Im getting sleeved 4 weeks from tomorrow. My friend who did this in january said that she wished she had had a food funeral! So I thought, ya know, not a bad idea. I had a fathers day BBQ yesterday, ended up with lots of extras. I think that as long as I dont gain before my surgury date its ok?? My DR said I only have to do a 7 day pre op diet, so it appears that I can eat whatever for 3 weeks prior. Am I setting myself up for a failure? It seems like most people pre op are loosing alot. I feel like I want to enjoy my last few weeks of meals because once I have the surgury I wont, one, be able to eat for 6 weeks, two, will be eating small portions and three, will no longer be able to eat anything I want.

I eat very healthy, for the most part, and have been dieting since the beginning of the year. I also excersize regularly, so correct me if im wrong, but im eating and enjoying my funeral for the next 3 weeks

Why do you want to do a food funeral? Do you think you won't be able to eat certain things? What do you think you will miss?

I read all the forums and thought I might not be able to eat steak after VSG. I didn't have the luxury of time for a food funeral, as I was informed of my surgery date within the two week pre-op diet. I was obedient because this surgery is so serious and I trusted my surgeon.

I am able to eat steak now, although very limited quantities, Please don't assume you need a food funeral because someone else thought you should. It is that much more weight for you to lose, and it delays adjusting your mindset by that much.

Im not gorging myself, just eating what I want. I've been dieting for 5 months and just want to eat what I want before surgury. My mind set cant be changed overnight, thats a process in its self.. been working on it for years. I just got done doing an 8 week class about mind set and it really helped the way I think about things.

I know that I can still eat things I enjoy after surgury, just in smaller forms. To me, this is a life altering event and the start of a new life, kind of a re birth. My birthday(surgury date) is July 17 and I cant wait. Im ready to so a tri athlon, 10k and all the things I have been working up to. I did my first 5k a month ago and it felt great.

I did the same thing when I quit smoking back on October, had a little funeral, get rid of all my lighters in the house, ashtrays, detailed the cars. I have not cheated once since the day I quit...Oct 5, 2011. So I guess its my way of throwing out the old and in with the new!

Im not gorging myself, just eating what I want. I've been dieting for 5 months and just want to eat what I want before surgury. My mind set cant be changed overnight, thats a process in its self.. been working on it for years. I just got done doing an 8 week class about mind set and it really helped the way I think about things.

I know that I can still eat things I enjoy after surgury, just in smaller forms. To me, this is a life altering event and the start of a new life, kind of a re birth. My birthday(surgury date) is July 17 and I cant wait. Im ready to so a tri athlon, 10k and all the things I have been working up to. I did my first 5k a month ago and it felt great.

I did the same thing when I quit smoking back on October, had a little funeral, get rid of all my lighters in the house, ashtrays, detailed the cars. I have not cheated once since the day I quit...Oct 5, 2011. So I guess its my way of throwing out the old and in with the new!

Well, it is a definite adjustment, but life does go on. I am just six months out from my surgery date, but I am on my third annual "5K" which is mostly upstairs. It is billed as the 5K that feels like a 10K. I drive two days to get to the event, but I love it so much! It sounds like you have great goals and a good start to those goals.

I think a food funeral is a step in the mindset change process, go for it Lynnz.

Thanks gals im so looking forward to the new and improved ME! I do have goals, lots of them. Things I never thought I could or would want to do. I just wish I hadnt waited so long to start my journey.. cant change the past though, can only make the future better

I went nuts and I don't regret a bite. But everyone is different. I know me. I would still be mourning the things I didn't taste "one last time." I don't plan to visit Krispy Kreme anymore or eat half the junk I used to. It truly is dead to me, so I'm glad I said goodbye. I think I gained 10 pounds after I made the appt.

I crave good food now. It's a good thing

I did! I loved it! i wanted cake from a bakery so I got one and even had them write "Good Luck Angie Kay" on it! tee hee hee

I had what I called my food Farewell Tour. I ate a lot of stuff I didn't think I would be able to eat after surgery - both food types, and foods in combinations that probably won't be allowed or are really only satisfying in large bites.

Case in point: Rubio's Baja Original Fish Taco is one of my top five all-time favorite foods. Fried fish, yogurt sauce, cabbage, thick corn tortilla, and I add a salsa verde and lime. It's the nature of the thing that you have to open your mouth wide and take a big bite to get all the different components in one tasting. And it isn't the same thing if even one ingredient is missing.

Will I be able to enjoy my RBOFT again? Highly unlikely; if I even allow myself to have fried fish and corn tortilla, I might not be able to tolerate salsa and I certainly won't be able to take a huge bite and get all the flavors at once. So as my date approached, I had RBOFTs until I was literally sick of them and didn't want to eat any more. Then I had an extra couple, so I was really completely good and sick and the idea of having one was almost nauseating. For now, at least, I don't particularly want to have one.

So as part of a mourning process, and to (potentially) get yourself sick of your favorite foods and ready for your diet? I say go for it!

I had one this past weekend: went to a Chinese buffet. It was a place we've gone to since I was a child, so to me it wasn't just saying goodbye to food, but I was saying goodbye to that part of my life. I will be able to eat Chinese food again, yes, but never an all-out buffet food-orgy. I don't regret it at all. This week I'm doing a high protein, low carb diet with lots of protein shakes before my pre-op diet starts. I'm glad I had the "food funeral", but am also glad it's over.