Does the sleeve make food a non issue?

[mummytolewis 21]

8 months out and everything seems "normal" and "routine" for me - that's a good thing! I don't feel like I'm doing anything really different or special. I just make better choices now and eat in smaller quantities' date=' not because I feel like I "should" more like because I "have to". It's just the way it is... so yeah, total non-issue![/quote']

My sentiments exactly, its not hard to eat pretty normal healthy foods,i cook for all my family I just have a tiny portion size because my sleeve prevents me overeating, just take the fat out and you can cook anything really, everything in moderation isnt bad for you , I cant obsess over food rest of my life, I just get on with living and loosing woo hoo:-)

[sirbrewz 30]

Seems to me that getting the required Protein without pushing the calorie count too high means I will always obsess over food to an extent. I don't see this negatively. I think inattention to what I eat was a big part of my weight gain, and I don't want to go back.

[Arts137 1,811]

OK... Here's the deal. We won't be like "normal" people. Nobody's "normal" . And each of us in the world have things we are good at and things we struggle with. On this board, let me posit that we do NOT have a normal relationship with food, and working on this will be a lifelong commitment. "Just eating" is not in the cards for me. I don't "worry" about it any more than I worry that I need glasses to drive. Just a fact of life.

For the rest of my life I will have to think about eating and activity. OK, I can deal with that. I might be healthier and live longer...