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Am I the only one that starving all the time

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Dondons

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I've heard so many stories from people saying that they weren't hungry for the first year and I'm hungry all the time I start drinking more water that's been helping in one month I only lost 4 pounds I had a gastric bypass and I realized I was probably eating too much thank
 
Hunger is going to happen. It comes and goes, but there is a lot of "head hunger" that happens due to old habits.

I usually follow these steps when I feel like I'm hungry, but I know I shouldn't be.
  1. Sip water or another drink for 30 minutes.
  2. Take my water with me and go do something out of sight of the kitchen...if you are at work, dive into a work project, if you are at home, maybe work on something creative, a hobby, or outside, or go for a casual walk for 30 minutes.
  3. Live with being hungry for a while. Realize that it's not going to derail or kill you and just get used to the feeling.
  4. Have a snack or a meal with protein and filling high fiber low net carb food.

Having a snack is okay. Eating 1000 calories one day instead of 700 is okay; it is still a calorie deficit for a day without exercise.

Don't beat yourself up about hunger signals. They are going to happen to most people. There are lucky ones who just don't seem to get that hungry for a long time after surgery, and then there is the rest of us. It's okay. This too shall pass. The worst thing you can do is sort of feel like you are doing something wrong and blame yourself for the hunger or get mad at yourself because you got hungry and decided to have a snack you normally wouldn't have. Those are the kinds of behaviors that drove many of us to gain weight.
 
I started drinking more water and that seems to help a lot I wasn't drinking enough water I think there's a lot of different chemistry is going on and this equation so I just have to do what I'm told and I know this plateaus I did call the doctor and they said that you can even hit a plateau in 5 weeks postop
 
Boymom2 said:
I understand. I am one week post sleeve surgery and I'm hungry most of the time. My doctor said its in my head. I am struggling emotionally and very discouraged.
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I was told that also that it's had hunger and to think about how we view that and how many years we've been alive basically I think it's kind of interesting although it's frustrating because you feel it in your stomach
 
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