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does any one think about food and when u can eat again ?????

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does any one think about food and when u can eat again ?????

I think everyone does

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Where are you in the process...???

As fat folks we did not think about food in the past because as soon as we THOUGHT, we ATE...

And that needs to change I guess!!!

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I think about a lot of the things I used to eat, and then I wonder what the hell I was doing!

I'm talking about doing 4 or 5 rounds at a buffet or just totally eating way more than any normal person would eat.

Things get much easier as time passes. Your weight drops. Your outlook on life becomes much more positive. You will look forward to having an active, healthy lifestyle.

It's tough in the beginning, but once that scale really starts moving things will be much better.

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I use to think and dream about food when I couldn't have it. Now that I can eat whatever I dont really crave for it or think about it as much. Sometimes nothing sounds good to eat.

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Ha! When I first was out of surgery, and in recovery I DREAMT about food and I wanted to cry everytime I saw a pizza commercial ( which by the way I swear one shows every 15 min! ). Now, I don't think about it at all. I used to eat out almost daily, and I am almost 4 months out and I haven't gone to a fast food place once and haven't even been tempted. It's sort of cool how you start to change...Now....if I could figure out how not to crave crackers....!!

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For some reason, I want to watch cooking shows now. I'm one week out, maybe it tricks my brain into thinking that I'm actually eating it! ;)

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In the first several weeks, YES I was constantly thinking about food. What I wanted, couldn't have, what I could eat (which was so limited). Now at 10 weeks, I can eat just about anything and I'm not obsessing about food at all. I think it's the "can't have so I want" mentality - I have that really bad! So I don't really have any food that is "off limits" or "bad". If I want a taste of pizza (or ice cream or whatever) , I have a TASTE (a small bite or two) and that is enough for me. I know some on this forum will yell at me for that but this is my journey and I'm doing what is best for me. My therapist agrees with this because I have the diet mentality that this food is good and this food is bad. And if I eat this bad food, then I'm bad - which just makes me want to say screw the diet and the cycle continues. I don't obsess or crave what I can't have because I know that I CAN have it, just limited amounts, if I choose to eat it. I'm in control and I'm satisfied now with a taste, were before I would keep eating. But there are things that I just don't like anymore, fries for instance. Don't like them, hurts my tummy. I don't go to fast food anymore unless it's Wendy's for a salad or chilli.

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For some reason, I want to watch cooking shows now. I'm one week out, maybe it tricks my brain into thinking that I'm actually eating it! ;)

I was watching cooking shows in the hospital right after surgery. I wanted to eat so bad!

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