Myth: No hunger for at least a year!

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Once again, some one repeated this myth . . . ,<You're really not supposed to

feel real hunger for almost a year.>>

This may be a few people's experience. It is not everyone's! I have never met

anyone in person who actually experienced this. Have you?

Why should we not be hungry? I know I had little hunger during the first 2-3

weeks after surgery, but still had hunger. All my peers, support group members,

most on-line contacts experience hunger. It's not head hunger, either.

For those who don't have hunger, good for ya! But this is *not* common. We are

still live, human beings, with normal responses to hormones, etc. Dropping

blood sugars. You can learn to control head hunger, and learned eating

behaviors, but physical hunger is *not* something you can control *with your

mind* - some ways/types of eating may help, but eventually you will get hungry.

Please stop repeating this kind of hurtful propaganda . . . like saying you will

lose 50 lbs the first month, lose all your weight and get to goal, etc.

Research the statistics, don't just read 1 book, by 1 relative newbie, and spout

it as fact. I don't think Barbara is even 2 years out yet, is she? Look at the

real vets . . . join OSSG-graduates . Learn from the vets.

And yes, I'm a newbie, with a *lot* of research under my belt. Also, almost 12

months of experience, down 140+ lbs. From size 28 jeans to size 12. And I have

some idea how little I know. I also know a lot . . . and that's how I know that

I don't know it all. <g>

Hawkridge in Washington State.

[Guest guest]

Once again, some one repeated this myth . . . ,<You're really not supposed to

feel real hunger for almost a year.>>

This may be a few people's experience. It is not everyone's! I have never met

anyone in person who actually experienced this. Have you?

Why should we not be hungry? I know I had little hunger during the first 2-3

weeks after surgery, but still had hunger. All my peers, support group members,

most on-line contacts experience hunger. It's not head hunger, either.

For those who don't have hunger, good for ya! But this is *not* common. We are

still live, human beings, with normal responses to hormones, etc. Dropping

blood sugars. You can learn to control head hunger, and learned eating

behaviors, but physical hunger is *not* something you can control *with your

mind* - some ways/types of eating may help, but eventually you will get hungry.

Please stop repeating this kind of hurtful propaganda . . . like saying you will

lose 50 lbs the first month, lose all your weight and get to goal, etc.

Research the statistics, don't just read 1 book, by 1 relative newbie, and spout

it as fact. I don't think Barbara is even 2 years out yet, is she? Look at the

real vets . . . join OSSG-graduates . Learn from the vets.

And yes, I'm a newbie, with a *lot* of research under my belt. Also, almost 12

months of experience, down 140+ lbs. From size 28 jeans to size 12. And I have

some idea how little I know. I also know a lot . . . and that's how I know that

I don't know it all. <g>

Hawkridge in Washington State.