pre-consultation eating? food thinking

[pendulum 6]

Wow I seem to be all over the map...

one days its 'who cares!?!' (which is part of what got me here) then the next day is 'I need to start thinking about how and what I eat for when (then a tiny tiny part of my brain says 'if?') I get banded...

assume this is normal?

Anyone on this side of the band just get SICK of dealing with food thoughts? Seems like I am always out of something, or thinking about where I am going for lunch, or what I will cook for dinner, or Breakfast the next day....and do I have stuff in the house? and wow, I wish I would actually TAKE something for lunch to work, as oposed to eating out for lunch (and spending money, but the breakroom is hell so maybe eating out IS better and....) and....and...

Anyone else feel that one part of the 'tool of the band' will be easing up on some of those choices? then I will be more focused on protein/fat, simple and ENJOYING the few bites I get and savoring them or? Will it be cheaper (food cost wise)?

[Heather B. 1]

The best way for me to stop "food thoughts" is to make Sunday "food day"...make Soup and freeze individual servings to take for lunch...prepare a few dinners ahead of time...get your week of food organized and take the question out of "what will I eat"? Just try it once with lunches, if it helps make dinners as well. It makes the weeks much easier!

Hope this helps!

[pendulum 6]

STOP USING LOGIC (smile)

and this written from a guy who wrote and published his own cookbook....(should I share some recipes? )....

one of my problems with the freezing is I get bored with the 'same thing' (writing this I realize how many times I go to the same fast food place for lunch...hmmm...)

I also realize(d) writing this that food IS my drug- wonder how much of this is the 'don't mess with my drug!!!!!' part of my brain here (probly why I like this board so much- it really does help not hearing the 'crazy thoughts' are NOT so crazy after all

or I will try to make a 'for 2' batch of something and wind up eating it all....not right then mind you, but little nibblings....so it does not last til the next day...

my dad bought me this BIG can of peanuts- I can not WAIT for it to be gone, its driving me nuts (oh god the pun I just realized) if peanuts were not so expensive I would almost dump it out).... thats one thing I like about the band- the tool of.....I have food in the pantry but yet worry about having MORE food in the house... (does that make sense).

The best way for me to stop "food thoughts" is to make Sunday "food day"...make Soup and freeze individual servings to take for lunch...prepare a few dinners ahead of time...get your week of food organized and take the question out of "what will I eat"? Just try it once with lunches, if it helps make dinners as well. It makes the weeks much easier!

Hope this helps!

[Heather B. 1]

OK, how's this...you send me the peanuts (YUM!) and I'll ship some frozen dinners your way, lol...OMG the thoughts are SO normal...at least for people like us, I imagine like a drug user craves his next fix. If only we could shift our brains to crave push-ups instead...pfft...

[pendulum 6]

I was talking to my (step) mom about the band and casually mentioned how food "calls" to me. She truly honestly thought I was insane and asked if I had EVER told a therapist about this? was it more than one voice? etc. I think she now thinks of me differently...

When I was a chef and food would come back, or there would be a sample, it was like having a crying baby in the middle of a museum, CRYING out to me. I was baffled how others could not see/hear/notice it. the only way to make it stop? eat it. (or toss it in a really nasty trash can) or get so busy that you wouldn't think about it (that much).

so- WILL the band be a tool to help with this? or...? (yes I know there is a psych evaluation and I HAVE had good talk with both doctors (not the surgeon). AND I am talking it out on here (and yes I realize this is very normal (I HOPE (smile))

thanks

OK, how's this...you send me the peanuts (YUM!) and I'll ship some frozen dinners your way, lol...OMG the thoughts are SO normal...at least for people like us, I imagine like a drug user craves his next fix. If only we could shift our brains to crave push-ups instead...pfft...