly mother taking care of her. So yes, sometimes I want to pull my hair out.

Weight loss surgery isn't magic, it requires work and discipline - it's why so many never reach goal or maintain at goal. There's nothing easy about this.

Lifestyle change in terms of diet and exercise is the key to success.

Are you eating dense protein when you're hungry? Do you have meat or cheese available in your fridge? Are you moving regularly?

A stall is normal, weightloss is for sure not lineal, but if you are not losing, you may be in maintenance already.

Track every bite that passes your lips and make sure you are working this tool how you are supposed to.

The What Are You Eating thread on the RNY board is very busy and there are sleevers who post. Check what other (succsssful) newbies are eating

I have been using Fitness Pal to track. What do you use?

I use MyFitnessPal too and I track my activity on Samsung Health.

I'm almost 15 years out and am maintaining, having had some regain over the years that I finally tackled last year. This journey never ends; in fact it gets harder as the years tick by, so please do your best work in this first year. It will NEVER be as easy as it is for you at this point!

I was just in the same situation. I had my surgery on 3/20 and lost in about 6 weeks 38 lbs. For the past 2 weeks I have been up and down the same 1 pound. Today finally I moved past and now at a solid 40 lbs lost. I think, well for me, it was that I wasn't eating enough. I always feel hungry even when I know Im not. Has been my whole like. I was eating but only maybe 2 oz figuring I didn't want to stuff myself. Now I am eating at 3-4 oz and things are looking up. Don't give up. just get past this.

If you feel like a bottomless pit seven weeks after surgery, then you have to be eating carbs. For the first years after surgery I had no bread, pasta, rice, noodles, cereal, cookies, flour, ice cream, cake, candy, or fruit. Nothing made with flour or sugar. My meals were protein, protein shakes with milk, non-starchy vegetables and water.

I see people now on post-surgery diets that are high carb. The high protein diet kept me from ever experiencing form of hunger.

Switch to a total high protein, extremely low carb diet, and you will find that the hunger will be gone.

There is about a two year honeymoon after surgery. Take advantage of that and lose every ounce you can.