Love affair with food

[southerngal75 0]

I have my 1st appt tomorrow with the surgeon in my area to start the process to get the lapband. I am 34 and been heavy all of my life and food has always been my best friend or enemy. I am trying to deal with the feeling of losing the food...did anyone go through these feelings?

[thebandedgirl 0]

I think that most of us have. We all have issues with food, I think, or we wouldn't be in the situations we're in. Some people are able to overcome their food problems easily, some aren't. I'm in the latter category, unfortunately, and plan to seek counseling as soon as I get my new insurance card.

[Mimilou2004 13]

Amidst all the drama involved with a possible slip and a total unfill, my first thoughts were about what I could now eat that I had been missing. pizza danced in my head and visions of sandwiches swirled all around me, LOL. So, yes, I have major food issues, too, and need the band to help me control what is controllable, The head hunger I have to do on my own and with the help of friends and that higher power.

Mimi

[RestlessMonkey 7]

You know, I've got issues (you don't get to 405 without having issues!) but I've NEVER thought food was my friend. I've felt more like food was a hateful master who kept me on a short leash (no kidding).

If you think food is your friend, as I've said before, she's a back stabbing beotch. Let her go.

[Bunz1969 4]

I didn't really think about missing the food so much as I thought about missing the situations where food was involved.

Pre-op, after church, my hubby and I would always go to a specific restaurant and I would enjoy the best pecan pancakes, bacon and diet coke. Right after my banding, I would get emotional thinking about "missing" that. What I've had to realize is that we can still have Breakfast after church, but it will be different.

[Chellz423 0]

food is a very big part of my life, I express myself with food....I eat when I'm happy, sad, nervous, angry, but I'm ready to battle this mental disease and win with the help of the lap band lol.

[FailureIsntAnOption 0]

Missing food and missing the situations involving food was definitely something I thought about prior to surgery. I believe there is a huge range of emotions to go through when coming to terms with giving up our old lifestyle.

What I have learned since having surgery is that I can still enjoy the same situations I did prior to surgery and I can still enjoy food only my food choices must be healthy ones. So far (4 mos. post-op) I couldn't be happier with my decision. Getting banded is the best thing I have ever done for myself. My family has been great and supportive and they are very proud of me.

Good luck to you!