I love cooking for my family. Trying new recipies, fixing old favorites, I love it all. So my question, Will I still enjoy cooking after I have Sleeve?

I think you will... I do. There was a small period where I was the grinch about it lol but I got over that. I love it again. Maybe it was just bad because I had my surgery less than two weeks before Christmas.

Yes you will. Maybe not right away, there is a small window where you may hate it but it won't last long. At least for me it didn't. I wish you the best as you begin your new journey!!!

Cooking yes, eating no because you are basically eating to survive.. Your portions are very small and you might just enjoy the first couple of bites then become upset because you can't even eat an entire kids portion of food. Just my 2 cents

I love cooking!! I just choose one day a week and basically do all my meals for the week.. Freeze in lots and lots of little portions and hey presto

• Most everyone agrees the same on this, there is a short period where its not very enjoyable because if the liquid diet, then soft foods etc.. especially if like me i still had to cook for my family everday. but when yo
  
• u can start eating small amounts of your meals again you get back to enjoying it.
  

I agree, at first it sucks, and I even envied them a little bit because they got to enjoy and I couldn't. But after a while I started liking it again. After about 8 months I enjoyed it even more because I could have some of my cooking as well. All of my family ended up losing weight with me, ( not that they were over weight to begin with) because I would make the receipts with healthier ingredients.....they never even noticed the difference, but my husband and son benefitted the most because both of their guts went away. They still don't know why...lol

Not for the first two months or so but after, yes. My BFF was a guy named Joe, Trader Joe, right after surgery because he did most of my cooking.

Now that I can eat 2-3 ounces instead of 2-3 baby spoonfuls, I love finding new recipes we can all enjoy.

I agree with what appears to be the common consensus here that after the first couple months you will enjoy it again. I know that I personally enjoy cooking for my kids. Also I enjoy figuring out healthy versions of my favorite meals to cook for myself and the kids. Good Luck, enjoy the journey.

I still adore EVERYTHING about food... eating it, smelling it, cooking it, shopping for it... Oh Glorious FOOD!

I watch food porn almost daily.. heck, on the plane ride home from my surgery, I watched food porn... the really seedy kind (diners drive thrus and dives)When I got back, I stayed with my sister to "recuperate" and I couldn't keep myself from doing all the cooking for her and her family.. even though I was on shakes only.

The only thing that I struggle with is making bread. I can not eat wheat products (not related to the sleeve, I found out a few months prior to the sleeve that I had this problem) and it SUCKS to have the smell of fresh bread which I know I can NEVER eat. grrrrrr. I was fine when I couldn't eat the food and I knew it was just temporary until my tummy healed.. and I was fine when I'm just low carbing it and there are foods I CHOOSE not to eat... but the BREAD drives me nutty because it's something I CAN'T have at all.

I still adore EVERYTHING about food... eating it' date=' smelling it, cooking it, shopping for it... Oh Glorious FOOD!

I watch food porn almost daily.. heck, on the plane ride home from my surgery, I watched food porn... the really seedy kind (diners drive thrus and dives)When I got back, I stayed with my sister to "recuperate" and I couldn't keep myself from doing all the cooking for her and her family.. even though I was on shakes only.

The only thing that I struggle with is making bread. I can not eat wheat products (not related to the sleeve, I found out a few months prior to the sleeve that I had this problem) and it SUCKS to have the smell of fresh bread which I know I can NEVER eat. grrrrrr. I was fine when I couldn't eat the food and I knew it was just temporary until my tummy healed.. and I was fine when I'm just low carbing it and there are foods I CHOOSE not to eat... but the BREAD drives me nutty because it's something I CAN'T have at all.[/quote']

I understand. My best friend - bread was denied me about 3 years ago... I had a temper attack, cried and acted a complete fool. But my stomach won - no more regular bread (wheat, oats, bran & barley). Ohhh I hate food allergies!!! Gluten free Bisquick is my go to! I make mini-mini muffins to get my bread thing on when I have a craving that wont quit. Hope it helps! Blessings!

Blessings ~ Melody (BlessedFun2)

The answer for me was - no.

I made dinner for my family days after surgery, it made me feel like I was getting back to the norm. I had no issues with it.

Thanks everyone for the most part I feel a lot better about it..... However I did meet a woman today who is 3 years out from sleeve and she still cant eat so many things, she said she would rather weigh 115 pound less than eat a biscuit though

I'm six weeks post op and I still enjoy cooking for my family. I just eat something else.

Hey everyone. Last night was my first night home since surgery. I ended up making smoked sausage and yellow rice for the family. I did kind of get grumpy but loved all the smells. I didnt even remotely want any, but I havent had much real craving since the operation.