Question:
Will I ever???

I am almost 2 years post op RNY...To this day I have never felt true hunger and am wondering if this is how it will be forever (I actually like that I don't feel hunger)..I don't want to wake up one day and experience hunger.. Has anyone out there who is post op 2 years or more that doesn't have hunger? I really hope this lasts the rest of my life...Thanks    — okbuffy (posted on January 15, 2010)

January 16, 2010
I am one year, two months out and have done well. However, I have not felt 'true' hunger either. I do suffer the old problem of 'head' hunger and wonder when that will subside! I am concerned as my old habits are lingering out there close by! I am so glad I had the sugery as my life, health and future have all changed drastically. I wish you the best and can only say not to constantly wait, just live! Best to you and have a blessed day!
   — jjack

January 18, 2010
Buffy, I'm almost ten years (!!!) out from a VBG (my surgery was on April 17, 2000), and I have to say that I can probably count on no more than the fingers of both hands the number of times I have actually felt hungry since the day I had my surgery. While I got over the issue of having to be reminded to eat (because for the first six to eight months, not only was I not hungry but food seriously did not in any way, shape or form interest me in the least), it's very rare that I actually feel HUNGRY the way I used to -- and thank God for that, says I. If I'm going to feel hungry, it's in the morning, and I think it's more a blood sugar thing (I'm a type II diabetic who beat the weight but couldn't win the genetic lottery) than actual hunger. I can go hours without eating, and the only thing that reminds me sometimes is I start feeling clammy and light-headed -- which is the blood sugar thing. But all of this is not to say that I don't occasionally think about stuff I haven't eaten in the last decade and miss it horribly -- which is head hunger, not real hunger. So, bottom line is, if you take care of yourself, eat what you're supposed to eat, don't stretch your pouch, get exercise, that "I'm not really hungry" thing can last (at least) almost 10 years. Congratulations on your journey, and blessings for what's to come --
   — Cheryl Denomy