Well, last nite I had my food funeral with some friends. I will be starting my liquid diet for pre-op on Monday, and decided I'd like to go out with some friends, eat some good Mexican food...have way too many margaritas, and just soak it up while I can. Everyone wore black...and it was awesome. Definitely glad I did it. I'm going to truly miss food...but i'm not going to miss what it does to me. I won't miss this fat suit that i've been wearing for so long...it's for the birds. I'm probably going to have a mini-food funeral with my mom today...and then one last hoo-rah tomorrow. This is going to suck! But, it must be done.

That's silly that you can't have any RTD ones... Right now I'd have no problem guzzling my shake within 20 minutes because I'm freakin hungry!

For a little encouragement to ya, I'd just like to say that, while your relationship with food DOES change, your love of good tasty food, doesn't have to.

Amen to that!!! I eat better food now than pre-sleeve. My weekend was filled with ribeye steak, baby back ribs and some almond butter that I made.

I also found plenty of awesome recipes. I suggest you try TheworldaccordingtoEggface.com. She is a gastric bypass patient, but we eat very similar. She was the first one that made me realize that I could eat vvery well post surgery.

I have come across some people who just all out mourn that they are unable to go to a buffet and eat it quantity anymore. I don't know why, but I never went down that road. I do still love food, but it doesn't need to come in such bulk.

My tastes didn't change at all, but one thing I have noticed is that I simply do not partake of food that I am ambivalent about. I mean, I used to eat a bag of Funyuns just because they were there. I don't even LIKE them. Why did I used to eat them anyway?

I can eat anything, but what I do eat is a lot of beef, pork, chicken, turkey, seafood, cheese, Greek yogurt, nuts, fruit, vegetables and a very, very limited amount of grains.

Like someone said, It might suck a bit at first, but you will love the new you.

I disagree with having a "Food Funeral". It sounds like a part of you is dying. The way I looked at it was that I was going to learn to eat like I was always supposed to and not be a binge eater anymore. I wasn't giving up any food forever. I was just learning to eat it in the correct porportion. I am almost 9 months post-op and eat almost every food I did before; only smaller amounts. Some foods don't agree with me now so I usually steer clear of them but nothing is really off limits or "dead" to me. I like knowing I can have "junk" foods now and then; just have to remember I can control it now.

Eh, I felt like its what I wanted to do... So I did it. I was saying goodbye to the way I used to eat and wouldn't take it back for anything. I wont see a solid piece of food for weeks so I think it was justifiable.