Hello. I am scheduled for surgery on Aug 11th. I am ready....well, as ready as a totally nervous, anxious, scared, person can be I am missing food and I'm only on my 2 week pre-op. I really miss eating. The whole routine of it. The cooking, planning, eating. I have moments of "oh I wish I could have that" to moments of "i'd give you my first born for a bite of that" But, I'm sticking to the pre-op plan, I stay busy and avoid cooking shows and I turn when a commercial comes on that makes me dream of food. I got this.

My question. After surgery do you have an appetite for food? I few years ago I took Adepex diet pills....what I loved about them is that I didn't think about food. I would get hungry but nothing sounded good. I would eat a little just to avoid hunger pangs. I LOVED THAT! It was such a feeling of control but not having to fight myself for it. So, I was just wondering if there is a period after surgery where you really just don't have an appetite?

@@Bobby46 I am 3 weeks out and I think about food all the time but IM NOT HUNGRY! I am on soft foods now and I'm only able to eat a little bit. Trust me, your tummy is going to fill up so fast, you won't miss not being able to eat certain things! Hang in there....it gets better!

The first 2 weeks I could have cared less about food. I was on liquid diet at that point. After I was on soft foods my thoughts of regular food started popping up. But, I was faithful to my diet because I didn't want to ruin all the work I had put into this procedure. I was on regular food at 6 weeks & I eat most things but in very tiny amounts. My taste buds changed so I haven't had much in the way of cravings. I had a craving for Chinese sweet & sour so I ate about 1/2 cup. I didn't enjoy it. My taste buds revolted. Won't do that again. What I have craved is salty foods. Even that's starting to go away.

Yes, I still get hungry at three weeks out but to this point it has not been a ravenous type of hunger where I want to scarf down any and all food in sight like before surgery.

I'm eight months out and rarely get hungry and don't obsess about food anymore. I took Fen/Phen back in the day (Adipex is a brand of Phentermine) and it's the same as I felt with those.

I had no appetite and eating/drinking was a huge chore for about 3 months postop. Between 3 and 4 months I started feeling normal again, got my appetite back and really started to enjoy food again. I eat when I'm hungry, every 3 hours or so, and I eat pretty much whatever I want. It's just what I want now is a lot healthier than what I wanted before. And I'm happy eating a lot less of it.

I just started on soft foods. Surgery date 7/16. There are days where I can barely eat and then there are days that I am so hungry. I believe that if you feel hunger you may be short on protein or water, so I have been paying close attention to that. Also, keeping busy really helps take your mind off food,

Good luck.