My love for food---Hopeing it changes!

[kimba6999 125]

I love so many different foods and love to eat! That's most of my problem I guess!!! I am hopeing that my desire to eat all the time goes away after surgery!!! Does it??? Decided on the Sleeve. Praying that I don't desire food as much after! All input is greatly appreciated!!!

If u havent had ur surgery yet i would advise u to start working on eliminating foods or toning down ur foods right away. Start working on your mind set toward food and get counseling if you feel you need that. When i finally made my choice to do this i am an all or nothing kind of person so knowing i had to quit stuff is easy for me. I had to wuit smoking so i did it and cold turkey and didnt look back. I did about a 3 wk mourn on food i know i wouldnt eat anymore or at least for the first yr or 2. I would make it and have a little and say goodbye. Sounds funny but it works. I put on a few pounds prior to my pre op diet but needed to do it. This has been ur life for so many years and just like with anything or anyone that leaves, you need to have time to say goodbye or mourn the loss. I got thru my preop with flying colors, losing 23lbs pre. After i have had no issues. Sometimes i still see things and wish i could enjoy them but then i look at what it would cost me to have that momentary taste and its just not worth all the progress. I am 5 months post and i enjoy the things i eat. There are ways to still have some of the foods u enjoy but just in a modified way, without all the grease and fat and just in a lot smaller portion size. I can eat a small plate of food and i will feel like i went to a buffet and at 3 plates full of food. My taste buds have also changed a bit and i enjoy some things i would have never eaten before surgery. But u will still enjoy food just not all the unhealthy sugar and starch packed foods u do now. I was addicted so i can attest. I wont lie, like i said u still want it sometimes but now intead of having a half a cookie for 100 calories and untold extra time at the gym i opt for a 100 cal pack of popcorn. Its all about compromises. Godd luck to you and ur upcoming journey.

[kimba6999 125]

I love so many different foods and love to eat! That's most of my problem I guess!!! I am hopeing that my desire to eat all the time goes away after surgery!!! Does it??? Decided on the Sleeve. Praying that I don't desire food as much after! All input is greatly appreciated!!!

If u havent had ur surgery yet i would advise u to start working on eliminating foods or toning down ur foods right away. Start working on your mind set toward food and get counseling if you feel you need that. When i finally made my choice to do this i am an all or nothing kind of person so knowing i had to quit stuff is easy for me. I had to wuit smoking so i did it and cold turkey and didnt look back. I did about a 3 wk mourn on food i know i wouldnt eat anymore or at least for the first yr or 2. I would make it and have a little and say goodbye. Sounds funny but it works. I put on a few pounds prior to my pre op diet but needed to do it. This has been ur life for so many years and just like with anything or anyone that leaves, you need to have time to say goodbye or mourn the loss. I got thru my preop with flying colors, losing 23lbs pre. After i have had no issues. Sometimes i still see things and wish i could enjoy them but then i look at what it would cost me to have that momentary taste and its just not worth all the progress. I am 5 months post and i enjoy the things i eat. There are ways to still have some of the foods u enjoy but just in a modified way, without all the grease and fat and just in a lot smaller portion size. I can eat a small plate of food and i will feel like i went to a buffet and at 3 plates full of food. My taste buds have also changed a bit and i enjoy some things i would have never eaten before surgery. But u will still enjoy food just not all the unhealthy sugar and starch packed foods u do now. I was addicted so i can attest. I wont lie, like i said u still want it sometimes but now intead of having a half a cookie for 100 calories and untold extra time at the gym i opt for a 100 cal pack of popcorn. Its all about compromises. Godd luck to you and ur upcoming journey.

[Rovobay 920]

awesome to hear the hunger goes away for most. I am months out but am dedicating myself now and starting to make changes. quitting carbonated drinks, booze, etc.

[kimba6999 125]

Thats the best way to do it. Start now and by time u actually have to u wont miss anything. Makes it so much easier. I went thru a week of eating all my favorites, kind of like a good bye for a while. Then about a month before my preop diet i just let go of everything. I know some day i will be able to have some of them again just not plates of them. My appetite went almost completely good bye. Some days i eat just to get my Protein in. But dont get me wrong, i still enjoy food. Just have those days. I honestly never thought there'd be a time when i didnt look forward to a fat plate of food, lol, but here i am. I am 5 1/2 months post op and loving myself and my new life. Down 99lbs today. Never been happier. Good luck to u.