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Big Stresser---Didn't Turn To Food

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waistnaway    32

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I am on scheduled on April 11 and on day 11 of 20 day liquid pre op diet. On Saturday my son was in a motorcylce accident and severely broke his leg in several places. For the first time in my life I did not reach for something to eat!! I grabbed my bottles of Isopure and flavored waters and to the hospital I went. And... you know what?? I survived and it wasn't even hard. I made up my mind last fall when I began this journey that I am going to eat to live from now on. I ate too well ( anything and everything I wanted plus lots more) for 54 years. It was time to change and by golly I have!! Just had to tell someone that would understand.

Kathy

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slimthickens    28

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OMG Kathy! I'm so sorry about your son! I hope he is ok. Congrats on being able to go through that without turning to food! Big cheers to you from your sleeve buddy, Cinda :)

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Lilu    65

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I am on scheduled on April 11 and on day 11 of 20 day liquid pre op diet. On Saturday my son was in a motorcylce accident and severely broke his leg in several places. For the first time in my life I did not reach for something to eat!! I grabbed my bottles of Isopure and flavored waters and to the hospital I went. And... you know what?? I survived and it wasn't even hard. I made up my mind last fall when I began this journey that I am going to eat to live from now on. I ate too well ( anything and everything I wanted plus lots more) for 54 years. It was time to change and by golly I have!! Just had to tell someone that would understand.

Great Job It is the move that you need to see that you will make it. I was on here getting ready to share my good news but felt the need to reply to yours. Yeah you made it thru one of your own hoops and the is the best news ever. Things are looking better for me too. I will have my on April 11th too.Good luck to us and god speed to recovery.Kathy

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waistnaway    32

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Cinda... thank you so much!! I knew you would understand :) Gabe has a long recovery ahead of him. The accident broke the ball off the top of the tibia ( big bone in leg) and it is just flopping. It also broke the tibia in several places and shattered up through his knee cap. They can't do surgery on it until Thursday so some of the swelling can go down. He is in unbearable pain.

Lilu--- Congrats on getting your date moved up!! Thank you for your sweet post. I apprecitate it so much. Good luck to you also and keep me posted on your journey.

Kathy

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Lilu    65

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Cinda... thank you so much!! I knew you would understand :) Gabe has a long recovery ahead of him. The accident broke the ball off the top of the tibia ( big bone in leg) and it is just flopping. It also broke the tibia in several places and shattered up through his knee cap. They can't do surgery on it until Thursday so some of the swelling can go down. He is in unbearable pain.

Lilu--- Congrats on getting your date moved up!! Thank you for your sweet post. I apprecitate it so much. Good luck to you also and keep me posted on your journey.

Thank you I will hope for a speedy recovery for your son and for you too.

Kathy

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BlackBerryJuice    349

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Good for you! And I bet you feel a million times better NOT binging - if you had binged, you would've just felt even worse. Make this the first time you've adhered to your new habit of NOT stress eating. Next time you are challenged, you can just say, "I've already done this once before, I can do it again."

I hope your son gets better soon!

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waistnaway    32

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Thanks Blackberryjuice!! I am proud of myself! I can & will do this!

Gabe (son) is doing better than expected this evening. Just wanting his surgery on Thurs to be over with.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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