I have had a major change in the way I see food. (to tell the truth, I have wondered if this is what "normal weight" people feel) before surgery I thought about food ALL THE TIME. Why I was eating, I was thinking about what I wanted for my next meal. Since surgery the truth is, I couldn't care less about food. If I could drink my meals for the rest of my life, I think I would. Food just isn't the center of my life anymore. I love that in a lot of ways. But there is a part of my that realizes we live in a world where food plays a major role. I almost wish I was craving something, or at least enjoyed eating. It seems to just be something I know I have to deal with. (3 months ago I would have laughed if anyone told me this is how I would feel)

Does the joy come back (in a healthy way)? Or is this the new "norm"?

This one of my biggest concerns, too. My surgery is in less than a week.

I wish I didn't think about food lol. The head hunger is torture. I even find mysf physically hunger more often than I think I should. I'm not gonna freak out b/c I have lost 87 lbs in 18 weeks I just hope it doesn't prove to be a big problem for me down the road.

I am 3 weeks out and I don't obsess over food anymore either. I hope it stays that way. I do get hungry but it isn't a horrible hunger like before.

I'm out 3 years and don't enjoy food like before surgery. I no longer have favorite foods and couldn't care less what's being served. BUT, give me stuff to drink and I'll be more then happy to do that. . I love drinking everything. . . especially crystal lite or arizona green tea with pomegrante sweetened with splenda. . . now there's a drink. . I can easily drink 64 - 128 oz a day of that stuff. . . plus water with lemon or lime sweetened with splenda. . . but the days of lovin food is gone for me. . . don't even like desserts anymore and couldn't care less if they are there or not. . .I'll drink me a dessert first like iced coffee with a spoon of cool whip! Yummmmmm

I'm still a foodie. I don't obsess, but I do enjoy it.

Unfortunately, I still love & enjoy food and think about it frequently. I feel like I'm always planning my next meal to make sure I have the right stuff. At least I'm enjoying healthy food. I wish I still didnt enjoy the bad stuff too. I just try to avoid it.

I am three weeks out. I am having a difficult time getting 500 calories per day on a consistent basis.

I will never forget when I was taking phentermine years ago, I thought it was like being let out of food prison. I thought that must be what normal people were like, people who didn't think about food all the time and planning what they would eat next even before finishing what they are eating now.

That is kind of the way I feel after the sleeve. I still enjoy food, but it is not all consuming because I just can't hold as much. There is no way to eat the volume I used to stuff in. I enjoy not being controlled by food anymore. Eating to live, not living to eat. Kathe

I will never forget when I was taking phentermine years ago, I thought it was like being let out of food prison. I thought that must be what normal people were like, people who didn't think about food all the time and planning what they would eat next even before finishing what they are eating now.

That is kind of the way I feel after the sleeve. I still enjoy food, but it is not all consuming because I just can't hold as much. There is no way to eat the volume I used to stuff in. I enjoy not being controlled by food anymore. Eating to live, not living to eat. Kathe

I took that stuff too. Lost a lot of weight on it only to regain what I lost. I liked the feeling. I was always charged up and speeded. Now I get that with coffee LOL! On phetermine though, I would forget to eat at all sometimes and I think the hunger was there, but I could not feel it. Like now, When I'm hungry I tend to bite the inside of my mouth. Sounds weird, but there it is. One of the weird side effects of phentermine is an obsessive chewing on the inside of the mouth.

It why those meth heads are so skinny and never want to eat. This is much healthier, no?

Phen fen loved loved loved phen fen biggest lie and mistake taking that stuff off the market where are all the people with pulmonary htn NOT only person making out on that one was lawyers

I never felt it was even in the realm of possibility before surgery. But like tonight, I am sitting here, already had dinner PLANNED, feeling like I don't even want to bother with it. I am not hungry, it doesn't sound good (nothing does) but my head knows I need the nutrition. So I will go in the next 15 min or so and get my dinner, and push it down. I wonder if I need to be more creative in what I am eating? (who can complain? This seems to be my biggest issue) well, this and how much I HATE tom, and the weight gain. Sucks being a woman sometimes :-)

I'm kinda the opposite. Part of the reason I've stayed heavy it's because I don't eat, well let me explain... I get up and have never been a breakfast eater, so I won't eat, then lunch rolls around and again not really hungry so I don't eat, by the time dinner rolls around I'm starving so I would eat one huge meal a day then snack all night till bed. So it's been hard for me to adjust and forcing myself to eat all throughout the day, but it's definitely helped me to lose weight and not snack all night, plus it seems like I can make better food choices. It's all such a big adjustment for us all one way or another.

I always seem to lose better when TOM is here.. Am I the only one?

I always seem to lose better when TOM is here.. Am I the only one?

I lose too but it offsets the gain of one week prior lol!

I always seem to lose better when TOM is here.. Am I the only one?

I am very jealous of that! I have decided I am done weighing for the week because it's depressing (I am sure that has NOTHING to do with hormones ) I only have tom every 2 months or so... I get used to seeing the scale drop then...... Oh, here is a pound or two coming back! Sad...