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I am 6 weeks post op and I am feeling great... That being said it is sad what you are going trough...I read on this site someone mentioned it to be like a divorce...you have to grieve the process of indulging in everything anytime & in any amounts. Embrace the grieving process because that takes you to the next step which is no longer obsessing with foods and then gets you to...what does my body need to live well, be healthy and happy... Never forget what brought you to the reason you chose surgery...it was dark like most of us...the sad part gets you to the next step and ultimately you get to the light!!! the first few weeks suck! when I hit my 4th week and could eat normal...I tried but it was not as exciting as I was waiting for it to be, because now that I could eat whatever I wanted, I tried it and was no longer excited about it...go figure! you know the old adage you want what you don't have and once you have it meh...you don't wan it as much anymore. That was the case for me... the highs you got from foods are no longer the same, sad yes, but you have now divorced that lifestyle...things are looking up...the first few weeks are really really hard because that is ALL you focus on...then it starts changing You will recover, you will no longer look at food the same way, you WILL be better for it...keep on keeping on sexy30inthemaking

Numbers number numbers!!! They play with our minds! Now don't get me wrong, they are needed and useful information for healthcare etc...BUT...I firmly believe that we pay way to close attention to them versus how we feel, numbers play with our minds... Here's my example...in my early 20's I was extremely fit, I was 5'7" tall and weighed 185lbs in the best shape of my life with a 17% body fat count, I was rocking it...I am a naturally heavy person with big muscle mass...I was a size 10 and felt great...Enter the BMI chart and with those numbers I was overweight and should loose 26-66lbs! Not a chance with 17% body fat... I was sleeved September 2014 and made a decision to not have a scale in my house. I know I have lost weight, my clothes all fit but my smaller clothes fit better I have decided to go along with how I feel, the energy level I have, the number of times I am happy talking with people instead of hiding or walking away fast so not to have to talk to anyone and be judged etc...instead of focusing on numbers I will get weighed in every 3 months because it is important for health purposes but I really am trying to focus on other aspects of weight loss than numbers...this is in no way to judge anyone else it's just my 2 cents on how I feel it might work best for me and maybe others who watch that scale like hawks...we all need to replace our eating obsession/compulsion with something else, I encourage you all to not put that focus on the scale numbers or clothes sizes...there might just be a little less stress and or frustrations in your lives...focus on how well you have been sleeping since loosing weight, how you can stay on your feet longer everyday and have extra energy to go out after a full day or work...that to me are small successes that need to be celebrated instead of lbs & inches.

Thanks all, so helpful with all your experiences & encouragements...It's amazing what a few days will do, No more meltdowns I'm happy to report... It's amazing the transformation that is happening between my ears...Yes I'm also melting away but for me the changes I am noticing are in my way of thinking, smelling, tasting and even seeing has absolutely blown me away... The changes that happen with this surgery is not all physical and I am so very excited about that part...I think that is what I was chasing after with all the other diets I have ever tried...the stuff between your ears is pretty powerful and we often forget to start changes in there... I am happy to say that the overwhelming hungry feeling has left my thoughts and I have to remember to fuel the machine...that has never happened to me before...for those of you who might think...just wait its coming you will be starving ... See I own a cafe that specializes in baking and chocolates along with a savoury kitchen with fresh bread, bacon etc...so I am pretty sure that my overwhelming hunger feeling has just about left the building...I am learning to enjoy the smells as you can imagine, bacon, fresh breads, baking and chocolates are no longer pulling at me...WHOO HOO!!!

Hi I had my sleeve on September 29th, 2014...What I never tough of or expected is the emotions of being home with my family and not being able to to cook for them or even sit at the table with them for dinner... NEVER saw that one coming! I was on a 3 week pre op diet and lived on veggy Soups & Protein drinks and I was good with it. When I got home and realised I could not feed my boys I lost it! I really hated my life at that point and regretted the entire surgery. It almost felt like the weight loss was not an accomplishment because I was on liquids, I better loose weight on those or else something would be wrong... My boys are teenagers and they eat! Grilled Steak, eggs & bacon in the am etc... It was a sad few days...That was day 6&7. I realised that all of this was playing itself in my head...let's face it most of us here over ate because of what was happening between our ears NOT because we were hungry... So I decided to take the following approach in order to knock down the pity party happening in my head...I know look at what I drink (still in the full liquid phase for another few weeks) as what I am taking this in to survive, this is gasoline for my body so I can live & have fun and bike & run & travel & swim and enjoy life.... I never expected this to be this hard, I actually had second thoughts before travelling for the surgery...I felt like I was taking the easy way out...holy crap was I ever wrong...It's freaking hard and then surgery recoup on top of that... I know everyday is getting better & better physically & between my ears, but I guess this is what we should all be looking towards is a lifestyle change...I was at first thinking I can't wait to eat my next burger, fries, pizza etc...then I realized if I fall in the same trap I will be at the same place a few years down the road...and really this is too hard to do over...So I can't wait to eat an amazing scrambled egg with herbs and fresh ground pepper & salt...YUM! Heres to reprograming/reframing my brain...get out of my head and into my body!