cravings?

casargirl · May 21, 2008

Just reading everyone's post gets me excited about when I will get to the point of having a date for surgery.

I have finished my psych evals, my doctor's appt is May 27th, and then my education date is June 10th. I had no idea about the pre-op diet, and find it interesting to hear everyone's story.

One question that I have, that I have not seen any information on : Will the cravings for food diminish? I feel that I need something turned off in my brain - and I get that when I take phentermine, but eventually, I get off track and start eating again. So what do ya'll have to say? Do you feel the cravings diminish?

sugrbear · May 21, 2008

Casargirl, for me, my cravings disappeared the first two months, then I had them hit mon/tues, not the same as before, so I had a cookie, a small pc choc, a few nuts, the craving went away, but then I got a headache, now I feel like, I dont want those things. The craving when it did hit was nothing like in the past. In the past I would have had a whole bunch of Cookies and the entire candy bar and lots of nuts, this time a few bites satisfied the urge right away. As I right this I have no urge for them. Not so in the past. I also dont want food all the time like in the past. When I eat my meals, small as they may be, I am satisfied, I can walk away and dont need or want more. Its a great feeling.

As far as pre-op diets, not all Dr's put their patients on pre-op diets. I know many bandsters with different Dr's in my area that did not have to go on pre-op diets before surgery, including myself. I guess it depends on the Dr. and the patients condition.

casargirl · May 21, 2008

for your replies - I look forward to getting to know you and posting often with my questions and successes. Having this support will definitely give me the advantage of an extended family....

jetti · May 21, 2008

My cravings for fast food and junk food have all gone away. I will sometimes get a sudden urge for McDonalds when someone at my office is eating it but it goes away in a few minutes and im over it. One of my addictions is chocolate and I still have some a few times a week in small quantities of course but nothing like before I had surgery.

good luck to you!