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4 days post op! I want meat!!! Desperately! I can't stand these Protein supplements. I want to chew something! I thought it would be easier that this. Now I see how people end up back in the Er after downing a burrito. My hubby is back from the store with chicken fries, flaming hot Funyuns, hot dogs.. By no means a steak, but it feels that way right now. Lord please let that food aversion kick in soon or I will be doomed!!

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Get out of the house! You need to be away from the sight and smells of food.

Find something to do that will keep your mind off being hungry.

Focus on weight loss. You are where you are for a reason. Think about where you want to be and how to get there.

Grab a magazine filled with skinny people and think about how they stay that way.

Umm, that's all I got right now. Talk to me if you need to!! Do anything but eat that food. It will hurt you in more ways then one.

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Thanks! I am trying. I can't get around much and have no where to go. I did go in my room and closed the door. I still here the oven peeping. I just thought it would be easier.

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Smells aren't bad. It's just in my head, I know! But I hate everything in this stage. I would kill for a boiled egg or some tuna right now.

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Stop thinking about food! Read a good book, one where no one eats. :)

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Get out of the house! You need to be away from the sight and smells of food.

Find something to do that will keep your mind off being hungry.

Focus on weight loss. You are where you are for a reason. Think about where you want to be and how to get there.

Grab a magazine filled with skinny people and think about how they stay that way.

Umm' date=' that's all I got right now. Talk to me if you need to!! Do anything but eat that food. It will hurt you in more ways then one.[/quote']

I snuck a crumb of my daughter chick-fil-a nugget and it immediately made my stomach turn. It was literally a crumb. I tried to purée some Mac and cheese and took one bite then threw it away. It was disgusting. I know it's in my mind. But it always has been. The mind is very powerful!!

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Whatever you do don't turn on the TV, every other commercial is about food and by the time your show comes back on, your hungry for single food item they advertised. One night I found myself hungry for pizza, chocolate and Chinese all at once. My friend made me take a pregnancy test. :)

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The mind is very, very powerful! That's going to be my problem after I am sleeved as well. I am already planning distractions.

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Yeah. It's weird because I can't eat anything. I try things take a few bites and I'm done. Even if I think they taste ok. When are your having your surgery?

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I find out Wed. Fingers crossed for soon! :)

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4 days post op! I want meat!!! Desperately! I can't stand these Protein supplements. I want to chew something! I thought it would be easier that this. Now I see how people end up back in the Er after downing a burrito. My hubby is back from the store with chicken fries, flaming hot Funyuns, hot dogs.. By no means a steak, but it feels that way right now. Lord please let that food aversion kick in soon or I will be doomed!!

I am 4 days post op as well. Yes parts of the day is hard - but I have to say the sugar free popsicles are a god send. Really - this will pass. Tuesday will come and you will have a better selection and feel good you passed this test - have a great night!

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I find out Wed. Fingers crossed for soon! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Good luck. Let me know how things go.

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I'm two weeks post op and I desperately want to bite into a piece of chicken. As bad as I want to I know it won't say down. I know this because I've tried two noodle from a can of chicken noodle Soup, mash potatoes and cheddar broccoli soup and they won't stay down. So I've given up on that yummy chicken until I can handle it. It'll come I keep saying to myself.

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I SUGGEST you type COMPLICATIONS in to the search box & read real life accounts of people's misery & near death experiences. People can get a leak in the staple areas without eating in the first 3 weeks. Your head seems to be telling you to ignore the chances of a leak for some momentary satisfaction.

When I had my surgery I was on a 3 week post liquid diet. All food had to be dripping off the spoon, then I went to purred food.

The sugar free popscycles r a good idea. Jello, sugar free pudding doesn't drip off the spoon but it is real soft.

A lot of us don't enjoy the shakes but you are only drinking what? 4 oz at a time? And you are going to loose a lot of weight this month if you comply. Then again if you eat something that causes a leak YOU WILL LOOSE A TON OF WEIGHT CAUSE YOU WILL BE VERY SICK FOR ABOUT 2 months, more if you are unlucky. You will be away from your child for weeks as you are struggling in the hospital to live. Just read the complication stories.

If I sound harsh & mean to you it is because I care, yes you are a stranger but you are a fellow large person who wants a better life. Follow the rules, I am ecstatic with the results I am getting, you will be too.

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