Oh how do you make it smelling the food I wanna eat so bad I didn't think it would be so hard. I never realized how much I love food.im tempted to just chew the food and sip it out am I crazy .what can I do about this fixation. Not to mention I quit smoking cigarettes because I wanna heal properly . Is there anything to do??????

Learn how to selectively "screen out" the stimulus...or remove yourself from the area where you are able to see or smell foods.

In order to survive raising 3 sons, rather close in age, I had to learn how to ignore(screen out) the noise and activities of what would often amount to 3 different groups of friends in the house at the same time engaged in different activities which all had some type of sound/noise associated with them...

My long term sanity depended on being able to selectively screen out most of the sound.

I can so relate to your writing about smelling food...I learned how to ignore cooking odors, and ignore my husband eating in the same room with me as I drank my Protein shake or ate a SF popsicle, but I could not ignore his empty plate which still smelled wonderful from his dinner. He left it next to me for me to clean...and it was the only time during the entire pre and post op diets that I "lost it" and got angry with him.

Know that there is an end to this challenging time in your life...and keep your eyes focused on the prize of a healthier you!

Best wishes...

Tks for the advice ; )))