Do you enjoy cooking still?

[kajunqty 21]

I was sleeved on 10/21/14. Now all I want go do is cook, which is great for my husband...lol I started my Thanksgiving cooking today and have more to do tomorrow and I'm loving it!! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

[layknee 357]

I was sleeved on 10/21/14. Now all I want go do is cook, which is great for my husband...lol I started my Thanksgiving cooking today and have more to do tomorrow and I'm loving it!! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

I find that since I had my gastric bypass surgery I have been watching any more food network than I have ever done. And I have been cooking every day.

[lark60 429]

I do not cook the same way as I did before the surgery. Also, since I cook for one and even a small recipe for 2 servings becomes 4 meals for me, I tend to get bored with the left overs. I have found that I am eating more canned foods (taking a can of Soup and adding canned meat to up the protein) and fresh foods don't last since I can't eat a normal portion.

[Elode 8,093]

I do! I was worried I wouldn't since I can eat much but I do! I'm more creative now and I only use the best foods I can find!

[CheleLynn45 615]

I have been cooking almost daily for my husband and daughter. We are all planning out meals for the week and not eating out at all. I have really been enjoying cooking even though I am not eating any of the meals.

I am 4 weeks post op and hope these feelings continue!!

[kikicoates78 220]

I have always cooked, and last night at dinner it dawned on me why I'm so fat.... I eat AS I cook. I have to taste to season. By the time dinner was done I couldn't even eat with them. I was already full! Where before I would still fill my plate and eat with them. So I need to learn to QUIT eating as I cook ????????????

[alyce20 82]

I love to cook now more than ever...I don't get it!

[MichiganChic 3,262]

I used to love to cook and bake before surgery, but not so much, anymore. I don't do it as often, either. I had to give up my preoccupation with food in order to succeed at weight loss with my sleeve. Thinking about, purchasing, preparing and serving food used to be a huge part of my daily life. It took a lot of energy to do that, and I just don't have the willpower to resist it. I try to keep no junk in my house, and I limit the amount of things to choose from so that I am not tempted.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

I didn't like cooking pre-op, and I still don't.

[audefacere 45]

I have been an avid baker and home cook for as long as I could remember. I was afraid I wouldn't enjoy it anymore but I still do. I've been doing a lot of baking recently since it's that season but I haven't even been tempted to try any of my creations. Cooking is just as fun. Since my surgery, my taste buds have changed drastically so it's like re-discovering a whole new world.

[Luvin_Life125 558]

I love to cook from scratch and that probably won't change. I enjoy new recipes and trying to make new things. I have already found myself looking for healthier substitutions and new things to try once I am able to move beyond liquids. My love of cooking is evolving, but I am sure it won't go away.

[bikrchk 1,313]

I think I enjoy in more now! I live alone, so I've had to learn to adjust recipes even when planning for left overs, but today, I can afford quality over quantity so I don't have guilt over making food exactly how I like it, (real eggs, real butter, the occasional desert etc). No my cholesterol has not gone through the roof, (quite the opposite, in fact, I used to take a statin pre-op and need nothing now), no I don't gain weight as long as I exercise and don't over eat. If I feel like baking to get one or two Cookies, I just make sure someone else, (the boyfriend or the office) is the recipient of the left overs!

[built2livenotexist 119]

I still enjoy cooking very much. Especially, the prep work which has a calming effect on me. It's odd to me, but I'm not interested in the same kind of food that I was before the surgery. I expected to be in mourning but I'm not. Reading labels, tracking and weighing everything has totally changed the way that I see food. I'm excited about some great clean and Paleo recipes that I've saved for future use. ..now if the rest of the household were excited. .....

[VSGforV 5]

I love cooking now too! Funny thing is I didn't really enjoy it too much before. I am also watching way more food shows now. I feel like I am becoming a "feeder". I can't have it but want everyone else to enjoy it.

[kajunqty 21]

I'm glad I'm not the only person still enjoying cooking! I have cooked all my dishes for Thanksgiving tomorrow and baked a pineapple upside down cake.. I can't eat it but I can smell it...lol