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abarta83    118

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I'm 5 post op..haven't cheated once..tonight all of the sudden I want to eattttt..weird things like cabbage and I keep seeing this damn taco bell commercial ...how can I curb the crazy cravings...right now I'm purely liquid..protien shakes 2x every hour and various sugar free liquids every 15 min..(as best I can) ..

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abarta83    118

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Sorry..that should read protien shake 2 oz once an hour

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vsggirl    33

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Try to keep busy. I am 14 days post op and I feel like because I cant have those things it seems like every commercial is food....I will be glad when the holidays past and I can focus on my weight and not what I want to eat that I know I can not have. Hang in there, we got this.

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Lupe1217    0

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I'm a week post op for the sleeve. The first few days I was fine. 2 days ago, I started craving black Beans. I'm starting to feel hungry. I am also extremely tempted to chew on something. My follow-up appointment with my surgeon is tomorrow. I think I also start Stage 2 of the diet plan. This is supposed to last 3 weeks. Any suggestions to curb cravings?

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OHHLALA    11

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Oh yeah happened to me also. Protein protein protein. That is what really helps me stay on track. Days that I don't follow that uhh it gets sloppy.

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Lupe1217    0

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Thanks OHHLALA. I'm still on Clear Liquids. No Protein until I start stage 2. Hopefully I can start tomorrow.

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abarta83    118

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So far I've managed not to cheat..I don't have any actual hunger ..just the looks and scents of things have been very difficult to walk away from..my first post op appointment isn't til the 7th so I'm gonna do my absolute best to keep control..

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newme101513    25

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i'm two months out, that was one of the hardest things to get used to - you still want foods, you just can't have them. the thing that helps me is that i have what i can and i don't have room for anything else. food network was calling my name when i got home from the hospital and it didn't help at all that i gave in and was glued to it. something that helped me was to look at recipes i could have a few weeks down the road - healthier options to foods that i liked. just keeping up on the liquids should help curb the cravings a bit - good luck!!

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I'm 5 post op..haven't cheated once..tonight all of the sudden I want to eattttt..weird things like cabbage and I keep seeing this damn taco bell commercial ...how can I curb the crazy cravings...right now I'm purely liquid..protien shakes 2x every hour and various sugar free liquids every 15 min..(as best I can) ..

For the Taco Bell cravings stir some taco seasoning and some taco sauce (not salsa -- no lumps) into chicken broth!

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LynRN    294

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Swanson also makes some flavor infused broths, including Mexican Tortilla.

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abarta83    118

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I bought that Mexican tortilla broth....I thought it sounded really yummy but I almost lost it when I tasted...blehhhh...not for me...

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LynRN    294

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<p>I bought that Mexican tortilla broth....I thought it sounded really yummy but I almost lost it when I tasted...blehhhh...not for me...</p>

Sorry, I actually bought it too but I never tried it. It's still in my cupboard.

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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

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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.

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