AM I DOOMED FOR FAILURE?

[VS-Fat-To-Fit-Girl 32]

I did it.. I'll admit it. I just had a food funeral

Tomorrow is when I have to start my two week preop diet... Sooo I went & got my favorite meal - MEXICAN FOOD!! & I ate & ate &....

Am I doomed to fail? Idk how I'm gonna make it through this two weeks... My whole world has revolved around FOOD.. When I wake up - I automatically think of what I'm gonna eat for breakfast.. at Breakfast I'm thinking about what I'm gonna have for lunch.. & at lunch, well you get the idea.... :/

Am I the only person who lives this way? Ughh I've battled ALL my life with going up & down in my weight - & never have been able to keep it off... & its because of this darn thing inside me called a stomach. It never gets full! I've always had a hard time stopping when I eat. I always eat the WHOLE meal & THEN SOME... I almost never have left overs... Ughh - Please tell me this surgery is gonna help me with this never full feeling! Please tell me this surgery is gonna work. I know I will have to work at it - but please tell me this surgery is gonna help me get there.... to that skinny girl inside of me!

lol okay I'm done with my rant - just had to get all that off my chest

[losingit2013 48]

I did it.. I'll admit it. I just had a food funeral <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Tomorrow is when I have to start my two week preop diet... Sooo I went & got my favorite meal - MEXICAN FOOD!! & I ate & ate &....

Am I doomed to fail? Idk how I'm gonna make it through this two weeks... My whole world has revolved around FOOD.. When I wake up - I automatically think of what I'm gonna eat for breakfast.. at breakfast I'm thinking about what I'm gonna have for lunch.. & at lunch' date=' well you get the idea.... :/

Am I the only person who lives this way? Ughh I've battled ALL my life with going up & down in my weight - & never have been able to keep it off... & its because of this darn thing inside me called a stomach. It never gets full! I've always had a hard time stopping when I eat. I always eat the WHOLE meal & THEN SOME... I almost never have left overs... Ughh - Please tell me this surgery is gonna help me with this never full feeling! Please tell me this surgery is gonna work. I know I will have to work at it - but please tell me this surgery is gonna help me get there.... to that skinny girl inside of me!

lol okay I'm done with my rant - just had to get all that off my chest <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote']

You are going to be just fine. Today, you are planning your meals, but around the wrong types of foods. So, I say you've already got the planning part down and soon your body will demand different foods...it's a win girlfriend!

You are totally not alone on this one!

[ShrinkingBiker 121]

you are not alone..

I was pretty much the same way.. I can tell you the pre-op diet REALLY sucked, and I did cheat (3 times) but overall I stuck with it as much as I could. You will not be thrilled with life for the next 2 weeks, but in the end it will have been worth it.

I can also attest that after surgery things change.. majorly. You loose that hunger (or at least I did) and while I had cravings, it is easier to stick with because you just can not have solid foods for a while. The liquid is about all that you will be able to get down anyway.

I am about to move into soft solids, and while I can eat more then I did, I am still held to about 2-3 oz of food because I simply can't eat any more then that. Most of the time I leave a good portion of what I set to eat on the plate.. I always weigh my food before hand and just don't really "like" eating anymore. Things still taste good to me, but I just have a bite or two and feel like I am done.

Stick with it, and you will do fine. It's just a hard 2 weeks then your entire life will change.

[rockdutchess82 26]

I have been practicing implementing little requirements for the two week pre op so that I won't have to go cold turkey. Condition I have been eating some of my favorite foods. Also trying to start my exercise game up with 4 a.m. workouts. It's hard to implement what you can you will soon have a tool

[vols fan 60]

I was the same way but I didn't have a pre op diet I could eat up until the day before surgery until noon but I ate my favorite at red lobster and now I hate eating I never think of food I now eat to live I'm around food all the time it smells good but I have no desire to shove it down my throat anymore so good luck with everything!

[JeffNNJ 111]

I had no preop diet so I went absolutely insane eating until midnight before the surgery. You'll be just fine.

[gmanbat 5,889]

Some of your hunger causing ghrelin, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghrelin , is being removed and your stomach will be much smaller. You will feel full and won't be as hungry.

I now can eat one potato chip, one square of Hershey's, one bite of ice cream. etc.. Taste matters now, not volume. One taste is enough to refresh my memory and satisfy me. I am released from the need to stuff.