Why do we graze?

unfortunately your old stomach is still there, and even though you are not using it it is making the hormone ghelin-which in turn makes your brain want carbs...........a vicious cycle our body has, our bodies do not understand that we want to be thin so on a metabolic and hormonal level it will fight you. Unfortunately there is no medication on the market yet to help decrease the ghelin or counteract its effect. this is one of the mechanisms of regain for people with normal stomach size (this is not as big a problem for VG or DS patients as 2/3 of our stomachs are removed) I wish I had a great suggestion besides behavioral tricks.....eat more protein, only eat at scheduled times, make sure you never go more than 3 hours without food---trick your body into thinking it is full all the time gratitude is my attitude Amanda S VG-DS October 2001 highest >350/342 start of wls journey/154@goal and after ps