Is my mind as strong as I thought?

[acm22_ 58]

Hello Everyone,

I had my surgery 5 days ago. And it's honestly been super tough. My surgery was Monday, and I stayed in the hospital until Thursday. ( no surgical complications, gas wouldn't pass, and throwing up the whole time). Now I am home, and it's tough. My mind still thinks that I am hungry and I know that I am not. It's really difficult trying to transition from eating all the time, to not being hungry at all. I feel that I am starting to become a tad bit depressed. My family doesn't seem to grasp the whole situation and fail to realize that I am alone on this journey. I feel like I've mad a complete mistake with this surgery, but I know it's just my mind overthinking. I'm very happy I've made this choice. Maybe it's me thinking that I'll never be the same again? Which I know that is true, but the same as being the same bubbly personality. It's really a though journey and I honestly didn't think it would be this TOUGH!!! I should've prepared myself mentally for this, I only focused on the physical parts and now I am struggling. I know the outcome will be worth it, but at the moment, I feel I've made a mistake- How do you cheer yourself up from feeling so down? When will it all get better?

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[mcmom2016 13]

I was/am right with you. My surgery was the 13th. I was really wanting to eat. I know I was not hungry and it was all in my head. The first three days were super rough. I was finally able to talk myself out of that mindset and I was doing a lot better. Today I'm down again though. I've been weighing myself every day, which I know I'm not supposed to, and today I was up 1 pound. How in the hell??? I was told I could switch over to the full liquid diet on Thursday, but I've been sticking with the clear liquid diet just because I don't want to consume any more calories. And to me it's not worth it if I'm not able to actually eat something. So today is rough. What if I made the wrong choice and this doesn't work??? I've tried 1 million things over the years… what if this ends up being just one of those things?

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[BelgianGuy 350]

Hi there! I am 24yo myself and even though my family has been very helpful, it was very difficult the very first weeks. I would almost leave the dinner table out of anger twice a week because it would just be so painful and awful to eat.

But it will be better, I have had my sleeve since February 2016 and now I basically lead a pretty good life. My BMI is down to 23, I feel healthy and physically and mentally free of all the restraints I had when I was obese: no more running out of breath, no more CPAP to sleep with, no more disgusted looks or hints that I should lose weight (now it's actually the rather opposite), my self-esteem has gone up and I dare to do simple things that ashamed before like eating in public, going to the beach or even take a seat in a train or the bus (I might have been pretty paranoid).

So yeah, tough beginnings, but you will see, it will get better!

[fuzzyhorse 1]

Hello Everyone,

I had my surgery 5 days ago. And it's honestly been super tough. My surgery was Monday, and I stayed in the hospital until Thursday. ( no surgical complications, gas wouldn't pass, and throwing up the whole time). Now I am home, and it's tough. My mind still thinks that I am hungry and I know that I am not. It's really difficult trying to transition from eating all the time, to not being hungry at all. I feel that I am starting to become a tad bit depressed. My family doesn't seem to grasp the whole situation and fail to realize that I am alone on this journey. I feel like I've mad a complete mistake with this surgery, but I know it's just my mind overthinking. I'm very happy I've made this choice. Maybe it's me thinking that I'll never be the same again? Which I know that is true, but the same as being the same bubbly personality. It's really a though journey and I honestly didn't think it would be this TOUGH!!! I should've prepared myself mentally for this, I only focused on the physical parts and now I am struggling. I know the outcome will be worth it, but at the moment, I feel I've made a mistake- How do you cheer yourself up from feeling so down? When will it all get better?

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This is VERY common. I had my sleeve done in April, 2016 and for a while, I was in your shoes. I couldn't see myself as anything but skin and fat. It takes some time to re train your brain. Just stick with things and if you feel like you're falling off the wagon, go back to basics!!

Feel free to message me if you wanna chat

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