mekmarti

I'm about 7 months post op and understand your struggles. One of my 1st questions after surgery to a friend who had gone through it was "How long till I can eat something that actually resembles a meal?". He said it took him a year, at 7 months I can almost put a plate together that looks like a meal. You have to remember that your relationship with food wasn't good before and HAS to change after surgery. If you don't change your way of thinking about food, you'll end up right back where you started (eventually). Going out to eat was a big mind game in the beginning because you're finished when everyone has just started to tuck into their food. Use that as an opportunity to initiate conversations that you normally wouldn't have because you were "into" your food before. I like to sit around and watch everyone eat and look at the amount of food they're eating and think how many calories they're taking in and I'm not! Good luck!