Question:
5 weeks post-op and starving.

I have lost only 25 lbs, and have followed my menu to the T. Protein, water, etc. I can also eat alot more then what I expected. Anyone else have this happen to them?    — DANA H. (posted on October 16, 2002)

October 16, 2002
Hi. You sound alot like me. I am 4.5mos out from rny. I have lost 64lbs. I have been hungry since the first week and now I can eat 6 ounces at a meal. The good news is that I can tolerate all meat and vegetables. My hair is not falling out, and the weight is coming off. It sounds like you are doing fine. twenty-five pounds in 5 weeks is awesome! Just remember to follow your surgeons eating plan and you will keep losing.
   — maryburton

October 16, 2002
Dana, stop saying "only lost" 25 pounds. What is "only" about 25 pounds? Think you could have done that on weight watchers? As long as you are sticking to your menu, eating protein first, lots of water, vitamins, you are fine. Depends on the consistency of the food as to how much you can eat-watery, non-dense items you can eat more of...bet ya can't eat 6 oz of baked chicken or pasta! Your fine.
   — Cindy R.

October 16, 2002
You are doing wonderfully! That's 5 lbs a week, my goodness. Like you I was hungry in fact starving my first week, then that went away. I get hungry now but not starving and could always eat more than the doctor's book said. The weight is still coming off 4 or 5 lbs a week and I'm now at week 6 post op and have lost 34 lbs. Hang in there. The weight doesn't come off overnight but when you look back a year from now it will seem that way.
   — Margaret H.

October 16, 2002
When di dyou start your protein (what kind) & vites? Are you drinking milk? Using yogurt, applesauce, stuff like that? All the hidden sugars in those can make you OH SO HUNGRY and can put a dent in your wt loss. How big are your meals? You might be doing just fine, but maybe there is one little glitch in your system. Who knows? Sometimes it just takes another eyeball to see it
   — vitalady

October 16, 2002
Dana BTC told me that I am lucky that I feel hungry because it reminds you to eat. I don't feel to lucky sometimes because hungry hurts and I feel all lightheaded and crazy so I make sure that I am eating about every 3 hours so I don't feel that way. About the amount that you eat. There was this wise lady on the posts that said that your stomach is kind of asleep after this surgery and may not be able to signal to you that you have had enough so you need to know about how much to eat and let that be it. but do that frequently so you know that you are getting enough daily but that you don't over eat because you have gone to long and that awful hungry feeling comes. Good Luck Peggy open rny 9/20 -30#'s
   — Peggy A.

October 17, 2002
Im am so glad to hear other people feel this way. I was hungry the week I came home from the hosp. and I had cravings too. I feel I can eat more than alot of post ops I hear some people say they eat a few mouthfuls and there full. There are days when I hardly eat at all and then some days Im hungry all the time. I am 2 months post op and lost 55lbs and I am still steadly 5 to 7lbs a week so I guess Im doing something right.I think everybodys different and we cant compare ourselves to one another. Good luck
   — Donna B.