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Didn't have a tremendous amount of head hunger before surgery. Some, but not extreme. Since the surgery, I literally cannot think about anything but food. I'm constantly trying to figure out how many days and meals left until I can eat actual food again (still on full liquids) and I couldn't fall asleep until after 3am last night because I couldn't stop thinking of the meals I wanted to try once I can eat food. I'm going crazy here, and I still have another week of liquids! I actually cheated yesterday too. BF's mom made cheese potatoes and I tried 2 small potato pieces. Chewed them real good, and they went down perfectly fine. I so hope I get early clearance. I'm going to have a mental breakdown soon from lack of food.

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The first 6 weeks is so hard! I tried some grilled chicken nuggets early and seriously regretted it! Do you have a craft or hobby that you can do? I was off for a week between Christmas and New Years and I found that if I stayed busy doing something with my hands I wouldn't be so tempted to eat something I shouldn't. I tried out a knitting loom that I had gotten years ago for gift. My goodness, did I make a lot of hats, but it helped me stay distracted! Also, stay away from the food network!

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Not really :-/ I kinda do, but I'm staying with my boyfriend during recovery. I have the TV, laptop, kindle, and video game system (if he would just let me touch it lol) but not much else.

Re-Birthday: 2/27/13

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Maybe you could download a game to your kindle or laptop. I like the hidden object/mystery games, and I find that helps me stay distracted for a few hours because I involved in the game. You can find a lot of free game downloads on Amazon or by googling.

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Didn't have a tremendous amount of head hunger before surgery. Some' date=' but not extreme. Since the surgery, I literally cannot think about anything but food. I'm constantly trying to figure out how many days and meals left until I can eat actual food again (still on full liquids) and I couldn't fall asleep until after 3am last night because I couldn't stop thinking of the meals I wanted to try once I can eat food. I'm going crazy here, and I still have another week of liquids! I actually cheated yesterday too. BF's mom made cheese potatoes and I tried 2 small potato pieces. Chewed them real good, and they went down perfectly fine. I so hope I get early clearance. I'm going to have a mental breakdown soon from lack of food.[/quote']

I totally understand and feel you same Here and I'm six weeks out ...I hot back to nutritionist next week so hopefully I can go back to starting puree food or regular food soon, I play phrases with friends if you want to play

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The first couple of weeks is really hard anyone who is deprived food is thinking about food and that's a tough thing. Is when you jump on the scale and you've lost that first 20 pounds that you realize it's all worth it and you don't think about food so much anymore . Once you start to feel 100 percent you look at food in a totally different light because if you fall backwards in the things you use to eat you know what's going to happen but you push yourself forward in a positive direction and it all works out :) I would dream about chocolate rivers and now I can't stand the smell of chocolate since surgery so it's better to dream about food then actually put it in your mouth in regret it later. If you're wide awake you might wanna do a little meal chart or activity chart of the meals and exercises you going to do. :) Try reading :)

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Didn't have a tremendous amount of head hunger before surgery. Some' date=' but not extreme. Since the surgery, I literally cannot think about anything but food. I'm constantly trying to figure out how many days and meals left until I can eat actual food again (still on full liquids) and I couldn't fall asleep until after 3am last night because I couldn't stop thinking of the meals I wanted to try once I can eat food. I'm going crazy here, and I still have another week of liquids! I actually cheated yesterday too. BF's mom made cheese potatoes and I tried 2 small potato pieces. Chewed them real good, and they went down perfectly fine. I so hope I get early clearance. I'm going to have a mental breakdown soon from lack of food.[/quote']

I think that's normal. I dreamed about a cheeseburger everyday for a week. I want to be successful so it's gonna have to be mind over matter. I know I will be able to eat a cheeseburger again but this is our second chance with life so let's be strong!!! I'm here if you want to talk about food together lol.

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I think that's normal. I dreamed about a cheeseburger everyday for a week. I want to be successful so it's gonna have to be mind over matter. I know I will be able to eat a cheeseburger again but this is our second chance with life so let's be strong!!! I'm here if you want to talk about food together lol.

I had a dream the other night about a smorgasbord of delicious food and as soon as I was about to sit down and eat, my son woke me up! I almost cried lol dream felt so real!

SD:1/28/13 HW:358 SW:338 CW:299

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