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~Jules~    0

~Jules~
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Vegge,

You are adorable. I wish you only the best. I know you will be so happy.

BTW, the pic with you and your boyfriend was great. You are a very cute couple.

Good luck to you!!!

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lisalee    0

lisalee
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Go get the book "Fast food Nation" and read it....yikes, what yuckiness!

One of the doctors I work with always says, "eat what you need, not what you want." Ask yourself, "What will this food do for me?" It's a different spin on how we look at food but when I can remember to do it it is really helpful.

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mikkozoe    0

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WOW i was banded on Nov 3 and the one thing i could not stop thinking about was MEXICAN food ..and here i was in mexico haveing my surgery and my mom eating all this great food ...Well i was not as good and i think at about two and a half weeks i had to have some refried Beans ..then i was good to go ....But man that chips and salsa craving just about put me over the edge ...and god bless my boyfriend soon to be husban he was eating some chips and asked if i wanted to suck on one since i cannt eat it ...IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO LAUGH WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING YOU CANNT HAVE AND HE HELLPED ME DO THAT ...but still what a butt suck on this buddie LOL LOL but it was all in fun .......

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mousecrazy    2

mousecrazy
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It is truly amazing, but your tastes change over time...not right away, so don't get real excited quite yet, but give it time. I have eaten a few burgers, but usually end up taking the bread off, and then when you actually see the "meat", it is really unappealing, and that image will keep you from being tempted for a long time! LOL!

French fries, forget it. They get stuck every time, for me.

It is really hard to visualize all the change that is in store for you...have a good trip!

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MsButterKup23    1

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Congrats on the banding and welcome!

As far as wanting this or that, give yourself time to heal and go for it. I'm not talking a super-sized order of fries, but if you want one or two here or there that's not a problem. As overweight people we don't know what a portion is. What always worked for me was getting just enough to enjoy the flavor on a napkin and throwing (or giving) the rest away.

I still eat a bite or two of whatever I crave, but being almost a year and half out I know what will make me suffer and I avoid it. A hamburger with bread means pain to me and it's not worth it to me.

Best of luck to you with your new band.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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