Question:
I wake up in the middle of the night in pain.......

I wake up in the middle of the night and I have what I call hollow stomach feeling. I get up and have a couple of crackers and some sugar free juice and the pain goes away. I am 4 months post op from an open rny I have lost 65 lbs and have been on a plateau for the last 2 1/2 weeks. That is about the time this started. My question is why has this started all of the sudden? Do you think it is at all related to my plateau? What can I do to get rid of it? And have any of you gone through this? Thank you for your help    — Paula G. (posted on November 1, 2000)

November 1, 2000
Al, that is great advise but it is not a temptation to snack I am actually in pain and cannot go back to sleep till I eat something. I actually am not eating a lot of calories at night a couple of crackers and a sip or two of juice.
   — Paula G.

November 1, 2000
Hi Paula, I am still pre-op (surgery 12-21 yippeee) but I saw a question very similar to yours on a message board somewhere else. There were several responses and they all said the same thing. Everyone that experienced the plateau started drinking the protein shakes again and it kick started their metabolism. If your body is not getting enough protein then I believe it goes into starvation mode and begins to metabolize much slower. It might help you with the stomach pains too if you have a protein shake just before bedtime, would fill you up and give you a boost in your metabolism to get you off the plateau. Good luck! Keep us updated.
   — Stephanie D.