Hunger pains

jlevy
on 1/15/18 10:20 am
RNY on 11/01/17

I'm almost three months out and I have found that I need to sit and eat for much longer than I used to. Last night we had chicken for dinner, and I ate the whole serving (one chicken thigh, three ounces of meat) over about 35 minutes. I didn't get hungry again all evening. I had been stopping as soon as I started to feel full - which last night would have been less than one oz of chicken - and then getting hungry again within an hour. I usually do eat three meals and two snacks - snacks are cheese or salami - and the days I work and can't sit for forty minutes to eat lunch, I have a shake for either lunch or snack to keep my protein up. I am not eating any veggies yet (which has been challenging to explain to my kid, since she still has to eat hers).

H.A.L.A B.
on 1/15/18 3:38 pm, edited 1/15/18 9:59 am

at 9+ years post op - I still don't eat bread, and if I eat carbs - never for breakfast. If i eat carbs early in the morning - I feel like I am starving all day.

I eat carbs like veggies, some fruits and carbs in nuts. I try very hard not to eat grains, or potatoes, rice, etc...

The only time I chose to eat starchy carbs (grains, potatoes, etc) is when I get sick and I lose too much weight. I still can't eat enough just proteins and fats to gain weight. I have to eat carbs to gain.

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

ScottAndrews
on 1/15/18 3:58 pm
RNY on 03/20/17

Is "hunger pain" even a real thing?

(deactivated member)
on 1/15/18 4:29 pm
On January 15, 2018 at 11:58 PM Pacific Time, ScottAndrews wrote:

Is "hunger pain" even a real thing?

It's actually hunger pangs (my spelling mistake) and yeah. It is.

sweetpotato1959
on 1/15/18 6:02 pm

Yes, it can be a symptom of blood sugar drops.

If I eat a early supper, 5 pm.no snack at bedtime. I will awaken from a deep sleep in severe pouch pain,about 3 am... water does not stop it, crackers, will, about 3 saltines for about 2 hours... then it returns.

The Salty Hag
on 1/15/18 6:55 pm
RNY on 05/20/13

When I had an ulcer-there were very definite hunger pains-not just pangs. It was a terrible, deep, intense, gnawing hunger pain. I felt hunger, and it hurt like a S.O.B.

I woke up in between a memory and a dream...

Tom Petty

(deactivated member)
on 1/16/18 6:44 am

Actually a few days ago, I googled symptoms for an ulcer because I became paranoid that it may be the culprit but besides the hunger i haven't experienced the heartburn like symptoms or anything or no pain in my chest so I thought oh maybe that's not it! Did you just experience hunger pains or did you experience other symptoms? I should go to the doctor just to rule it out to be on the safe side!

sweetpotato1959
on 1/15/18 5:58 pm

Get a blood sugar monitor and chec your blood sugar every when you get up and every 30 min for 4-5 hours ...

you could be having hypoglycemic reactions in minature. swings of 40-50 will produce side effects even if they are within norml limits, IF they are sudden.

My sugar can bottom within minutes of eating, because i am limiting my carbs so tightly. You will have a good idea if it is blood sugar related by doing this one time.

seattledeb
on 1/15/18 6:08 pm, edited 1/15/18 2:52 pm

The exclusion of" hunger is not an emergency"!

For me that hit hard at 18 months.

sweetpotato1959
on 1/15/18 6:18 pm

I am 23 years(Post op) out and just began having this last month.

. I know I am hypoglycemic and have checked my blood sugars. When anyone wakes with a blood sugar of 50 they had better eat!.

This is not about "just hunger pains". This is a possible warning of a medical issue.

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