Just seeing whether xbandit has seen her dietitian or surgeon..... we are all curious as how you got on! I think you have blown a lot of people away with what you eat in one day......

Hope all is well............

Please ask you dr or dietitician, you could be doing harm by the amount of food. pm if you like i am in the sutherland shire and see a fantastic dietitician.
Tigga (annette)

if the surgery was a sucess it is true you do not always get no hunger but you do get it gone with just a tiny amount of food. potion control unless it is limiting to prevent being over full should never happen. something is not right you need to go back to your surgeon and talk to them extensively about what you can eat.

applesauce

I am sadly one of those for whom the "hunger miracle" did not happen. No change from pre-op, to improvement since (im 6 months plus out), no suddenly full, nada. I have to use very strict portion control or I would surprise you what I can easily eat.

This is a sample soft diet from my dietician

Breakfast: 1 Weetbix or 1/2 cup porridge with skim milk
MT: 1/2 cup diet yoghurt/custard or 100 mls skim milk
Lunch: 2 cruskits/2 vita-weets/1 slice grain toast with tuna/low fat cheese/cottage cheese/mashed egg, philly spread, etc
AT: Soft fruit, tinned or fresh (melon, peach, etc)
Dinner: Steamed fish/chicken or tuna mornay/lean mince and gravy with soft cooked vegetables
Supper: 1/2 cup diet yoghurt/custard or 100 mls skim milk

Yesterday I ate:
Breakfast: 1/2 cup porridge
MT: 1 tub Forme Yoghurt
Lunch: 3/4 slice grain toast with 30 gms cottage cheese and 30 gms tuna
AT: 1 slice rockmelon
Dinner: Soft white fish with parsley sauce, potato and pumpkin

Plus 1.2 litres water, 3 cups tea with skim milk and my 2 multivitamins

This is all I can fit in.

I thought I was eating a bit much...whats the norm?

Oh my that is alot of food, there is no way I could eat all that in one day and I am 5 weeks post-op.

I agree with Chris think you need to go visit your dietician or surgeon.

okay, xbandit, i reckon you should see your doc now - i'd definitely struggle to eat as much as that too, and i'm over 18 months out
something to remember is that for some people, it takes time for the hunger to abate after the op - also, don't take the tummy grumbles to mean you're hungry - they're a side effect and do not correlate with hunger, but will calm down in a few weeks
a suggestion - try to stick to 6 meals a day and only drink in between.
also, i think that when you move on to solid food, it might help - perhaps you're just one of those people whose stomach empties quickly
but first and foremost - talk to your doc about your concerns
good luck and let us know how you go

xbandit that is a lot of food even for somebody fully healed say a year out from surgery. i think i would actually struggle to fit it all in. how long are you left full after one of your feeds

applesauce

I hear you...scuba and the lady helena...I am soooo hungry.

It's only 10 days post op...I eat protein first, drink plenty of water...make that cordial, the water doesn't go down as easy, plus I am on anti-acids. The anti-acids where prescribed as a matter-of-course by my surgeon, I haven't felt any reflux. Yet still i am hungry.

A typical day for me goes something like this.............

7a.m. A cup of cottage cheese and a heaped tablespoon of apple puree.
unsweetend cordial
9a.m. One wheatbix with milk
boroccca
10.30 1/2-1 cup Eggcustard and a large tablspn of strawberry puree.

Cordial

11.30. 1 cup of Chicken and lentil soup.

Chocolate milk

1pm A desertspoon each of pureed ...sweet potato, pottato, mint peas, broccolli, pumpkin, 3 desert spns fish and parsley sauce.

Chinese tea

3.00pm optifast with bannana chocolate smoothie. i don't always finish the opti.

5.30 frozen yoghurt

cordial

7p.m . pureed veges with pureed chicken and gravy.
Cordial

8.00 Icecream and pureed fruit.
cordial

I pick on cheese dipped in peanut butter or spoonfulls of cottage cheese and peanut butter throughout the day plus some boiled lollies.

Then through the night I get up and eat more cottage cheese and peanut butter. Thats what i am going to do right now...I am soo hungry.

so in all I agree with everyone else...try.....

water - you may be thristy instead of hungry
antacids - could be acid, grumbly tummy
proteiin - it keeps you fuller for longer

Before you go eating something try some ant acid. some people find that it is a form of reflux that makes them think they are hungry and taking an ant acid makes the hunger all but go away. If this doesnt work then up your protien this should help keep you fuller longer.


applesauce

Hi Scuba, yep I get hungry...from day 2 post op...and its not head hungry, it's stomach growling, get something into me now, physical hunger. There is a post-op thread where there is more info...we're not on our own! Take care,

hi there
perhaps you just need to look at what you're eating - are you having enough protein in your meals? i find that if i don't, that's when i get more hungry.
also. we're talking real stomach hunger for this - "head hunger", where you want to eat, but aren't really physically hungry is another matter entirely. i'm pretty sure there's a thread around with more info on this topic - maybe under post-op - try a search.
One more thing - apparently a lot of people cvan easily mistake thirst for hunger, so make sure you're drinking your water.
best of luck.

Prior to my op, my doctor said that because he would remove a significant part of my stomach, much of the hormones which regulate hunger would be removed as well. Consequently, I would seldom be hungry for about the first two years post-op, until my body adapted. Well, the not hungry thing lasted about two months. Now I still get as hungry as ever. It takes far less to satisfy me and I have reduced from 190 lbs to 150 pounds but am surprised at how hungry I get considering what my doctor said about the hormone production being reduced. What are some of the other experiences with hunger reduction or increase?