Over Eating

[Aaron in Tulsa 147]

I know exactly how you feel. I don't even have a surgery date yet but I'm self pay so I know it will be relatively quick. I can't stop eating!!!! I need to quit, but easier said than done, I suppose.

[kjntwins 59]

I am so happy I am not alone. I was waiting for all the negative comments about how I am not ready for the surgery and blah blah blah

[Chuckles 28]

I know my surgery is not till September or October. I normally do not go overboard with food like this. But since I know I am having the surgery and before I start my pre-op diet. I am eating everything in sight' date=' kinda like getting it all in before the last day. Did anyone else do this?[/quote']

I went on a cruise a week before I started the preop diet

[joyful noise 101]

I have been eating the foods I don't think I can have after the sleeve. But, I have been measuring them and freezing the rest, in case I might miss them again before the pre-diet for the surgery.

[mjs6206 7]

I pretty much did the 'food funerals' and then went on a diet 1 week prior to my pre op app wit hmy NUT and DR.....and whoa! they were not happy! I had only lost 3 pds and I had not been exercising either....Dr was very upset with me and let me know about it too.......i was almost in tears i thought she was going to cancel my Aug 6th surgery date and reschedule....she ask me why i hadnt been dieting and excersing before now, that i should have lost more weight than 3 pds....so please be cautious about the overeating, some Dr's will not do surgery until you lose a certain amoun

t of weight to shrink the liver. I start my 800 calorie pre op diet this Sunday and trust me i will NOT cheat, she put the fear of God in me about losing weight pre op.....

[BarbH 5]

I don't think the overeating is uncommon. I went up 6 lbs after my consultation and scared myself. My surgeon said I didn't have to lose weight, but she would not operate if I gained weight. So I promptly started watching what I ate and cut out fast food. Boom those 6.lbs gone. Then I lost another 6 in the remaining 3 months before my preadmission testing. Everyone said- Wow you lost weight. I never knew 6 lousey pounds could be so important, because my BMS went from almost 50 to 48- I didn't need an arterial blood gas today. However, everyone's journey is personal and if it was easy to maintain weight loss and If we didn't all love food we would not be having surgery to make our lives better.

Good luck with your food funeral and you will gain control soon. You can only do your best. Just follow your surgeons and nutrtionist's advice. Only they can tell you how much you need to loose to get to surgery. But I do recognize your feelings. My big upset today- I realized my 10 days of Clear liquids starts one day before my birthday on Monday. I just informed my husband he is taking me for dinner and a glass of wine Friday night.

[Dooter 1,457]

I went on a cruise a week before I started the preop diet

NIIIIICE!!!!!

[Lloydthumper 70]

Lol I did the same thing when I did my consult I weighted 340 I had gained 11lbs from that day. Till 2 weeks ago when My surgeons office sent out an email saying they were getting patients that hadn't followed there pre op diet and the were having to postpone there surgery. I sent an email explaining I had gained the 11lbs since my consult. They basically responded saying I better lose it before my preop starts and follow the pre op to the T. They recommend doing 1 protien shake to replace one meal a day. But I'm doing 2 I've lost 10lbs in the last week and a half. I'm going to try to do this until my preop. My surgury is sept 12th I'd like to be around 310lbs on the surgury day. But I feel everyone's pain it was like eat everything you wont be able to for a while.

[Ready4success 380]

I almost feel like my eating has been out of control. I find myself eating and doing things that are just crazy. Could it be that my food addiction is evolving since my mind knows that I'm about to chop off 80% of my stomach?

[Angela324 13]

Oh, thank you to everyone for being so understanding and for the words of warning about what might happen with our Dr.'s if we gain! I was worried like the 1 person who posted that said they were afraid everyone would preach about how bad our behavior is. It is sooo nice to have support from people who know the struggle!

[Banned member 320]

Eat all you want before the surgery. It doesn't really matter. Your mind will totally change about food after the surgery, trust me. I don't know how it does it, but it breaks your addiction to food. For most people, anyway. I wouldn't starve myself until I had to for the pre-op diet if I was you.

God I pray your right because I've been having a hard time controlling my food intake ever since they told me that I was approved for surgery.

[GreginMI 76]

I have a 122 lb weight loss in a year to back up my claim that the surgery breaks your food addiction!

[shangefan 193]

I do think this is common. I think it is partly about trying to have foods you are worried you will never have again and partly about turning to food (again) as a coping mechanism to deal with the very reasonable fears and concerns about the surgery. Before I started my pre-op diet, I found myself eating things even I would have found ridiculous beforehand -- like a dinner of hot dogs and french fries. Or corn dogs.

The good thing is the pre-op diet forced me back into line and since surgery, the restrictive diet (at the start) has obviously made all of that stuff impossible. But I also don't crave it any more. I think tastes do change, and the forced weeks of healthier eating also gives you such a break from the old unhealthy stuff that you get out of the habit of eating it.

[GreginMI 76]

I do think this is common. I think it is partly about trying to have foods you are worried you will never have again and partly about turning to food (again) as a coping mechanism to deal with the very reasonable fears and concerns about the surgery. Before I started my pre-op diet, I found myself eating things even I would have found ridiculous beforehand -- like a dinner of hot dogs and french fries. Or corn dogs.

The good thing is the pre-op diet forced me back into line and since surgery, the restrictive diet (at the start) has obviously made all of that stuff impossible. But I also don't crave it any more. I think tastes do change, and the forced weeks of healthier eating also gives you such a break from the old unhealthy stuff that you get out of the habit of eating it.

Well said and spot on.

[IsB 209]

The surgery on it's own is not going to take the weight off. It's just a piece of the puzzle. My 6 month medically supervised diet means I'm looking at November for the surgery. By the time I get there I don't want to have to think about eating right. It's going to be second nature.