Hello, I was just hoping for some insight... I am pre-op and will have GBP soon. How do you guys cook for your family and not eat it? I have a healthy fit hubby and a 5 and 1 year old. Any insight is appreciated. I think I'm a pretty good cook and it's so far really hard cooking for them.

Thanks!

I thought about this often before surgery. I am nine months post op and cook for my family with no issues. I have zero interest in food, have no desire to taste anything I'm cooking, and if I do eat what I cook for them it's very small portions. Some days I don't feel like eating much and I'll drink my protein shakes. To be honest my stomach feels better when I drink my shakes. I also pick up fast food for them and have no temptation what so ever to eat that stuff. I hope this feeling is forever! Best of luck to you with your upcoming surgery. You will do great!

Hi congrats on your choice on being healthy I am 15 months post opt and have no issues cooking for my family , you will be able to eat real food again as time progress the challenge is you making the choice to eat healthy and with portion control. Learning how to eat again may be fearful for you now because after the surgery you have no desire to eat but after time you will eat again and learn what you like and do not like, i know for me I hated yogurt now I eat two greek yogurt every day you will see that your taste buds will changed. Good luck.

I have 4 kids and a husband that I cook for. I was worried about this too before my surgery. Right after surgery when you're in the liquid stages and the soft pureed foods, I didn't really eat anything my family ate. Once I was able to eat regular foods, I just made the decision that even though none of them need to lose weight, they all need to be healthy. I try to cook mostly healthy meals for them and I make sure there is some part of the meal that I can eat. If I make pasta, I make sure there is a vegetable or salad and protein with it. Then, I can eat the protein and veggies and just not eat the pasta. They have also been introduced to spaghetti squash instead of noodles. I'll make a beef stew and just won't eat the potatoes or I'll make it with sweet potatoes. They haven't complained and they are getting much healthier meals than they got before my surgery.

I haven't stopped cooking. I have started making better choices for my family. They don't necessarily know it, but they still eat. I make sure to have stuff for salad on hand or fresh veggies. They still get the things they love like sloppy joes or spaghetti. I just may take out some of the ground meat (it's ground turkey they don't know that) and put it in my salad. If it's out for dinner we choose places I can eat which is nearly all restaurants. Who knew pei Wei served salad?! It's about choices. I can choose to eat a slice of cake and big fat bacon burger, but I know all the hard work I have done will go down the toilet. There are sweets in my house. I have even taken the kids to get ice cream, but ultimately the decision to have some or not is mine. I can tell you I have tasted various things. I accidentally took a sip of my daughter's soda and as soon as I tasted it I thought what is she drinking?! This is awful!! My taste have changed and I just look at it as for the better. My family didn't choose this, I did. It's still my responsibility to take care of them!

I have three boys - ages 10, 4 and 2 - as well as my husband. I cook for them every night and I was also concerned about losing this expression of love. If anything, I'm more committed to cooking for them almost every night than I was pre-op. I make healthy choices for them...and I make their favorites - not necessarily things i can easily eat. I have no problem making food without tasting as I go. Once you're post-op a little bit, you'll see that you will be able to have a bite here or there but you probably won't WANT to have more than that.