Constantly feeling hunger about 30mins-1hour after I eat. How did you conquer head hunger?
I am constantly feeling like I am always hungry and I am not sure. I recently went from living with my mom to living alone to living with 3 other people and a baby to living with two other people and a baby to living alone again (all the while I have stayed in the house lol). I don't know if it is because I no longer have a job, got rid of all my former friends because they were not good to bring along for this journey, or if it is because I am extremely bored and have nothing to do to preoccupy my time like I used too. I hate feeling like I always need to eat. Like right now I am not really even that hungry but all I can think about is eating something. I don't know what to do to take my mind off food. I recently posted I have 3 months until I send off for insurance approval and that I lost 3 lbs at my 3rd weigh in. My surgeon's office informed us in our nutrition class yesterday that if we lose 10% of our body weight then we do not have to the 2 week diet before we can have surgery we will be able to just go ahead and schedule the surgery (I am debating on whether I would still the 2 week diet because I want my surgery to be as risk as possible!) Anyway I don't want to keep getting bigger because of this "head hunger." I am having lately. I am a night eater. I can go all day without eating or eating within my calorie range and then usually at night I believe is the reason why before I would have all those botched attempts at weight loss. I also overheard a fellow pre-op patient telling another lady that she journaled her food and it helped tremondous because she was seeing why sometimes she would have "3,000 calorie days" or something. I have tried journaling my food when I have my random urges to pig out on and everything (kind of like today) I will get embarassed by how much I ate and not want to write down everything then I wonder why the hell the number on the scale went up or stayed the same instead of down. I DON'T WANT TO FAIL AT THIS SURGERY Y'ALL!! I want to succeed and with my current head hunger issues I am afraid I wouldn't. I don't know if I should throw EVERYTHING out of my house that is tempting me or that isn't good for me or that I wouldn't able to eat in large amounts post-op like I am now and just focus on eating what I can eat post-op pre-op so I can fight this damn thing. I hate being consumed with thoughts of food. Thinking oh this looks great then saying what the hell am I doing after I eat that whole large little ceaser hot n ready pizza or I eat all my food at cracker barrell while my dad is only halfway through his meal. I know eat to fast and I think that is part of my problem. I've always been told I "inhale" my food instead of eating it. I remember when me and my former friends would eat dinner while they was staying with me. I would already clean my plate and be thinking of seconds before they had even ate half their food and then I'd be thinking to myself what the hell did I do. One of them called me out and said I think you could lose weight if you tried. When I told her I have tried she stopped and I will never forget what her comment was "Alicia don't get mad but I have seen the way you eat.." Of course me being the defensive fat person I said yeah well I don't always eat that much or no that isn't it. When clearly my eating is part of my problem and it is the main reason why I am posting this right now! Bottom line I don't want head hunger to ruin my success with WLS. Any advice on how to work through this or how you did is greatly appreciated.
Oh and I also learned yesterday in class the apparently... Overeating: the physical definition of overeating is having more than 2 servings of food. Anywho any advice is appreciated. Thanks everyone
P.S. Sorry I post so much I just want to as successful as a lot of people on this site!
Oh and I also learned yesterday in class the apparently... Overeating: the physical definition of overeating is having more than 2 servings of food. Anywho any advice is appreciated. Thanks everyone
P.S. Sorry I post so much I just want to as successful as a lot of people on this site!
I know what you are going threw. The only reason I have to eat during the day is if I don't my sugar drops and I get really really cold and unconfortable. I use to work nights and that is when I did most of my eating. Have you thought about taking up a craft? or taking a class ? Have they sent you to a neutritionist?, I got a diet from her the other day that will limit my calorie intake to help with the surgery, I have to go get the food now, Greek yougart and stuff like that Veggie I was told are free foods so I would get a bunch of them in so you can snack on them, yes I know not as good as chips or cookies but since you are eating because you are board at least it is good food :). I think with my doctor no matter what you have the 2 week liq diet my way of thinking at this point is anything that will help. Hoping to have everything ready to go for the insurance in Dec so I can have the surgery in January. Keeping figners crossed for both of us.
puppysweets1
on 10/11/12 2:58 pm - CA
on 10/11/12 2:58 pm - CA
Can't offer a solution, but will say that no weight loss treatment is easy. You have identified many factors in your personal obesity hell and being unable to comply with the stringent rules of weight loss is a big one. Join the club. Everyone of us have been non-compliant with prescribed diet regimens and techniques. If we could comply we would have lost our weight and kept it off without surgery. We couldn't - that's why we had the DS. You are on the right track...
RNY to DS 210 lbs gone for 5 years.
Are you taking vitamins? My Celebrate bariatric multi vitamins have chromium, it cuts appetites. I used other vitamins with chromium before my surgery. Also up your protein, try the Atkins diet. Its most like the D.S. way of eating. You can have as much protein as you want, any time. Endless meat, cheese, bacon.... get the book, you can use it for D.S. recipies post surgery too. When I forget to take all my vitamins for the day, I feel like snacking more. I know just how you feel. The surgery really takes away a lot of that head hunger by removing the ghrellen, and with a tiny stomach, you cant fit much in any way. For now, up your protein, cut the carbs out, and relax till surgery. You can do it. !!!! ;-)
Be sure to get your PCP's approval for any vitamins and supplements, before you try them. I'm not a doctor, and can only tell you what worked for me. It may not work the same for you. We have noticed too much chromium can make people angry, short tempered. My husband doesnt take it any more, and doesnt want me to take too much. He notices the effects of it before I do. Good luck with your insurance approval. ;-)
Be sure to get your PCP's approval for any vitamins and supplements, before you try them. I'm not a doctor, and can only tell you what worked for me. It may not work the same for you. We have noticed too much chromium can make people angry, short tempered. My husband doesnt take it any more, and doesnt want me to take too much. He notices the effects of it before I do. Good luck with your insurance approval. ;-)
Duodenal Switch- lap
Dr. Paul. Kemmeter Grand Rapids, Mi.
Dr. John Renucci, Plastics, Body contouring,Grand Rapids, Mi.
Start 255/ Surgery wt 235/ Current wt. 117
BMI-20, 135 lbs lost, 5'3"
I am constantly feeling like I am always hungry and I am not sure.
Pre-op, I too was always hungry. Even after a large meal, I always felt like I needed 'one more bite'. I knew I couldn't possibly truly BE hungry, but that's how I FELT.
I recently went from living with my mom to living alone to living with 3 other people and a baby to living with two other people and a baby to living alone again (all the while I have stayed in the house lol).
I don't know if it is because I no longer have a job, got rid of all my former friends because they were not good to bring along for this journey, or if it is because I am extremely bored and have nothing to do to preoccupy my time like I used too.
Yes, boredom does tend to make us focus more on food. Do you read? Spend time on the couputer? Have a pet? Find SOMETHING to occupy your mind, AND your hands. (*grin*)
I hate feeling like I always need to eat. Like right now I am not really even that hungry but all I can think about is eating something. I don't know what to do to take my mind off food. (See above.)
I recently posted I have 3 months until I send off for insurance approval and that I lost 3 lbs at my 3rd weigh in. My surgeon's office informed us in our nutrition class yesterday that if we lose 10% of our body weight then we do not have to the 2 week diet before we can have surgery we will be able to just go ahead and schedule the surgery (I am debating on whether I would still the 2 week diet because I want my surgery to be as risk as possible!)
An on-going diet isn't a bad idea, but please, PLEASE, choose a sensible diet. By that, I mean eat a moderate nmber of calories---say, around 1500-1800---with an emphasis on high protein and low carbs. Don't do anything 'extreme', or go on a liquids-only diet. Trust me, you'll get frustrated enough AFTER surgery.
Anyway I don't want to keep getting bigger because of this "head hunger." I am having lately. I am a night eater. I can go all day without eating or eating within my calorie range and then usually at night I believe is the reason why before I would have all those botched attempts at weight loss.
Do NOT go all day without eating---that messes up your metabolism, and it's a factor in your night eating. Also, the more carbs you eat the more you want to eat, so stay away from those devils. (*grin*)
I also overheard a fellow pre-op patient telling another lady that she journaled her food and it helped tremondous because she was seeing why sometimes she would have "3,000 calorie days" or something. I have tried journaling my food when I have my random urges to pig out on and everything (kind of like today) I will get embarassed by how much I ate and not want to write down everything then I wonder why the hell the number on the scale went up or stayed the same instead of down.
Journaling is VERY enlightening, and remember---you're doing it for YOU. No one else needs to see it, so be totally honest. Don't beat yourself up, just try to do better. And focus on where your calories come from.
I DON'T WANT TO FAIL AT THIS SURGERY Y'ALL!! I want to succeed and with my current head hunger issues I am afraid I wouldn't. I don't know if I should throw EVERYTHING out of my house that is tempting me or that isn't good for me or that I wouldn't able to eat in large amounts post-op like I am now and just focus on eating what I can eat post-op pre-op so I can fight this damn thing.
It wopuld be a good idea to get rid of 'bad' foods, like junky carbs. But trust me---the fact that you can't stick to a strict diet now does NOT mean you'll fail post-op. For one thing, I'm betting you'll gt reid of a lot of that constant, grinding hunger. I sure did. And post-op, you won't be physically able to eat much, at least for the first several months. You'll have time, and help, in getting your head around being satisfied with less.
I hate being consumed with thoughts of food. Thinking oh this looks great then saying what the hell am I doing after I eat that whole large little ceaser hot n ready pizza or I eat all my food at cracker barrell while my dad is only halfway through his meal. I know eat to fast and I think that is part of my problem. I've always been told I "inhale" my food instead of eating it.
I remember when me and my former friends would eat dinner while they was staying with me. I would already clean my plate and be thinking of seconds before they had even ate half their food and then I'd be thinking to myself what the hell did I do. One of them called me out and said I think you could lose weight if you tried. When I told her I have tried she stopped and I will never forget what her comment was "Alicia don't get mad but I have seen the way you eat.."
You do need to work on eating more slowly. Post-op, you'll be in a lot of pain if you 'inhale' your food. Learn to savor your food---that's something you'll really want to do post-op, when you get full on a few bites.
Of course me being the defensive fat person I said yeah well I don't always eat that much or no that isn't it. When clearly my eating is part of my problem and it is the main reason why I am posting this right now! Bottom line I don't want head hunger to ruin my success with WLS. Any advice on how to work through this or how you did is greatly appreciated.
This is why journaling your food helps so much. It makes you face just how much, and what kind, of food you DO eat.
Oh and I also learned yesterday in class the apparently... Overeating: the physical definition of overeating is having more than 2 servings of food. Anywho any advice is appreciated. Thanks everyone
I broke this up into paragraphs so I can read it more easily, and I'll try to respond paragraph by paragraph.
Alicia, this is a scary thing, but I think you're doing well so far. You're serious about being a success, and, most importantly, you're willing to LEARN. Just hang in there!
Pre-op, I too was always hungry. Even after a large meal, I always felt like I needed 'one more bite'. I knew I couldn't possibly truly BE hungry, but that's how I FELT.
I recently went from living with my mom to living alone to living with 3 other people and a baby to living with two other people and a baby to living alone again (all the while I have stayed in the house lol).
I don't know if it is because I no longer have a job, got rid of all my former friends because they were not good to bring along for this journey, or if it is because I am extremely bored and have nothing to do to preoccupy my time like I used too.
Yes, boredom does tend to make us focus more on food. Do you read? Spend time on the couputer? Have a pet? Find SOMETHING to occupy your mind, AND your hands. (*grin*)
I hate feeling like I always need to eat. Like right now I am not really even that hungry but all I can think about is eating something. I don't know what to do to take my mind off food. (See above.)
I recently posted I have 3 months until I send off for insurance approval and that I lost 3 lbs at my 3rd weigh in. My surgeon's office informed us in our nutrition class yesterday that if we lose 10% of our body weight then we do not have to the 2 week diet before we can have surgery we will be able to just go ahead and schedule the surgery (I am debating on whether I would still the 2 week diet because I want my surgery to be as risk as possible!)
An on-going diet isn't a bad idea, but please, PLEASE, choose a sensible diet. By that, I mean eat a moderate nmber of calories---say, around 1500-1800---with an emphasis on high protein and low carbs. Don't do anything 'extreme', or go on a liquids-only diet. Trust me, you'll get frustrated enough AFTER surgery.
Anyway I don't want to keep getting bigger because of this "head hunger." I am having lately. I am a night eater. I can go all day without eating or eating within my calorie range and then usually at night I believe is the reason why before I would have all those botched attempts at weight loss.
Do NOT go all day without eating---that messes up your metabolism, and it's a factor in your night eating. Also, the more carbs you eat the more you want to eat, so stay away from those devils. (*grin*)
I also overheard a fellow pre-op patient telling another lady that she journaled her food and it helped tremondous because she was seeing why sometimes she would have "3,000 calorie days" or something. I have tried journaling my food when I have my random urges to pig out on and everything (kind of like today) I will get embarassed by how much I ate and not want to write down everything then I wonder why the hell the number on the scale went up or stayed the same instead of down.
Journaling is VERY enlightening, and remember---you're doing it for YOU. No one else needs to see it, so be totally honest. Don't beat yourself up, just try to do better. And focus on where your calories come from.
I DON'T WANT TO FAIL AT THIS SURGERY Y'ALL!! I want to succeed and with my current head hunger issues I am afraid I wouldn't. I don't know if I should throw EVERYTHING out of my house that is tempting me or that isn't good for me or that I wouldn't able to eat in large amounts post-op like I am now and just focus on eating what I can eat post-op pre-op so I can fight this damn thing.
It wopuld be a good idea to get rid of 'bad' foods, like junky carbs. But trust me---the fact that you can't stick to a strict diet now does NOT mean you'll fail post-op. For one thing, I'm betting you'll gt reid of a lot of that constant, grinding hunger. I sure did. And post-op, you won't be physically able to eat much, at least for the first several months. You'll have time, and help, in getting your head around being satisfied with less.
I hate being consumed with thoughts of food. Thinking oh this looks great then saying what the hell am I doing after I eat that whole large little ceaser hot n ready pizza or I eat all my food at cracker barrell while my dad is only halfway through his meal. I know eat to fast and I think that is part of my problem. I've always been told I "inhale" my food instead of eating it.
I remember when me and my former friends would eat dinner while they was staying with me. I would already clean my plate and be thinking of seconds before they had even ate half their food and then I'd be thinking to myself what the hell did I do. One of them called me out and said I think you could lose weight if you tried. When I told her I have tried she stopped and I will never forget what her comment was "Alicia don't get mad but I have seen the way you eat.."
You do need to work on eating more slowly. Post-op, you'll be in a lot of pain if you 'inhale' your food. Learn to savor your food---that's something you'll really want to do post-op, when you get full on a few bites.
Of course me being the defensive fat person I said yeah well I don't always eat that much or no that isn't it. When clearly my eating is part of my problem and it is the main reason why I am posting this right now! Bottom line I don't want head hunger to ruin my success with WLS. Any advice on how to work through this or how you did is greatly appreciated.
This is why journaling your food helps so much. It makes you face just how much, and what kind, of food you DO eat.
Oh and I also learned yesterday in class the apparently... Overeating: the physical definition of overeating is having more than 2 servings of food. Anywho any advice is appreciated. Thanks everyone
I broke this up into paragraphs so I can read it more easily, and I'll try to respond paragraph by paragraph.
Alicia, this is a scary thing, but I think you're doing well so far. You're serious about being a success, and, most importantly, you're willing to LEARN. Just hang in there!
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