i only have a three day pre op diet that Im starting on the 15th Nov . but i am like doing a mental check list of foods i want to eat and working my way through. i am trying to arrange nights out in my favorite restaurants for that last time treat. i know its not the best approach but am i alone in this i really hope not

You can do it when the time comes. We all can! We are not happy being fat regardless as to what fat is to us, let it be 150 lbs on a 4 foot body or 400lbs on any body. It sucks and we all have to DO IT!

My date is set in stone for Dec 14 th yippee!

My surgery is scheduled for February and the closer it gets the more I find myself eating. So far I haven't gained any, but it's gotten to the point of where my husband has commented and gotten angry with me. Last night I ate three pieces of chocolate cake. Not one right after another mind you, but within two hours and he was glaring at me and demanding to know "what I was doing". I could only say I was eating it while I still could...

ya i have that from my husband too i think he is getting relieved that my pre op diet is starting Thursday . i know he loves me and he wants me to not gain pointless weight that i will then have to go and loose . but its hard this is my second turn at this after failing with the band .

he is one of the lucky ones that has never had weight issues

I'm doing it too. Food and THE SURGERY are on my mind constantly. Argh. It scares me that maybe I won't be able to change my habits. Nothing tastes as good as I imagined it would be.

This forum is very reassuring because we are not alone. I am sure it's very common with the anticipation of such a life changing surgery. The fact is we are not going to be able to do this, for at least a while after our surgeries. It will be life changing and the beginning of a new chapter.

Sarah-lu1 You didn't fail right, the band failed. Food compulsion is not a conquer, fail dilemma. It's a curse, a constant fight, fight, fight. We have to eat. It's not cigarettes or alcohol that can just be stopped. You are fighting! Doing everything in your power to win the fight. But you have not Failed!

Sarah-lu1 You didn't fail right' date=' the band failed. food compulsion is not a conquer, fail dilemma. It's a curse, a constant fight, fight, fight. We have to eat. It's not cigarettes or alcohol that can just be stopped. You are fighting! Doing everything in your power to win the fight. But you have not Failed![/quote']

thanks so much for taking the time out to write this. x i started my pre op diet today so feeling a little off. but you have picked me right up and given me the jump start i needed x thank you