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DanielleSleeve    82

DanielleSleeve
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So I'm 9 days post.. & OMG it's so so so hard making my kids their meals. I just want to eat everything! Anyone else Have this issue in the beginning?

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Allan Cameron    98

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As a guy (with no kids) I think this type of surgery is much harder on women and especially mothers. Everyone else in your house is eating normally, and you've got to go thru the liquid diet, then the pureed food and finally you get to start eating normally. But even then it is in such a reduced quantity as to be noticeably different. I have great respect and sympathy for all of you Mom's that go through this surgery.

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kimmy8410    2

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So I'm 9 days post.. & OMG it's so so so hard making my kids their meals. I just want to eat everything! Anyone else Have this issue in the beginning?

Yes, I struggle every night cooking for my family. However, I tell myself just a few more days and I can treat myself to scrambled eggs lol

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kj44    215

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Yes. I was there too. I found myself resentful that everyone else could eat. Had a fair share of pity parties with me as only guest. But it DID get better. I'm 5 months out now down 55 lbs and no longer am envious of them lol. Hang in there and drink ur shake while u cook. It helps.

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No game    14,437

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I told my kids to make like baby bear cubs and go forage :P

Of course they are a bit older..

When I did start cooking again I tried to make things I didn't like! Like Pasta or spareribs (to much messy work to eat so little food)

:D

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Healthiernewme    81

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This was a tricky one. I tried to always sip on some coffee or tea while cooking to help the temptations. It was still very hard, but the warm liquids helped me feel better about it.

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PrettyLilButterfly    124

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I would probably follow the above advice and try to do a shake or some Soup before you cook! this way you're too full to even care about what you're cooking!

Hang in there doll, it gets better!

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Macy6    356

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This is going to sound terrible but no, hasn't phased me a bit. I actually made my family dinner and a cake a couple nights ago. If I cook it I don't tend to want it, I'm weird like that.

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DanielleSleeve    82

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thank you guys. You all helped me today! I called my doctor to see if I got some some sf applesauce it made me feel a little better. Feels like like to me that I'm doing this all wrong it feels like I'm starving myself. :( I just really want a cheese pizza like no other I just hope once I can eat solids I'll be ok. Don't get me wrong I won't be eating pizza it's just a lot Of bad habits. food is addiction & that's why we r here today. Bad food is my drug I swear lol

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JanetBP    16

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thank you guys. You all helped me today! I called my doctor to see if I got some some sf applesauce it made me feel a little better. Feels like like to me that I'm doing this all wrong it feels like I'm starving myself. :( I just really want a cheese pizza like no other I just hope once I can eat solids I'll be ok. Don't get me wrong I won't be eating pizza it's just a lot Of bad habits. food is addiction & that's why we r here today. Bad food is my drug I swear lol

i know just what you're saying danielle...food was my crack, my heroin, my whiskey, my cigarettes...food is always there for me. the definition of addict - someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms. i think most people on a board like this one know those feelings of addiction. how many times have you been on a diet and felt like you would happily run someone over just to take their donut?? ;-) just keep trying!! hopefully i'll be in the same boat in a few months.

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Itsme!    98

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I'm like Macy. If I make something I don't like to eat it. I haven't had any issues with wanting to eat what I'm cooking for my family, though generally I cook for them what I would be eating too.

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AvaFern    3,516

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I'm 7 days post-op and the thought of food makes me gag a little. I am lucky that I would only be cooking for one, so the fact that you have to make dinner for your family must be very hard- you have my sympathy! :) In a few more days we can eat a little bit more normally and hopefully that will help a bit. Real food is coming!

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    • Alisa_S

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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!

    • Alisa_S

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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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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

    • CaseyP1011

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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