What am I doing? I am 2 days into my pre-op diet for surgery on the 24th and I am looking up recipes for foods I like and pretty much staring at food on the internet...I am hungry..but for the most part doing ok.

For some reason I am very tired.....I have been going to bed around 6 pm for the last 3 days...not sure whats going on.

I am sure I will be exhausted after surgery too...but it will be worth it. I hope

Normal. But to make it easier, today find one non-food thing that comforts you and do it. Like a bubble bath or a manicure or a hair salon appointment or a foot massage or a night at the movies (no popcorn). Do it. You'll need non-food comforts after surgery so may as well start now.

@@Eclectick oh I would stop that if I were you. You may be doing ok right now staring at food but that could end up badly. You don't need that temptation in your life right now. Unless your looking at recipes you can have after surgery....but I couldn't even do that w/o being hungry. Food images are a trigger, a dirty little sneaky trigger and you don't want that!

@@Elode @JustWatchMe..............Yes, my silly self almost felt a drool coming on when I was looking up the recipe for "Stevie Tomatoes" Portabella Mushroom Bake....oh my lord!!

It is a trigger...why does temptation have to be involved..it's none of temptations business

I am getting my hair and feet done before surgery...so that should make me feel better..I hope

The first few days of the liquid diet were the worst for me. It does get better. I just tried to keep myself busy and not think about it. No worries, you got this!

During the pre-op liquid diet, I even had to avoid the food Network and other cooking channels. Most commercials are for junk I have not been eating for a while anyway, so they didn't matter so much. My boyfriend, dear heart that he is, volunteered to eat in his workshop during that time.

@Eclectick. You know going to bed early worked for me during the pre op diet. I also tried to stay in bed as long as I could in the mornings. A lot of that had to do with the fact that for the first time in over 30 years I had to start my day without a 20 ounce mug of sweet strong coffee. I just didn't want to get out of bed. Going to sleep early, not as early as you are, meant I got to put the dreadful day behind me and get closer to surgery day. It took me 11 days to no longer care about food. Eleven horrible days. Then I didn't want anything. Go figure. Stay strong and play whatever mind games you have to to get through. Best

I didn't have to do a pre-op diet but those first 2 weeks when I was on all liquids I HATED seeing food commercials. Food shows would have been out of the picture.

whenever I go through something painful or stressful my wonderful brain likes to turn off. what you are doing right now is stressful. I just wonder if you are feeling tired as a way for your brain to adapt to the new lifestyle you are establishing.

@@finediva Your right, I am probably going to bed so I don't have to think about food....but ironically as I said in my initial post...I am actually exhausted.

My primary put me on Celexa for the anxiety and Medformin for diabetes...it's only 2nd week into the meds, perhaps it's early side affects of introducing these meds to my system.

Time will tell, thank you all for your responses.

I started to have food dreams during my two week liquid pre op phase. I still get them sometimes now and I am six weeks post op. The last dream was like a Twilight Zone episode. This huge five tiered chocolate cake appeared on the kitchen counter out of nowhere. I plunked it into the garbage bin outside and it camp back mysteriously in my bedroom, looking even more magnificent. I kept thinking of creative ways to destroy it and it always came back looking more magnificent and tempting. I woke up a real groach that morning.

People who try to stay off drugs experience something similar, except they call it "drug dreams.". It's interesting how giving up sugar can be so similar to someone giving up a narcotic.

My device will not let me edit or re-read what I have typed. (came instead of camp). (grouch instead of groach). Sorry!

My device will not let me edit or re-read what I have typed. (came instead of camp). (grouch instead of groach). Sorry!

You can edit in the app. At least I can on my iPhone

Edited November 19, 201411 yr by Blerdgirl

Yeah I've been avoiding the food porn networks. I hate it. I love to cook and be free to use whatever needed for those recipes. I am trying to sub better food choices