Is it just me, or do you too have the urge to eat EVERTYTHING you know you won't be able to eat/enjoy anymore after the surgery? My surgery is scheduled for July 18th and I was told by my doctor to lose 5-10 lbs by my pre-op date, but I've been finding myself indulging in foods that I won't be eating anymore to "get my fill". Please tell me I'm not alone with this!

Thanx everyone! I got a good chuckle off of the term "food funeral". That's exactly what it is! You're right, I need to program my mind that I will be able to eat just about everything prior to...just in moderation (or 2 bites). However, eating at the Golden Corral Buffet is out... lol

Tex, It's a no no after surgery, but I do drink some diet decaf soda. I have a case that I opened around the end of May. I keep it out of the fridge, but sometimes yes, I do drink one over ice. It's NOT a trigger or slider food for me now. If it caused me to want other sweets, etc. then I wouldn't have it. I did wait until I was 4 months out before I had one, though.

LOL All I gotta say is if it's diet and decaf then what's the point? I used to drink Diet Decaf Pepsi and liked it - for some reason I started back in on Dr Pepper and Pepsi and now just love it so right now I made a lemonade crystal light and gotta get used to that

I am in a "food funeral" frenzy and it is not helping that my surgery had to change from july 6 to july 19. I am acting like each meal.is my last and giving myself permission for anything. I scare myself and have fears that all foods will be sliders for me. Does anyone else see food as an enemy and not a friend?

I ate anything and everything I love right up until my two week preop diet started. It was kinda like having my last meal over and over. Amazingly, I didn't gain weight. On my 2 week preop diet I lost 14 pounds. Since surgery 9 days ago, I've lost another 10.

I was doing so well. I had lost 9 pounds since starting on my own, before I even had a surgery date. I got my date at my last NUT appointment today, and I went crazy after. I ate 2 chocolate eclairs on the way home, then ordered a pizza. WTH?

I am in a "food funeral" frenzy and it is not helping that my surgery had to change from july 6 to july 19. I am acting like each meal.is my last and giving myself permission for anything. I scare myself and have fears that all foods will be sliders for me. Does anyone else see food as an enemy and not a friend?

I did exact what you are doing. And I'm glad I did. As far as seeing food as the enemy, no, I see it as more of a burden for now. My body needs its nourishment, but I could easily go without eating otherwise. I see ppl eating things I loved a few weeks ago and think " you are killing yourself". I still get cravings but they are so much easier to overcome. All I do is look at th price and think, "no way I'm paying $8 for a dish that's 1/2 rice or potato" not to mention portion sizes seem so huge to me now, I'd be eating 1 restaurant meal for 1.5 days & that's if I ate nothing else. YUCK!!! Can you imagine eating the same thing over & over.

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Ha ha. Don't beat yourself up about it. You had your break, now get back up on that horse & ride some more

Thanks for telling my that, it makes me more hopeful that i can do this. I dont trust myself anymore which is why i need such drastic help.

I LOVE eating out and I actually like that I have 2 days left overs when I go out now, lol. I will get a chicken dish usually, and eat it for lunch and dinner then next day or two and love it. I cant bring myself to order anything pasta now though, knowing how much I love it but that its all going to go to waste. Ive found that restaurants are really good about putting things on the side and specializing your order for you.

I did exact what you are doing. And I'm glad I did. As far as seeing food as the enemy, no, I see it as more of a burden for now. My body needs its nourishment, but I could easily go without eating otherwise. I see ppl eating things I loved a few weeks ago and think " you are killing yourself". I still get cravings but they are so much easier to overcome. All I do is look at th price and think, "no way I'm paying $8 for a dish that's 1/2 rice or potato" not to mention portion sizes seem so huge to me now, I'd be eating 1 restaurant meal for 1.5 days & that's if I ate nothing else. YUCK!!! Can you imagine eating the same thing over & over.

I am hoping people don't start looking at me weird when I order off the kids menu I am out and about alot and often have dinners or Snacks at bike nites so .... besides not being able to drink soda anymore I will not eat out much either.

food Funeral is a good term....I used my "Last Suppers"...I went out with each and every sibling, parent, and friend that I have regular lunches or dinners with...My brother in law made me my all time favorite disk chicken and potatoes and peppers and OMG I am sure this was NOT on the list of foods acceptable everything deep fat fried the Mexican way which of course makes it much better than anything else in this universe....(he's an awesome cook), I Had steak dinner with my folks, I went to Algodones and had a meal with my sister, had Breakfast burrito's homemade by the mexican ladies of the church, and pizza and salad with my brother, and chinese with my friends from Burns who winter in California, and well my list goes on and on and on....

When I got back home from Surgery....The preacher began his 2 month preaching from the book of I Cor.....this was indeed just what the doctor ordered. I Cor 6:12 "EVERYTHING IS PERMISSABLE, BUT EVERYTHING IS NOT BENEFICIAL".....now I am sure there was a different message for most with this verse...but it hit me hard and I began to love this verse....In fact I have it posted on my refridgerater....

Yes I can have a brownie (it is permissable) But that brownie is NOT beneficial....

Yes I can have a soda (it is permissable) but that soda could do damage to my new pouch I paid $9000 for so not so beneficial...

I hope this helps

The more I read the more I'm convinced some of you are living in my head!! I have also been thinking about my "last days" of normal eating and what foods do I want to have one last time? Food funeral is the perfect way to describe it. I am hoping my taste buds change and I won't want the crap that got me where I am now!

The more I read the more I'm convinced some of you are living in my head!! I have also been thinking about my "last days" of normal eating and what foods do I want to have one last time? food funeral is the perfect way to describe it. I am hoping my taste buds change and I won't want the crap that got me where I am now!

I like food funeral. Before I started my preop, I felt like I was on death row having my final meals. Yes, I can still have my favorite foods but I will never be able to shovel them like I did preop.....thank God!

I ordered some of this off Walmart and liked it so much I used quite a bit of it already so ordering more tonite - got the chocolate and the vanilla so far but this one sounds best of all. A half banana or a little sugar free yogurt? Yum http://www.walmart.com/ip/Body-Fortress-Super-Advanced-Whey-Protein-Chocolate-Peanut-Butter-Supplement-2-Lb/13274590

Nope it's not just you!! Lol I thought it was just me!! Lol