What was the hardest thing for you to cope/give up with having WLS?

not drinking for 30-60 minutes after meals...especially spicy meals

No candy. I try so hard to low carb and candy is my sabotage. Thank goodness I can't eat much, but it's still my demon.

Realizing that I would still be hungry, and that every day was not weight loss day. That despite having cut out 85% of my stomach, I would still have to be very careful what I ate and how much I ate. Every. Single. Day.

Good subject.

I struggle with the drinking as well...I have been working on waiting the full 30 minutes after a meal as I have been at a plateau, and figured that should help.

I think we all have to come to grips with the fact that we still have to work on this...it's not a miracle surgery, it's a tool to help us... I've been "maintaining" beautifully...but the problem is I still have more I want to lose...so I am planning on doing the 5 day plan next week!

I miss my Diet Pepsi with a vengeance I see someone sipping on a soda and I feel anger. I miss that fizz!! I drank a lot and oh how I miss the taste.

@Avryv have you had the surgery yet? your stats say April 2014, so I wasn't sure. I was a TOTAL coke-aholic...I had a 2 liter bottle (easy) of diet coke every day... I don't drink coffee. I thought I would DIE without it ... LOL... but now, I'm good... after the first few days of my liquid diet, I was set... now I don't miss it at all.

My husband has even reduced his carbonated beverages...one of the things he loves is his Water with a bit of vanilla Torani syrup and a dash of carmel syrup in it... he said it's like cream soda... or something ... I haven't tried that....but those syrups now line up on the counter in our kitchen and we use them a lot...they are GREAT and cheaper than Mio, etc

Edited April 25, 201412 yr by BigGirlPanties

@@BigGirlPanties Yes, I had my surgery 2 weeks ago. I haven't had a Diet Pepsi since March 30th. (I cut it out during my pre liquid diet) I was fine the first 3 weeks but this week has been hard. I find myself craving it I have tried to find something else to fill that urge but no success yet. I do have some of those syrups that we used for hot cocoa but I couldn't imagine them being good with just Water.. haha!

@Avryv yes just like using mio or any other flavoring...even the crystal light... and there is a website to help you "mix it up"...but I've never looked at the recipes.

You can add it to your Protein shakes to change up the flavors as well, helps get rid of the "boring" aspect, especially while still on liquids!

We get the big bottles from World Market for about $7 each. Bed, Bath and Beyond started carrying some called "Skinny Girl", I believe, I got pomegranate, which was good in my tea

Yeah girl, MIX IT UP!!!

@@BigGirlPanties Oh my gosh I never thought to add to my protein shakes!! Great idea.. and Mio? I had to google that as I had no idea what it was. May have to go get me some! I love tea... it gets me through some days!

I am still on liquids but I think so far the hardest part was giving up coffee. Now that I haven't had it it doesn't bother me as much. At least the headaches have ceased. I know once I am eating solids again I will have problems choosing the right foods to eat and the no drinking before and after meals!

The idea that I cant indulge on eating an 8 oz ribeye and a baked potato with salad is a biggie for me. I will be happy when I can eat solid food again and maybe ill just order steak and potato from the kids menu.

I (basically) don't eat any starch/carbs and I don't miss it...I order my Protein with double veggies and I'm good for a few days...

At home, we barely have any starchy items in the house... We have one restaurant we go to that has these wonderful, warm LITTLE roll...and I may have one of those on occasion...little bits of heaven...but that's it!

I thought the hardest thing was going to be giving up coffee. Surprisingly, I don't miss it, so far. What I miss is having a big, satisfying meal. I'm still going through mental withdrawal.

Hardest things for me is definitely missing my diet coke. I can't even look at a bottle of it without feeling sad. And also just enjoying food. It's all such a chore to eat now.

So far the hardest thing for me is dealing with ongoing constipation.