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I kind of feel like I have. I look for recipes and watch food Network (food porn) way more than before and I have also made things that I have never made before like crab cakes and pumpkin custard. I have been finding ways to tweak recipes to my dietary needs (lower carb, high protein) and am just as excited about eating as ever. Granted, I am only four weeks post op and still on soft foods, but after the liquid and puréed stages, the soft diet is amazing. I had 7 small shrimp with a teaspoon of cocktail sauce and a couple of spoons of cheesy spinach. Pretty good. I am pretty excited about what the future holds and it's forcing me to go outside of my usual cooking/eating repertoire.

Although, these may all be musings of a food addict! Uh Oh! Oh well. Thoughts?

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food addict? No I don't think a love of good food makes you an addict. I have to admit though, since we can eat so little now there is absolutely nothing wrong with appreciating good, wholesome, higher quality food. In fact, I encourage anyone who has this surgery to be a "foodie".

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<p>Food addict? No I don't think a love of good food makes you an addict. I have to admit though, since we can eat so little now there is absolutely nothing wrong with appreciating good, wholesome, higher quality food. In fact, I encourage anyone who has this surgery to be a "foodie".</p>

Well put. I find that I want better food and I will go to the store and buy 2 oz of beautiful scallops or jumbo shrimp and other things that I would never buy because I was focused on quantity over quality. I am embracing the restriction an looking forward to being truly successful at weight loss while enjoying great food. I have heard that tastes change and some even lose interest in food for a while. I guess I will just take things as they come.

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I have the same issue. I'm not much of a cook, but now I read recipees all the time. I'm looking for ways to prep chicken, for example, to be moist and no carb, but I get into it and lose track of time!

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More of a foodie now than before surgery, but in a really good way. Always scoping out recipes that are high in Protein and low in carbs that also incorporate healthy fats. Don't worry too much about the calorie counts anymore because how small my portions are. I savor every bite! I do also track my food on my fitness pal and find that I stay within my calorie goal most of the time.

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I have found myself being the same way. Since surgery I now do all of the cooking for my wife and myself. She is tickled about that. Before surgery I was always asking her what she wanted to eat. Now I do the shopping and food preperation and she loves it. I am always looking for new exciting recipies. Especially since I primarily eat chicken, fish and vegetables. And true since we eat so little, I go to our local grocery store called Sprouts. They specialize in good wholesome fresh organic foods and beautiful fresh fish and chicken. I will also buy scallops and filets. I will have the butcher cut a cod filet for example in half and wrap each one seperately so I can fix a 4 or 5 ounce portion and split it with my wife. I love watching food porn also but what I do is tweek the recipie to make it more healthy.

You can see some of my recipies under the recipie sharing portion of the site.

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