Am I hungry?

 I really haven't experienced hunger since the surgery but right this second I'm feeling really hungry. How do I know if it is head hunger or not?? What is the difference between actual hunger and head hunger? Could eating more lately be triggering hunger?

 sometimes i am not sure either so i will wait a lil while think back to when i ate last and if i still can't tell i will go make something. usually i am really hungry but the few times it was head hunger my stomach let me know i felt sick and stuff. Im still trying to learn. 

For me, and I tend to think I am unique in this way but hope I'm not, I know real hunger because I feel pain in my pouch.  I don't really feel like eating but my pouch is empty and I can feel it and it doesn't feel good.

Head hunger is when I think something sounds or smells good and I want to eat it.  If I want to eat then I know it is head hunger.

It is hard to explain, I hope that helps. 

"I don't really feel like eating but my pouch is empty and I can feel it and it doesn't feel good."

This is exactly how I feel and it happens anytime that I go longer than 4 or 5 hours without eating. It's a very empty weird feeling that doesn't feel good and once I eat something it goes away.

  Well.. I don't know are you?   lol  anyway I never feel hunger pangs but I know when I need to refuel.. my energy just tanks and I hit the wall so to speak. like if I'm riding my bike and feel like I don't have enough energy to pedal home, feeling grouchy, light headed, head rushes when standing up to quick.. blah blah

That's exactly what I feel too. 

 Okay. Thanks everyone. That makes sense.

When my pouch is empty I burp this really foul tasting yuckyness. My family even jokes that when mom starts to burb the rotten egg burps it's time to eat. All it takes is one or two and I am heading for the kitchen to get something to eat.