Question:
I am 2 weeks 2 days Post-OP RNY and I and hunger all the time.

I have been going through the stages of the diet. I can tolerate everything. Right now I'm adding soilds to my menu. I feel like I am eating Chinese Food....I get full and I stop eating then about an hour later I am hungry again. I lost 22lbs. But haven't lost since March 11th. Any suggestions    — pete (posted on March 16, 2006)

March 16, 2006
ok , hello the weight is just not going to fall off of you . that what i thought too , but you have to do alot of walking and excerise to help that process along . you basicly lost about 3-4 pounds a week if you eat right and excersie right . and the being hungery an 1 hr to 3 hrs later get use to it depending on what you ate before . because i could eat some real light for breakfast and then 2 hrs later i am starving eat half a sandwich or trail mix . but then guess what no more then 3 hrs later i am hurngery again . it is because your tummy can hold on a small amount and once that has gone through it you are hungery again that why they tell us we will probally be eating like 5-6 times a day at least . i went from 326/ 205/ 180/???? and i am 2 yrs out at the 29 of march . the surgery really does work . good luck and welcome to the losing side .... god bless .
   — lizzie72

March 16, 2006
But what are you eating and are you drinking with it? Are you using protein drinks and keeping your meals primarily protein? I know I was eating my teensy meals appx every 2 hrs for a long time. And the loss starts to be in clumps rather than daily or weekly as time goes on. Don't panic yet. At the end, I was holding steady for 3 weeks, then dropping 2-3 lbs, then holding again.
   — vitalady

March 16, 2006
Are you hungry an hour later, or do you want to eat an hour later? Big difference. I didn't feel actual hunger for a month or more after surgery, but I sure wanted to eat everything in the house. For me, I needed to learn the difference between hungry and not full. Just because I wasn't full, didn't mean I was hungry. As for not losing since March 11, the first plateau hits around 3 weeks, you may have hit it a bit early. Be patient, it will kick back in full force. I went almost two weeks w/o losing sometime in the first couple of months, skipped a day of weighing and then magically lost 20lbs. So your body is in weirdville right now...let it do it's thing.
   — RebeccaP

March 17, 2006
How can you be hungry? Are you sure your hunger isn't from your head and not your tummy????? I was NEVER physically hungry after my surgery and over a year and a half out I STILL don't get physically hungry, it's all in my brain!!!
   — Sue A.

March 24, 2006
I weighed 291 March 25th 2005 and Today is my one Yr Ann. I have lost 160 lbs. I weigh 131 ....I have not done any exersize at all... But have had a rough year also... But Not everyone is the same... I didnt get the spurt of energy till just a few months ago and its been to cold for walking and I cant afford a GYM...I just started line dancing about 8 weeks ago... first of anything even close to exersize ... Not that you shouldnt exersize... but its NOT TRUE that some want lose without it... I did....
   — Flo