I would like to properly say goodbye to all my favorite foods, give them all a farewell party, pre op 'suggestions' are kind of cramping my style...I have to lose 5 lbs..all I can think of is in n out.

Uh because I am a food addict with poor impulse control. If you can't sew my mouth shut, the next best thing would be my stomach. I will figure t out from there

So the psychologist told me this procedure does not work for people with food Addictions or binge hAbits. Need to examine your relationship with food. I know quite a few that had procedure and now are gaining weight cause doing same thing now that they did before surgery.

@ I feel like you are f**cking with us. looking at your posts, it seems like you're trolling.

So the psychologist told me this procedure does not work for people with food Addictions or binge hAbits. Need to examine your relationship with food. I know quite a few that had procedure and now are gaining weight cause doing same thing now that they did before surgery.

oh ok, so everyone else here all suffer from glandular problems..my bad

@ I feel like you are f**cking with us. looking at your posts, it seems like you're trolling.

no not at all, sorry if i have been offensive. I use humor and sarcasm in everything.

Surgery doesn't work for people with food addictions or binge habits? Wait... So it won't work for 99% of us? I have to call BS on that one. Most of us are here because of food addiction.

Surgery doesn't work for people with food addictions or binge habits? Wait... So it won't work for 99% of us? I have to call BS on that one. Most of us are here because of food addiction.

I agree. That's exactly why I had the surgery. I was a binge eater and my sleeve will no longer allow me to binge. I would think the people the sleeve won't work for long term are people who graze and snack, since those things are still easy to do with the sleeve.

Also, there are people who are just prone to self-sabotage, so if you have that mentality, I doubt the sleeve would work for you, because there are ways to eat around your sleeve. If you truly want to sabotage yourself, that's possible to do with the sleeve.

Edit: To the OP, you are better off sticking to the pre-op diet. Don't mourn food. Eventually, with the sleeve, you can eat all those bad things you enjoyed before. You just might not enjoy them as much and you won't be able to eat as much of them.

Edited February 6, 201511 yr by JamieLogical

@ I have not found you offensive at all. I was just checking.

Just because someone wants to indulge before surgery doesn't mean they won't be successful, I actually gained about 5lbs in the two weeks leading up to my surgery (Which was done here in the US and paid in full by my insurance). I don't think I gained on purpose it was more of me just feeling nervous and having this thought in the back of my head that I wouldn't be able to eat like this ever again, or these foods (Wrong) but I wasn't out for self-self sabotag. Here I am 5 months out come Sunday and 60lbs down.

@ This is not one of those "all or nothing" things. Before starting the one week liquid diet that my surgeon requires, I went out and enjoyed a nice dinner, however I didn't go crazy. I also kept a food journal and once a week ate whatever I wanted during my 3 month waiting period. Ny nutritionist said that was fine as long as it was only 1 day and it was reasonable portions. Not sure how I would have managed eating just rabbit food. I also ate a small amount of dark chocolate every day which my NUT also approved! I lost 27 pounds pre-op which was great!

Good Luck.

Uh because I am a food addict with poor impulse control. If you can't sew my mouth shut, the next best thing would be my stomach. I will figure t out from there

You might want to do some research on food addicts anonymous. To be successful with the surgery, your mindset and relationship with food has to change. Go to foodaddicts.org and look into the good addicts book. I have attended a meeting in ny area and plan to continue after surgery. Even though most of the stories I heard were extreme, I was Enlightened about a lot and I've changed my mindset about food.

Surgery is not going to help if you aren't going to do the work.

So the psychologist told me this procedure does not work for people with food Addictions or binge hAbits. Need to examine your relationship with food. I know quite a few that had procedure and now are gaining weight cause doing same thing now that they did before surgery.

I would disagree with your psychologist. Most of us are here because of some kind of food addiction. The procedure isn't going to work if we don't learn to control impulses and if we don't pay attention to our relationship with food.....WLS is one tool. There are various others that, paired with WLS will help us be successful.

@@HalloweenBaby24

I concur. My doc required no pre op diet and you bet your sweet bippy I enjoyed a couple of "food funerals" pre op. Obviously at almost 6 months out I can eat pretty much anything now, except the delicious craft beer I made sure to get my fill of before surgery, so food funerals I've learned now aren't really necessary. But it WAS fun while it lasted! Anyhoo, I'm doing just fine at almost 55lbs lost.

Honestly I'm glad you all said what I felt... I call bs on him as well but still sent in report thAt he was on the fence about procedure for me.. Why? I work out, run 5k but admitted I emotional eat at times.. Also said I have compliance problems... But as mom with kid with disabilities he comes first when it's needed and answered accordingly on test... Oh well

the pre-op "shrink your liver" view would be more believable if every surgeon did it...but because there are so many pre-op diets and so many that do no pre-op diet, as a well educated patient, it makes me wonder.

honestly, i wouldn't worry about a few food funerals...but i'm no expert... my surgery is coming up on 2/10...

Edited February 8, 201511 yr by bruni