Question:
No Appetite?
I have 2 months post-op. I've lost 67.5 lbs but I have no appetite. I am suppose to stay on a 400-600 calorie a day diet but I'm lucky if I get 300 a day in. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm not complaining but I just expected to have my appetite come back (like it has with all other weight loss programs.) Thanks! — Sue L. (posted on April 12, 2008)
April 11, 2008
hello....yes i think everyone experiences this...i know with me it took
about 8 mo before i had a real appetite...i'm almost a year out now and i
still have days when i don't feel like eating much and then other days my
pouch feels like a bottomless pit! in time your body will tell you when
you'll need to eat but what's great is you won't get those terrible hunger
pangs like before, at least i don't...sometimes you have to force yourself
to eat otherwise your metabolism is going to slow down and your sugar will
drop and it's not pleasant....make sure what you can eat is loaded with
protein....good luck!
— lizzie42
April 11, 2008
Yes, it lasted three months with me. If your RNY WLS Surgeon give you a
small pouch without much of the former stomach, this will be the case. Are
you recording your food in a interent based food dirary so you know exactly
what protein, carbs, sugar and fate in addition to the calories that you
are taking in. I did my on my own from a book, but the doctor asked me to
use www.myfooddirery.com for one month ($9.00) and measure and weigh
everything. I found out I was taking in not 400 calories a day but
800-900. He was happy with those numbers as he said too litle and I would
start having other problems like tiredness, and loss of hair, and loss of
mussele. Your doing great, but as youheal a little more inside, head
hunger will creap in. I still set a alarm for my three meals a day and it
fathfully at those times. Try measureing your food carefully and using an
online direry and see if you find out some thinks you didn't know before.
Best of success to you.
— William (Bill) wmil
April 12, 2008
This is what makes the surgery such a success...There is no hunger....and
sugar dumping affects most people and so they lose hunger pangs for sugars
and complex carbs. This helps many people get past head hunger too. I did
not feel hunger for two years and I was really faithful to my nutritionists
recommended "life plan"....my hunger returned when I became
testing the waters and adding back some bad choice foods.(sugars and
non-complex carbs) I keep them in moderation and stick to the reasons for
my surgery...HEALTH! Eat for health and it makes all the difference in
your success. Your appetite will return after some time. Don't wish it
back! Just keep healthy by taking your vitamins and supplements and one
day you will eat like a normal small sized person...Continue to make good
choices and you'll be fine! Good luck...
— .Anita R.
April 12, 2008
Wow! 67 lbs in two months that is great. As another poster stated there
are days I don't eat a lot and then there are days where my stomach is like
a bottomless pit -- eat all day --or at least it feels like it. I'm almost
14 mths out and I'm starting to realize I really need to concentrate on
eating more whole foods. I still eat a lot of salads, fruit, very little
bread, lot of meats, nuts and stuff like that. Your appetite will not come
back like it has with all other weight lost programs -- this program is
definitely different and since you are 2 months post-op -- it will be
awhile before your stomach gets to whole foods and things of that nature.
Although the openings on the outside have healed; your stomach is still
healing. So don't worry to much about your appetite coming back, it will
some days and then there will be those when you don't want anything.
— the7thdean
April 13, 2008
Hi and congratulations on the excellent weight loss. I know that I had the
same thing happen to me when I first was out of surgery. I can't remember
how long it took but it kind of goes away. I would say by about 4 months or
so. I have the days when I am always hungry and can eat all day but most of
the time I don't have them. You have to remember that this isn't just
another weight loss program. It is a life changing one. Continued good luck
to you.
— Brenda R.
April 13, 2008
YUP!! lasted about 9 months after surgery -- and unforturnately the
appitite came back -- 99% of the time i have it under control --the other
1% i kick myself in the ass for :) good luck to you :)
roberta
— RCassety
April 13, 2008
Congrats on the 67.5 lbs loss that is terrific! And yes that is what
happens so don't worry, I used protein drink to supplement because I had
the same thing happening for about 8 months.
— jonicorona
April 13, 2008
Enjoy those benefits while you have them. It will come back, eventually.
I did my best to keep my pouch small during the losing phase...and it has
served me well....I'm 8 years post, and I still have a relatively small
pouch...and my appetite is not large...in fact the past 6 months I'm back
to no appetite again. I just take my supplements and my protein
shakes...and don't worry about the rest since my nutrition is pretty much
covered. I know the time will come when I will be hungry again...and I'll
have to watch my p's and q's. So I enjoy the no appetite periods.
Regards~
— Statuesque
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