Every other commercial on TV is FOOD

[H.150ToGo 18]

I've never faced such a challenge to stay strong then I am with this surgery. 12/5 was my sleeve. Being home for recovery and every single commercial break there are countless food commercials. They are so in your face too nowadays.... so my little PSA is to stay busy or distracted! Adult coloring books, read books, watch old movies, go through family photos, call friends/family and talk about life, go for a walk, knit, sew, crochet, watch Netflix or DVD or Ondemand. Just try to keep temptation or more so TAUNTING food blurbs out of your life while you learn your new normal and recover. My husband also eats in any room of the house except the one I'm in. When my cravings appear he will go out to eat to make sure the house doesn't smell like food I can't have. Anyway just trying to make helpful tips for anyone else who like me had to Learn to cope. Quitting smoking cigarettes many years ago was easier than this. You can't quit eating. But you can quit being controlled by food! We got this

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[happynfree1996 6]

You have a supportive husband. My surgery is Dec 14 I fear post of just because I don't want to be hungry

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[LittleBill 2,231]

@H.150ToGo I haven't watched any real TV for years. I do love a good movie, and I will watch stuff on Netflix. You are right though, about avoiding it.

@@happynfree1996 You won't have to worry too much about being hungry post op. It is very different than pre op. I am two months post, and I do get hungry now, but only when I am supposed to be eating anyway. It works out very well for me. Not everyone is the same, but it is reasonable to expect this.

[H.150ToGo 18]

@@happynfree1996 thank you! I really do!! I recommend, whatever your situation you HAVE to communicate. Don't make it a lonely internal battle. If you live with a partner a kid a friend a parent or alone just make sure those around you KNOW if they are making you feel hungry or sad. I struggle with infertility and often got so upset at how my friends would endlessly talk about and post photos of their kids. I found it insensitive and it hurt. They just never knew until I told them how it made me feel. Everyone's in their own head and their own little world's so they may not even realize how cooking something may make you feel. And I'm with Bill, you really don't have the hunger. I was a compulsive eater pre-op. Literally obsessed with food and always planning my next meal. I didn't do any crazy mental changes but I truly don't feel hungry after surgery. I feel thirsty for sure but not hungry. It's so bizarre but I guess it's the science of the gut and how the bateria and hormones communicate with the brain. It works whatever it is

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@@happynfree1996 thank you! I really do!! I recommend, whatever your situation you HAVE to communicate. Don't make it a lonely internal battle. If you live with a partner a kid a friend a parent or alone just make sure those around you KNOW if they are making you feel hungry or sad. I struggle with infertility and often got so upset at how my friends would endlessly talk about and post photos of their kids. I found it insensitive and it hurt. They just never knew until I told them how it made me feel. Everyone's in their own head and their own little world's so they may not even realize how cooking something may make you feel. And I'm with Bill, you really don't have the hunger. I was a compulsive eater pre-op. Literally obsessed with food and always planning my next meal. I didn't do any crazy mental changes but I truly don't feel hungry after surgery. I feel thirsty for sure but not hungry. It's so bizarre but I guess it's the science of the gut and how the bateria and hormones communicate with the brain. It works whatever it is

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[theantichick 2,204]

I don't watch network TV anymore. Almost everything I watch is Netflix or Amazon Prime. LOL.

I didn't feel any real hunger for the first couple of months after surgery, which was both good and bad. I'm starting to have hunger and cravings again at almost 4 months out, but I'm able to tell what's real hunger and what's just cravings, so it's going well for me.