Today I am having a very difficult time. I am so irritated by everything. I am on a mini vaca from Philly to NYC with kids and hubby. The smells of food is making me so angry. Is this normally my husband doesn't understand why I want to go home.

Today is 22 days out for me. I was not myself until I started pureed/soft foods at day 15 and felt like I was actually eating food. Way more options and I didn't feel so miserable and grumpy

Ok so I'm not going crazy. My surgery isn't until 9/13/12.

You are devorcing food. It feels like i am losing a best friend. I have been on the pre-op diet for 6 days now. I hate going anwhere other than work(because i got to) and home. I hate looking at tv, resturants, any thing dealing with food. With that said, it's normal!!

yes this is totally normal. I wanted to strangle anyone who even mentioned food. you will get through it...and so will your family.

Yuppers quite normal. Unfortunately though this moodiness is not going away anytime soon. You are gonna have to work on controlling it, and I would also advise explaining to your husband & kids why you are this way, so that they understand & know what to expect.

Now so that you understand, I'll break it down the short way.

Estrogen is stored in fat cells,

You are burning fat cells at an abnormally high rate

Burning fat cells release their estrogen stores into the blood stream

So, now you are being bombarded with massive amounts of estrogen.

Can you say moody, and short tempered?....... I new you could.

So now you can break it down to hubby and tell him that the price he's gotta pay to have a sexy thin wife, is to deal with your moodiness till the weight is gone.

After that you can't blame it on the estrogen released from fat anymore.

I promise you after the surgery you feel quite different about food.

It's there but you just don't want it. The most freeing feeling in the world!!

Before you know it.....

Omg, totally did NOT even think about this as a possibility! So glad I read this thread! I am pre-op and trying to mentally prepare.

Interesting thing for me will be when I start the liquid diet before, starting next Fri. Though I am a very laid back person, my mood shows when I am hungry, always has. When everything around me irritates me, I ask myself "am I hungry" and yes is always the answer. A niece of mine thinks its funny. Yeah, ha.

Maybe that is what's happening to you. Your probably starving and smelling all the awesome food in NYC (which is part of the whole atmosphere there) is pissing you off. But I find it does help to some extent when you can identify what's going on. And drink those protein shakes! Soo sorry your going thru this. Try not to let it get the best of you. Control it best you can and enjoy NYC. Being there could help time pass quickly for you before surgery instead of being home where anxiety could kick in. Enjoy the distraction.

Now, as for what OTR said, well geez, we will have to deal with that as it comes. Good info to be aware of, that's for sure!!

Godspeed!

Thanks guys, I love the breakdown.