Published today: 5 Day Pouch Test Bulletin
Is your post-WLS hunger a crisis?
View bulletin in our archives: 5DPT September Bulletin
Opening Article:
"Greetings - 
Thanks for joining me for the September 5
Day Pouch Test Bulletin, our first of the fall season. For me, now seems
like the right time to review my understanding of body hunger and
remind myself of the difference between hunger and appetite. In hearing
from you in the weight loss surgery communities I know that many of us
struggle time and again against hunger -- or what we think is hunger.
One of the best breakthroughs in understanding my food relationship came
in 2008 when I read the words, "Hunger is not an emergency." My
goodness! Who knew? Read my blog post account of that enlightening
moment:
"Just this week I had a breakthrough moment
when I read that naturally slender people do not treat hunger as an
emergency. "Most of us who struggle with extra pounds tend to view
hunger as a condition that needs to be cured - and fast," writes Judith
S. Beck, PhD, author of the Beck Diet Solution. "If you fear hunger, you
might routinely overeat and avoid it," she says adding, "Thin people
tolerate hunger because they know hunger pangs always come and go,
buying them some time."
Hunger defined: the painful sensation caused by a lack of food that initiates food-seeking behavior.
Hunger is not an emergency.
Interesting, don't you think? Since publishing the 5DPT I've received
tremendous feedback. Some people are amazed to not feel hungry, even on
those difficult first two days. Others report "climbing the walls"
hunger. I believe each of us responds differently to the 5DPT and there
are certainly extremes between lack of hunger and ravenous hunger."link to continue reading
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