ashemademe 24 Posted November 5, 2014 I can honestly say up until I started my preops diet, I still had doubt about getting banned. The diet taught me that I am ready. I now realize I can make I off less food than I thought. Why was I so afraid of being hunger, after all hunger is in the head. I am on day 9 of preops and 15 pounds down. I learned that after the surgery, after the healing process when I can eat again. I can do this! I am ready mentally and that's the biggest part of being successful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leepers 1,195 Posted November 5, 2014 To me, I found that hunger is just a sensation. Like when your neck hurts because you slept wrong. Hunger is not am emergency that needs to be immediately fed. I found that once I was able to control my response to hunger out became much easier to manage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jill7768 46 Posted November 5, 2014 I keep telling myself that the hunger pain is my liver shrinking :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corridor72 518 Posted November 5, 2014 I learned a lot from my pre-op diet. First of all, I learned that it's okay to be hungry. Like @@Leepers said, hunger is not an emergency. I don't have to feed myself the minute I first feel that twinge of hunger. If I need to, I can wait awhile. I also learned that hunger is often a signal that I'm thirsty rather than really being hungry and I can drink something and the feeling goes away. I also learned how to deal with cravings. Boy did I ever have some nasty cravings during those first couple of days of my pre-op diet. But ya know what? I learned that I don't have to give into them. I can wait it out and it will get better. Head hunger is something that I will always battle on some level, though it's much improved since being banded. But I CAN win the battle with the hungry monster! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
briefs199 337 Posted November 5, 2014 I felt the same way. I already posted about being afraid of being hungry. The pre op diet taught me that I can do this, that I'm capable of sticking to something. And it taught me how I can live and thrive on so much less food. I have always heard that you need x amount of calories to lose weight but the pre op diet flies in the face of this. Is it our bodies are using fat reserves? Have no idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wvcari 84 Posted November 9, 2014 Until I got final confirmation of surgery date none of this seemed really real to me. I Started the whole process in January and with working full time its been when I can fit it in. My surgery is officially next week Thursdsay November 13. I just finished day 2!of liquid diet and I've realized that I CAN DO THIS!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B-52 7,113 Posted November 9, 2014 (edited) The pre-op diet taught me that without this surgery I could never loose weight and keep it off on my own....this diet was just like any other diet I have ever been on....if I could do this, then why go through surgery???? It only reinforced my decision that surgery was the avenue I needed to go if I am ever going to accomplish anything. Edited November 9, 2014 by B-52 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites