I'm trying to change my whole thinking process on food. They say " have you ever seen a fat wolf or a fat lion?" These animals eat for nutrition and survival. I'm hoping I can be a tiger and start thinking of food as a simple fuel I need to survive. It's hard and I'm not there yet but I'm trying. I guess 40 years of bad habits ain't gonna disappear overnight.

FOr the first year of my journey I had the words FOOD IS FUEL written everywhere... on a post it in my car, on my bathroom mirror, my phone background, on the fridge and on my computer.... it helped.

~hugs~...a life time of eatting the way we all have is going to take hard work to change...but we can do it !

Not easy to change engrained habits, but it can be done with dedication and consistancy. However, it is nice to actually like the new way of eating. I don't miss pigging out and feeling as stuffed as a thanksgiving turkey.

I am with you - it is a TOTAL paradigm shift in terms of thinking about food. I must agree with others - I do not miss feeling stuffed after a meal, that part is really a positive change!

i was in that same thought earlier this year.

it was either do it or soon they'd have to cut the wall out to move my ass....i want this bad enough to make those changes (eating better/eating smaller amounts and moving as much as i can).

def want power...

you can do it. hang in there.

I feel very lucky that I'm not one that has mourned the "loss of food" after this surgery. I love that I can only eat a little bit and I'm done. My first time to eat out after surgery was with a group of friends that didn't know I'd had wls and we went to lunch at Paula Deen's Buffet ! I ate my little bit until I was satisfied and stopped. When we left, all the other women were moaning and groaning about how stuff they were and I felt great.

The only problem was when dinner time rolled around, I was ready to eat again and they were all still stuffed, so I had to eat dinner alone.