Summary: 1) It's natural to be hungry; it's unnatural to be full. Only dead people don't get hungry. After weight loss surgery, eventually you will be hungry again, on average within a year, could be less, could be more. You must eat less and eat less frequently. 2) Switch your perspective about hunger. Hunger has meant fear. Make it mean that you're happy to be alive. 3) Is it true? Am I truly hungry? When was the last time I ate? Have I had enough today? Why three meals a day? Intermittent fasting. Eat less frequently and don't snack. Drink water. Food is not a hunger killer; Food is the life giving source. Treat it that way.
Dude, I woke up from surgery hungry...my hunger never went away...people tell me it it's "head hunger" but my growling stomach does not agree! 15 month out from sleeve down 80lbs post sugery...still have about 50 lbs to loss...very frustrated, but sticking with it!
Same happened to me!! I woke up hungry after surgery and have remained hungry ever since! I can only tolerate 4 small bites and I get full. After an hour I get hungry again. I’m like “I guess I have the hunger hormone all over my body then!” 😅
"You hate yourself if you hate water" made me giggle. He's growing on me. I like it when he shares his stories. I'm two years post op and just recently am experiencing major night hunger. I was getting really frustrated because I was doing everything I could to not be hungry at night but nothing worked. The first time I got hungry after weight loss surgery was probably a few days after. But just recently it has gone to a whole new level. I was just thinking that I broke my stomach and did something wrong. This video gave me a lot of hope and taught me that I have been scared of being hungry like I was last night. I am going to look at hunger as not something to be scared of but something to be glad about because my next meal will taste amazing and I will know that I am keeping myself alive and eating food that is worthy.
You're the only person I know that bring tears to my eyes about imagining refugee camps then make me laugh out loud about pimps pushing my head into a toilet in a single talk. I absolutely love this! Thank you for the wisdom, the tough love, and the perspective.
Dr. V, you are so right!!! I was fasting on a regular basis in my twenties. The longest I went without food was 8 days. It was in Russia. I've lived in America for almost 20 years now and I am a bariatric patient. Enough said!
My hunger NEVER went away after surgery. I was so disappointed. But I think this will help me be succesful in weight maintenance because the honeymoon phase never came to begin with!
Gloria Price can I ask if when you feel hungry can you reflect and see if the hunger is in your belly or head hunger? So many times I tell myself "I'm hungry" and then I ask myself, "where are you hungry"? More often than not I have head hunger. That is why in my opinion the sleeve is NOT helpful to us that suffer from head hunger. I do recall on my doctor's survey it asked several questions to determine which surgery would be best, this was one of the questions but it was posed as emotional eating. And my doctor recommended the full bypass, but I was too scared of that.
Thank you Gloria! Me too! The big promise of gastric sleeve is that the surgeon removes the part of your stomach (fundus) that secretes ghrelin. I don’t know what is wrong with me, but my hunger never went away. I was so disappointed. I hope it gets better.
Thank you so much for this video! You have completely 100% opened my eyes to a new way to look at hunger. I appreciate you and look forward implementing " I'm hungry I'm happy, because I'm alive" into my daily routine and thought process. This knowledge will help me utilize my new weightloss tool. Thanks again and God bless.
why he is not talking about SUGAR Addiction food industries are hiding in the food fructos, lactos, corn sirop ,you telling peoples to eat less , tell the truth DR.
I’ve been binge watching your videos. I have heard a lot of it before but your delivery is very memorable and helps it stick in my head. Thanks for all you do
I thought I was doing something wrong. I had surgery 9/28/18. I am starting to feel hunger. The “Bitch” is back!!!!!. I just try to make sure that I have something to eat on hand that’s good and helpful to the process. I time my meals to 3 1/2-4 hrs apart. I keep cashews and cheese on hand, salad makings, water enhancers( Milo) and drink water first and wait to see if I am hungry or bored. The head business is on point. It’s very important to loosing weight and keeping it off. I drink water all day long, carry my cop with me. My family is a big support to me. They make sure I have choices and family dinners and outings. Support ( if you have it) from love ones is important. I am still getting use to who I see in the mirror. I like her a lot.
I didn't wake up hungry, but it was pretty close. Once the nausea was gone, which was about 4 days later, I was ravenous and having major regrets. I'm 7 days out today, and I am not feeling hungry anymore. I am looking forward to this honeymoon phase where I can really focus on changing those bad habits that got me here in the first place.
you hit the nail on the head with this one. About to prep for surgery in 35 days and counting. I am binge watching all your vids to make sure I don't F*** this up. My mindset is the most important thing I can change right now. Thanks for all your honesty :)
When I was thin I enjoyed hunger and rarely ate to be full..stuffed. as we age we stop this natural process. Thank you for reminding me of the facts.❤😊
You get hungry, but the difference is that I can’t eat two 4X4s, animal style fries, large drink to get full, now I just get a hamburger protein style and I’m good, the calorie and overall macro difference is massive between those two meals, that’s why regain is very difficult unless you’re just careless.
He's right! I grew up hungry every single day in Texas as a child. One meal a day if we 7 kids were fortunate. I was bone thin. Fast Woodward I just had weight loss surgery 12/20/22. 😒
Hello Dr. V...Thank U 4 Keeping it ALL the WAY..Real. I haven’t had the surgery but taking the classes. Your so knowledgeable but ...WOW ..I never thought 💭 of my whole life being heavy was based in fear..Thank you for sharing your truth about your family. You have opened my eyes on too many levels...It makes so much sense.....Miss your convention, I just happened to see you for the first time this past Tuesday. God Bless U
The pimp scenario had me ROLLING!!! Hilarious! Such a good reminder, your talks always help me redefine my relationship with food. 3 months and a week into my journey, and I am down 34 lbs on a modified Dr. V diet alone. More importantly, food is fuel now, not JUST for yumminess' sake. If it doesn't bring value to my body, as in it isn't nutrient dense, I don't want it! I was in pain ALL over 3 months ago, and now I have more energy than I've ever had in my ENTIRE life. #foodasmedicine
Anita Conder Hello, thank you! I modified the dr V diet (if you google it you will find his free pdf) myself, I do the green smoothies in the morning and lots of greens at lunch, but I allow myself to have processed foods such as bread or cereal for dinner - in moderation of course. Eventually I will work up to following his diet completely, but for now just doing that allows me to remain in a caloric deficit and lose weight. I am 6 months out now and 48 lbs down. If you go to my page on RU-vid you can see my “decoding lifestyle change” video for all the steps I am currently taking. I definitely will not be pursuing surgery because the Dr. V diet allowed me to change my lifestyle 😊. So grateful for this man.
Izzy's health gains journey I’m learning so much from him, as well! I don’t WANT to do the surgery. The more I learn, the more I realize surgery is just as hard. I mean, there’s work to both, and I want to do the work. I know HOW, I’ve done it before. 2012-2013- in one year, I lost close to 50 lbs with clean eating and weight lifting. Man, I felt light! I was badass! And then I had a neck issue that was work related that benched me for weeks and I’ve never gotten over being butt hurt about it. Then, I quit smoking in 2015 I quit smoking for good. And BAM! I replaced smokes w food for my emotional crutch. 😫😫😫 You have inspired me! I am gonna go binge watch your videos and carry on. 💖 thank you for reprinting so quickly! Usually it’s days before I get a response from youtube. Lol... Have a great weekend! 😊
Anita Conder you are very welcome! I was you a few months ago, desperate for change and thinking that surgery would fix everything. It helps a lot, but it doesn’t, it’s just a different hard. And because of Dr. V I was able to face my hard because he made me believe I could do it for the very first time. Please do watch my videos and feel free to ask any questions, I wanna help as many people just like Dr. V helped me. If you want to reach me quicker, I’m on IG as well at @intentional_izzy. Just like he says, you CAN do it as long as you deal with the mental stuff that had you down for the count. So excited for you, the beginning is always a little scary but thrilling! Please share your updates! Have a good weekend too.
Had weight loss surgery lost 190 pounds..Two years out gained 30 pounds back. Thought my life would be great. Husband still didn't want me . ..I worked so hard was on top of the world..Now I don't have the desire to even go on trying. Down in the dumps..I have no friends or family ..except unloving husband. It's hard really hard. No to mentions other addictions came back and I feel I have no control. How do I get back being happy and healthy..?thanks doc
@@melissarobinson6355 find some new friends and dump the husband woumd be my advice. This isnt a weight issue, this is a happiness issue. Keep people in your life that will bring you up and make you feel happy.
Embracing hunger is something I did a few years back, and I lost a lot of weight. I've regained all of it plus more. I'm hopeful that I will be able to have WLS in 2020. I will begin embracing hunger again.....Thanks, Dr. V.
It's reassuring to watch your videos- here in Poland, the knowledge about bariatric operations is like digging up some kind of forbidden knowledge. When my first contact doctor informed me that there's such possibility she told me, and I quote "I think there's like, surgery way to do things, I have no clue but here ill sign you this paper and just go around and ask" and yes, literally go around and ask. Because it's hard to find a hospital that does Bariatric surgery with the insurance - on the other side is really easy to get insurance to cover it here. I have my first appointment on 30.08.2019 so I have to wait quite a bit but, I'm really happy to get the opportunity to get things right. I binge watch the videos. If not for knowledge about English I swear - I would go to my appointment completely misinformed! I'm really grateful for your work. Will get the book as soon as I'm able since well. I'm stuck at Average for the time being but I guess its time to climb the ladder :D PS don't hold back with the swears, everybody loves them ;D
You are so fun to watch. I just absolutely love you. Dr. V you are phenomenal. I have not had my surgery as of yet and you are helping me by leaps and bounds. How I wish you were my surgeon. Thank you so much for all you do. You are hilarious and deep. This so changed my perspective on food. Food is a life giving source. Wow Wow Wow.
This is probably the single best talk I’ve ever needed and wanted. You are brilliant and it makes so much sense it’s almost embarrassingly simple. Thank you for all the wisdom you share.
I have watched this video twice and I love it! You speak the REAL truth! The couple of F bombs crack me up. Also the choking/money part so funny. Your messages & seminars are SO good! Thank you for all your help & inspiration!
DR V!!!! love your videos but saw the exercise part late... i went to the gym cardio weights HITT everything and sure enough SOOOO HUNGRY months after jesus so i did the snacking made it worse, now i have anxiety even when i work out- i am a year and some months out... i was 252 lowest was 162 and have gone up in the last 4 months and stayed 174-178 FREAKING OUT!!!! omg
Yes I’ve been hungry, US Army Ranger School. We got 1 meal a day that we usually got and they sleep deprived us. 1 Army MRE (Meal Ready to eat) has about 2500 calories but our operational tempo levels we were burning over 4,000 to 5,000 calories a day, so fuk yeah I’ve been hungry. In fact one period where they let us sleep a couple of hours I had a wet dream about Reece’s peanut butter cups. If a naked woman would have wandered into our assembly area we’d of asked her if she had any food.
I did have girl scout cookies hidden in February. 😬 I ate them all. Gastric sleeve a few weeks ago. Retraining my brain and going to over eaters anonymous. And seeing a therapist. I told my husband if I do this, I do this right. No going back.
@@butterflyygyrlsworld5106 Its going well! I am about 18.5 months out. I really watch my sugar intake as I am a sugar addict. I will have ice cream here and there. I eat mostly healthy. Usually nothing fried. I still have a low amount of carbs. I went from 230 pounds to 117. 117 seemed a bit low for my liking so I gained 5 and have been here ever since. Its been helpful for me to not label foods bad or good. I fuel my body with nourishing foods most of the time. But occasionally I like fun foods like ice cream. 🙂
👄When did you check my panty drawer?!! Point taken and understood!!! Thanx for confirmng that it's not necessary to eat every four hours!!! Your videos make a hella lot more sense than my doc's plan!!! You explain the rationale rather than just giving orders to follow.
You got me on a few of those not counting what I ate or drank . My bad. Trying my hardest now to do the right thing. My Nutristionist says I have to eat breakfast, I said no I'm not hungry then. But then she says to fast .? WTF
I'm 7 months out from WLS. Hungry wight after, then went away but came back after 2 months. My surgeon says that's BS and impossible to be hungry. I don't agree because I know what I feel! I am though, only hungry at night and tend to binge. I have not lost any weight for 5 months & lost the majority of the 75 lbs pre-surgery.
I am 12 weeks out from gastric sleeve. Yes i get hungry .remember your body does crave certain nutrients and vitamins . Take hunger seriously and check if your diet and nutrition is balanced. The gastric surgery gave us a tool and balanced diet can give us hunger satisfaction. Trial and error. I personally don't count calories i weigh food and fluids and make a flow sheet of my protiens carbs and fats intake each meal. Some times a small salad that i don't eat often can stop those hunger pains. I believe somthing in that salad i made my body was needing. On the opposite spectrums i get a craving for milk duds candy if i let my addiction to carbs control me now my sleeved stomach will reject excess and i will vomit and slow my weight loss for that week. If i did not experience hunger i would really question my health. I lost 45 lbs before gastric sleeve and lost 55 lbs after sleeve 4-29-24. I am 10 lbs from the goal the surgeon set for me for my body build. I am about 40 lbs i would like to be at in a year from now. Some times undiagnosed p.t.s.d from previous experiences can effect uncontrollable hunger so don't be afraid to have that addressed and took seriously. Been there and done that before my surgery and it does help fight obesity.
All off Your advice is really powering up my state of mind,you are really making me happy,no wait your giving me hope thats the wright word,amen to you docter v i just discorverd you today, am watching all of your videos now ❤
I meal prepped for 2 years, worked my butt off at the gym and lost 130lbs naturally. I was able to keep it off for a long time until COVID hit and everything shutdown..then food addiction kicked in again.
I had vsg on September 26th 2019 and I was not hungry after surgery but in a whole lotta pain so I wasn’t paying attention to “being hungry”. My hunger returned with a vengeance like two weeks ago and I’m struggling with it. After trying to eat solid food for the past two days and dumping and vomiting I’ve finally stopped trying to eat solid food and returned to liquids but I’m still hungry.
I just had vsg on July 22, 2020 and about 2 days ago I started feeling hungry. Like really hungry with hunger pains in my stomach. I can’t stand all of those nasty protein powders so I don’t know what I’m suppose to do. I’m drinking my fluids and keep trying the protein powders but I just can’t do it with out gagging. 😢
I’m nearly 3 weeks out of surgery. I get hunger but I limit myself to 300k per day and still on the liquid diet. I do smell food but mentally changing the way I think!
Its been 11 months I am so hungry. All the time . I can not get full like I was the first couple of months . I feel like I didn't even have the surgery
Dude I love your videos wow this one was eye opening I have had food anxiety for ever but not now thank u this was such a revelation brother #enlightened
The Bible says, "as a man thinketh, so is he". So I agree, head hunger and physical hunger are the same thing. If you think you are hungry, dammit, you are. lol
First off, I don’t get hungry and eat for emotional reasons. I don’t get hungry when I’m angry, sad, bored or depressed. When you did your video on the five myths about the sleeve, I told you about my neurological disorder. I have what is called Hyperphagia, which is excessive eating. Also, I probably should tell you, that as a child, I had a very active childhood, not a sedentary childhood like kids today. During the summer, I swam a lot jumped off of diving boards. During the winter, our family went up to the snow in the mountains, or we went rollerskating. At 20, I learn to ice skate. Now I can’t do any of those things anymore, because the diabetes took a toll on the eyesight I had. i’m trying to turn all that around. I can take things, that may appear to be unhealthy, and make them healthy, by cooking those things by myself. If you want something bad enough, cook it yourself. Don’t go to McDonald’s, because that food will only make you hungrier. I get what you’re saying. If you’re hungry enough for something, cook it yourself. Don’t go to some fast food restaurant like McDonald’s.! Food is only food, if you cook it yourself. Remember, that obesity is not a character or ego flaw, because as of 2012, that the American medical Association categorized it as a disease. I say that, because it seems like the way you talk sometimes, some people may think that you’re saying that it is a character or ego flaw. I am Different from other people that are obese. Have you heard of a syndrome called Prader-Willy Syndrome? The syndrome I have is similar to that, in the sense that hypothalamic obesity, hyperphagia and panhypopituitarism largest three of the characteristics and symptoms associated with that as well as short stature and growth hormone deficiency. The particular neurological disorder that I have, is called, DeMorsier Syndrome. By the way, you mention McDonald’s in this video, I mention McDonald’s in my comments. Speaking of McDonald’s, that whenever my parents took me to McDonald’s a little kid, did the very first thing on my mind that when we got to McDonald’s, was not the food, but the playground that they had for kids to play on. The food was always the last thing on my freaking mind for Christ sake‘s.! Talk to you later doctor.
