Question:
i want a burger

2 weeks post op and feeling hungry ... any suggestions.?    — yolanda1971 (posted on January 19, 2010)

January 19, 2010
I don't think anyone's diet allows for burgers in any form 2 weeks post-op! Most don't even allow red meat until after 6 months. Try a protein drink, it will keep you fuller, longer. Other than that, I have no suggestions. Is this head hunger or real hunger?
   — Jennifer F.

January 19, 2010
HI...I have to tell you that it is totally normal...the first month after my surgery I was craving a whopper....mean while I have never eaten one in my entire life! Eventually that went away however, I do recall when I was able to start eating meat I did crave alot of red meat...prior to the surgery I may have had beef once a month after I was having it almost everyday...I had my surgery on 12/18/08 & lost 93lbs. It may just be your bodies way of asking for iron???
   — elimeno

January 19, 2010
I agree protein drink helps. I opened a can of hash and mushed it heated it up and it helped fill me up just fine. I had a bannana and sliced it up and that helped also. Eat small meals thru the day or drink drink. It really helps alot for me.
   — smokeybonefan

January 19, 2010
Keep sipping your water! That should stop true hunger pains.
   — Muggs

January 20, 2010
Well, if you aren't feeling growling in your pouch and since your nerves that control that area of the stomach have been cut during surgery, they haven't grown back yet. So, I am thinking either you are thirsty or having head hunger. I would dip my spoon in the liquids of what I was cooking and just took one sip of the liquids, and just the smell of food cooking in my house helped. (I thought the opposite)that made it worse, not smelling anything. you should be on thin liquids. When I did sip it took away that head hunger. (don't get any chuncks, just the liquid in a spoon and sip one time) but don't get into the habit of this. The head hunger will eventually go away.
   — Kristy

January 20, 2010
I wanted a cheeseburger at 2 weeks post-op. I am a vegetarian. So, i thought that was strange. I thought that it might signal a need for more protein. So, I had a little more protein and it went away. I wouldn't call it hunger. It was more like a brief craving. It went away and now meat disgusts me again.
   — MargaretHM

January 20, 2010
I wanted one too. But I ate applesauce instead. That helped my hunger a lot that second week.
   — only1leavera

January 20, 2010
It's been 16 months for me and I haven't had one yet. I don't think I could handle the grease. I think it is to early for that? Maybe if you blend it in the blender, that dose not sound very appealing. Try drinking protein drinks and beef broth.
   — teri4