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Depressed don't know what to eat

Today I'm feeling really depressed, I'm so tired of mashed potatoes :( idk what to eat anymore with my protein (eggs,meat, fish) I miss my rice and beans so much I know k can beans, but I'm dominican we eat rice everyday and not being able to eat it makes me so mad :( 3 weeks and half post op

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  • LipstickLady
    LipstickLady

    On several occasions you've mentioned being Dominican and eating rice and beans. I'm Mexican and we also eat rice and beans. Big deal. When you did your pre-surgical research, were you not told rice

  • You might want to try not thinking so much about what you can't have and focus on what you can have. Constantly thinking about rice is going to keep you unhappy. Some store sell cauliflower already sh

  • LipstickLady
    LipstickLady

    If you really want rice, eat it. Perhaps it will work for you, maybe it won't. I got over my love of rice the third time it made me yack, but you may tolerate it just fine. Personally, I had thi

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That's a tough stage that you are at. Your choices are so limited. Everyone has given you lots of good ideas. I don't really have food ideas to add. I will add though that I remember feeling SO emotional, angry, sad, irritable, etc at that point that you are at. You are starting to really feel the "loss" of your go-to choices. For me I was also dealing with the loss of my go-to coping mechanism, emotional eating. You really are learning a whole new lifestyle. I promise each day will get better and once you get up to full foods, a whole new world will open up! :-)

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