Susan S.
Lady Lithia's thoughts on hunger.....read!!!!!
Feb 05, 2011
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The thing is, we, as obese individuals, had a BROKEN hunger mechanism. If it worked right, we probably wouldn't have needed surgery. BEING broken, means that the surgery might be the ONLY chance you have to figure out how YOUR hunger mechanism is broken, and work to fix it. SOME people ate whenever they felt hungry, even though in truth their body was telling them they were thirsty. SOME ate in response to emotional turmoil. SOME interpret the growling stomach as hunger (my stomach growled CONSTANTLY for three months postop). One of the greatest strengths of this surgery is the ability to sit back and say "YOU AREN'T hunger" and try to pinpoint what it is that is making you hungry. Is it that you always ate at a particular part of the day? Or you ate when you watched a specific show on television? Is it thirst? Is it just habit? The more you are able to get a handle on the WHY of your hunger mechanism, the more power YOU have OVER the hunger, and the less power he hunger has to control you. DENY it power, GIVE yourself power. As you eat in response to the rules, because the rules are the most important in the beginning, just know that you have power. When your nerves start to function again (for me they began to really work at 6 months, and seemed fully functional by 9 months) it became clear to me that hunger was a sensation I'd never understood or known. The same can be said of "Full".... our sensation of FULL was something that was also broken, and learning what your NEW full signal is will help you to control overeating. Having said all of that, I've known some folks who don't agree with my perspective. I certainly don't have all the answers. But I DO know that learning WHAT made me hungry..... what WASN'T a hunger signal but I thought it was, and learning what a true hunger signal was helped me to have confidence and peace in this process. |
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About Me
Roselle, NJ
Location
19.3
BMI
Surgery
02/06/2007
Surgery Date
Dec 11, 2006
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