Hello Veterans. My fear is that I will not be able to eat for the rest of my life. I'll never be able to try a new food, or, enjoy food at all. I get that there is a trade-off of course. But I look at my elderly parents, and really, enjoying their food is a huge part of their joy in life.

So: thoughts?

THANKS!!

storytotell, call your doctor, sounds like gall bladder.. this is not normal! unless you are eating too fast, or too much or both.

Thank you - I thought this may be what the sleeve entails. Definitely not eating too much or too fast...I think my doc may be kind of impressed with himself right now, but I'm going to be firmer when I describe this.

Not sure if I qualify as a "vet" yet, but I'm 11 months out and reached my goal range 7 weeks ago. I can and do eat anything I choose to eat! That said, I'm serious about "Protein first", keep a food and exercise journal, exercise 4-5 times per week and wear a fitness watch that helps me monitor my actual burn via it's heart rate monitor during focused exercise and with its pedometer for general activity. It syncs with MFP so I know how many calories I should eat on a given day based on my activity.

I make different choices now. Regular bread is replaced by P28 protein supplement bread, regular Pasta is replaced with a high protein variety. I dump a scoop of chocolate whey in my coffee every morning. I eat carbs, and desert, but take pains to buy them in portioned controlled packaging when shopping and I don't have multiple servings of that stuff. Ever. I work the things I want into my day and manage my intake with good tracking. I find that I'm WAAAAAAYYYY more food focused than I ever was as a fat person, but I get to enjoy quality over quantity now. It's a freedom I've NEVER known before and I wouldn't trade it for the world!

Track ur food,

I have not heard of the p28 bread??? Does it taste like card board?? Is it dry?? I have thrower soo much bread away over the yrs in the past bc of being tasteless an hard..I'm curious about this one..where do u get it at? I totally agree with ur statement. .track food, I don't center life around food I eat to live..it's the biggest behavior change mentally we have to accept for life to stay healthy! If we didn't intend to why have this done!? Ya know what I mean! I'm just 2 months out 60 pds down I feeling good! Cleaned out all fat clothes..gave them away! Have 60 more to go!

I am nine moths out from surgery and can eat anything I want. I choose however to maintain a lower carb lifestyle and usually avoid pastas, rice, breads and potatoes. I have never been a huge fan of sweets or junk foods . Like some of the other comments I do plan meals and think about what to eat but I find that food doesn't dominate my thinking like it used to.

Story...that is NOT normal. If you said that you didn't care about food..or it was too much bother to eat... at your phase I would say "normal, take advantage of this short lived experience to change your relationship with food! " but what you describe is not typical. If your surgeon ignores these symptoms consider your PCP.