Hello

I am 2 days post op and have a mixture of emotions. I am excited, nervous, a tiny depressed and can't stop thinking about food.

I'm trying to think about what I am going to center my life around besides food. I never realized my life was centered around it until now. Well, maybe I did whenever I tried to loose weight but I would quickly "un"realize it whenever i stopped. I have a family that keeps me busy but food is all around. When meeting with friends, we eat, when going out on a date with my husband, it's food, etc. etc.

I am struggling with what I am to do with myself next. I want to call friends to talk but I don't want to burden them. My husband is naturally thin so he doesn't really understand although he does try bless his heart.

At the same time I don't want to become obsessed with the weight lose. I just want to sit back and let it happen and have other things on my mind beside my next cup-of-soup

Try and focus on the goal! I am 8 days post-op and finally able to eat cream soup today. I had been on a liquid diet for 9 days! That was torture, but worth it. I lost 22 pounds in 2 weeks. That includes my 1 week pre-op diet.

When I start thinking about food, I just try and focus on my goal of getting healthy and feeling good in clothes!

Try to pick up a hobby.... playing games online, scrapbooking, reading, doing puzzles. Anything to keep your mind busy.

Good luck!!

That's what I'm going to have to do. Focus on the goal. I just didn't realize how much I think of food. Because it's seems so final I guess. Not the same as a diet. Actually whenever I dieted I would never call it a diet. It was my lifestyle change. I have to make this my new lifestyle change. One day it's going to stick!

Thanks for your advice!

And good luck to you too!