Well I have been debating on posting this or not because of a lot of the harsh comments I've read. I am scheduled for vsg April 8th, my pre-op starts April 1st. I have been living it up these past couple of weeks eating all kinds of things because I fear that I won't be able to have them again. I've seen posts about people cheating on their pre-op diet and looking for encouragement, instead (certain posters) end up telling them if you don't do it pre op what makes you think you will do it post op... And so on.... And so on.... I mean I don't know who some of you people were before surgery, but did you not love to eat? Is that not how we all got fat? I really want to be healthy but I really want to be skinny too. So am I alone in what I'm doing before I start my diet? Another poster added that if we all could have done what we were supposed to have done before surgery, we wouldn't have had the need for surgery at all. Amen!!! We all have a problem right? Sometimes I think these "fitness junkies" shouldn't be commenting on posts that don't necessarily pertain to them. Just because it's easy for one person doesn't mean it's going to be easy for another! Maybe I just want to see if this was anybody else pre op, and if so, was the surgery enough to change your mindset post op?

My only problem is the more junk I eat the ickier I feel. Everyday I think I'll be better today can't wait to have the tool to give me the edge to overcome! Binging be gone!

The surgery won't change your brain or mindset...you have to do that yourself. If you need counselling for eating issues, get it. Get your brain in the game for long term success. Post op my sister visited me in the hospital eating pastries, coke, chocolate and hickory sticks (my personal fav). She ate in front of me and I was sad and pouted. I told her not to hide and eat because I will have to deal with temptation the rest of my life. My husband popped open a bag of chips and dip the day after I came home from the hospital. I tried to imagine the gross grease coating they leave on the mouth, wham...craving left. We didn't get fat by eating healthy. We stuffed out mouths with high calorie, fat laden foods. If we had a boyfriend or girlfriend who abused us we would leave him/her in the dust...that's how I view bad food now. Hostess Frito Lay is an abusive ex that may have tasted good, but made me feel like crap!

Change your brain...change the game!

Edited May 26, 201511 yr by Jadyn