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I see the surgeon tomorrow for my final pre-op appointment. I've worked very hard to lose weight prior to surgery and get my head in the right place. Today my dog died. I want to eat everything. I know post surgery I'm not going to be able to eat my feelings.

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I'm so sorry about your dog. Losing a pet sometimes can feel worse than humans because they love you so unconditionally. Do you have a counselor you can talk to? If not, please come post here when you need to and someone will help you through it. Best of luck to you!

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So sorry about your puppy. :( I wish I could offer more than my condolences.

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I'm sorry ????

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Many condolences for the loss of your family member (pet). I've had to put down 3 dogs over the last 6 years (age) and it's no fun.

This may sound like little consolation but: keep your focus. You've made it so far already to derail your plan. The journey is just beginning. Take this as a lesson that there will be bumps along the road, but you need to adapt and move forward through the struggles.

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I am so sorry about you dog. Losing your pet can be devastating.

As hard as it is, try hard to keep your eye on the prize.

If you need anything feel free to reach out.

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I'm so sorry for your loss. I know exactly how that feels. I lost my beloved cat Salem that I hand raised as a baby just about 2wks before my surgery. I wanted to eat everything and I didn't really care anymore. He was my love and like a child to me. I kept telling myself to know that this is a battle I had to win. I know stress eating has always been a problem for me and especially ai want sugar and high calorie fat when I am in this state. It's better to talk out your pain than to hold it in and let your body try to eat the pain away.

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Thanks for the support. Loving old dogs is hard! Having to make the loving decision to let them go is heart breaking.

I powered through last night without stuffing myself. I made a cup of Decaf coffee with cream and sf Syrup. I know emotional eating is my trigger and this is learning how to manage the stresses of life without stuffing it with food.

Glad to be here!

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Thanks for the support. Loving old dogs is hard! Having to make the loving decision to let them go is heart breaking.

I powered through last night without stuffing myself. I made a cup of Decaf coffee with cream and sf Syrup. I know emotional eating is my trigger and this is learning how to manage the stresses of life without stuffing it with food.

Glad to be here!

Hang in there. I went through exactly the same thing. On December 22, our sweet guy got sick and within a few hours was gone. It still doesn't seem real. And I started my liquid diet the next day. Just try to stay focused. And let yourself cry as much as you need to. {{{{{{Hugs}}}}}}}}

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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