KipNB

Victory for sure!

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My surgery is tomorrow , im just praying to God cause i was unsuccessful w/ the liquid diet

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Yes I agree with that, food addiction is very tough. It would be so much easier to be able to cast food away forever. To never eat another morsel of food. But we must play this balancing act.

Yes, maybe I should just take a minute to recognize what I am feeling, stress at work, etc and channel it elsewhere.

I think this is my main struggle too. Food addiction is hard to deal with bc it's like an alcoholic being told to have one drink a day. But I think exercise, writing, journaling, art, talking to friends. I think the main thing is recognizing your emotion when you're stressed or upset and want to eat and choosing to channel it. Just take a second when you're feeling the urge to eat and think about how ur body is feeling and how ur mind is feeling and parse out what the emotion is. If it's not actually hunger, think of alternative actions that u can take that aren't food. It takes a looong time to be able to do this consistently but keep at it

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When I started this journey back in March with my six-month pre-op diet, my first goal (even above losing weight) was to re-establish my relationship with food. Specifically, I didn't want food to be the focal point of everything in my life anymore. And that was a tall order and took some time, but it eventually happened. When I say that I replaced food with life, I meant that instead of obsessing over where and when (and what and how often) to eat, we think about what activities we are going to do on an outing. My partner and I leave Monday for a 3.5 week tour of Southeast Asia. Our planning has been much more about excursions (some even very physically active) rather than what kind of food we're going to eat. We get out and walk; we go to the movies; we go see the Christmas light displays. And more importantly, we see people; we don't avoid pictures, and we re-connect with old friends that we have been too embarrassed to face for years.

I have gotten food to the point of being fuel for me and nothing else. Sure, I want what I eat to be good. If not, I wouldn't have worked so hard to get all of my Protein from food so I could dump those heinous shakes once and for all. But every day, I remind myself that food is just food -- not a friend, not a companion, not a coping device, not a support, not a destination, not an event, not the centerpiece of life. I let food and my out-of-control obesity control my life for far too long. That is over.

I'm looking forward to the new me.

One day at a time.

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_{For those of you who ate more or things you shouldn't have - did you tell your surgeon and how did it affect your surgery.}

_{I'm on day 1 of pre-op liquid diet, my surgery is 12/21. This ish is HARD! but it reminds my THIS is why I'm getting the surgery.}

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Thank you

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Day six of preop diet. It's been a rough week. We are allowed 4 diabetic boost and 2 cups of certain vegetables a day. Today I had a cabbage steak, mushrooms and onions. I did drizzle about 1 tsp of Olive oil on my cabbage while it was cooking. Hope that didn't screw things up. Do you think?

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We are only allowed 2 cups of certain vegetables and 4 diabetic boost daily. It's tough. Tonight I made a cabbage steak, mushrooms and onions. I did put 1 tsp of evoo. Hope that didn't screw things up. My surgery is on the 19th of December.

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