Hello all I am in the begining stages of my pre op diet, waitingfor a date. I am a Chef and have allways been able to walk around and just pick up something and put it in my mouth ( almost involutary and not allways the best for you foods, almost never good for you foods) now that I am on my pre op diet and haveing to journal everything. I have been trying to pay more attention to what I put in my mouth, but am still finding it way hard to be surounded my food 10 -15 hours a day and not want to pick. Also trying to reduce my carbs ALOT so I am going through carb withdrawls at the same time(no fun). I hope ot gets easier just trying to keep in mind that I want weight loss more then I want the food in front of me. So anyway after all that I was really just wondering if there were anyother food industry people out there with this same challange????

I'm not in the food industry, but I loved the hell out of food, and best thing is that I still love food.

When cooking, I do find that I graze when I cook. It kind of screws up my dinner, but I'm at goal, and it's a little different than the losing phase. Once my physical hunger was completely gone, honestly, food became an afterthought, and well, it still is. I still forget to eat sometimes. Try finding another "habit" to replace your habit of grazing throughout the day, or while your surrounded by food. I still buy, bake, cook yummy goodness for my family, and have found that if I keep stuff in the house for me, and my nutritional needs, it makes staying out of the cookie jar a bit easier.

Hello all I am in the begining stages of my pre op diet, waitingfor a date. I am a Chef and have allways been able to walk around and just pick up something and put it in my mouth ( almost involutary and not allways the best for you foods, almost never good for you foods) now that I am on my pre op diet and haveing to journal everything. I have been trying to pay more attention to what I put in my mouth, but am still finding it way hard to be surounded my food 10 -15 hours a day and not want to pick. Also trying to reduce my carbs ALOT so I am going through carb withdrawls at the same time(no fun). I hope ot gets easier just trying to keep in mind that I want weight loss more then I want the food in front of me. So anyway after all that I was really just wondering if there were anyother food industry people out there with this same challange????

Have you tried chewing gum?

Have you tried chewing gum?

Thanks for the suggestion but unfortunatly I have TMJ so I am not supoed to chew gum plus it is a healthcode violation and against company poicy to chew gum in the kitchen

How about keeping a handful of sugar-free Werther's in your pocket? It's a trick I use when I'm trying to avoid grazing at parties and other types of tempting but unnecessary food choices. I pop one in - no crunching or chewing - and savor the flavor.

How about keeping a handful of sugar-free Werther's in your pocket? It's a trick I use when I'm trying to avoid grazing at parties and other types of tempting but unnecessary food choices. I pop one in - no crunching or chewing - and savor the flavor.

nope unfortunalty same thing cant have candy in your mouth tecnicaly you are not supoed to eat anything in the kitchen all you can do is "Taste" I guess I will just have to suck it up and keep waling buy the food.

Thanks for the suggestion but unfortunatly I have TMJ so I am not supoed to chew gum plus it is a healthcode violation and against company poicy to chew gum in the kitchen :001_rolleyes:

Thanks for not dropping gum and candy in the food! :tongue_smilie: We need more people like you in the food industry.