Why Do I Feel Hungry?

You sound like me.  I'm a little over 4 weeks out and it's like my stomach has found new life.  I think the post-op swelling is really starting to go down, because I get HUNGRY now.  And all of a sudden I can eat quite a bit more.  "Quite a bit", being relative of course ... a 1/2 cup instead of 1/3 cup.  I'm 36 pounds down and staying hydrated, staying on my Prilosec, getting protein, so I think I'm doing ok.

My stomach's been pretty tough since 1 week out though, I was on eggs, cottage cheese, crackers, etc. pretty early out with no issues.

May I ask what size bougie they used to do your sleeve?  Also, how many miligrams do you take of the Prilosec, and how often a day, if you dont mind me asking.  I take one 20 miligrams once a day, now.  Im having DS surgery this Tuesday, and Im wondering if I will have to take more.... I hope not....

My stomach is/was 115mL.  I take two Prilosec per day, one pill in the early afternoon, and one pill at bedtime with my anxiety meds.  For some reason, my anxiety meds trigger heartburn!

I dunno, taking a couple of Prilosec a day really isn't a big deal to me, the pills are teeny and I just gulp them down with everything else. :)

Remember that bananas have over 20g of carbs and carbs make us hungry. I noticed that I get hungrier when I have eaten carbs so I cut them completely out. 
 

I found out that I could eat more than what I was told I should be able to eat but I made myself not eat more than 2 ounces. You can put undue stress on your tummy. 

One thing I found really filling was one egg scrambled in real butter with two pieces of America cheese melted in them. It takes me about an hour to eat one egg but oh it is so good and keeps me full for awhile.