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Hi my name is Jenny 31 started at 296 & I'm now at 273 but I am new to this world, I am now on my 9th day after surgery. Its crazy how much my taste buds have changed & I'm running out of ideas for my full liquid stage.. It gets frustrating at times because I've changed not the world around me, so having my family parade around me with certain foods bothers me... They just don't understand how hard it can be......

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I guess I was lucky that I live alone, I've read lots of posts about people having to cook for their family post-op and how difficult it was not to try a bite or 2. Just keep coming around here and you'll soon find out, you're not alone.

P.S. Your taste buds will go back to normal, I promise.

Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve!

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I promise it will get better! And you are right, they have no clue. If you begin to feel tempted by what they are eating, get away from it, let them know that you might have to resort to going for a walk (which is good for you anyway) take a bath or reading a book. Make sure that you don't get all grumpy and mad at them because it is easy to become bitter for a while since they dont get it. But honestly, they are just doing what they know to do. So, chin up, things will get better, once you start seeing the changes in your body and once you start getting to experiment with solid foods, it will get easier. Once you can start eating a little bit more normal foods, you can begin to cook with your diet restrictions in mind and you all can eat the same thing. There is a website Skinny Taste and she has some great recipes that my whole family love to eat and I can eat as well! Just keep on doing what you are suppose to do and just wait and see! Before you know it, things will be looking up! Good luck~

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I guess I was lucky that I live alone' date=' I've read lots of posts about people having to cook for their family post-op and how difficult it was not to try a bite or 2. Just keep coming around here and you'll soon find out, you're not alone.

P.S. Your taste buds will go back to normal, I promise.

Keep Pimpin' that Sleeve![/quote']

joatsaint...I'm preop and live alone also..just out of curiosity is it hard to cook sleeve ready meals for one? And what's your average monthly grocery expense?

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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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      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

        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.

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