I will warn you that this post is a shallow rant probably because I have a lot of time on my hands today. I've decided to stay home and rest since I've been so busy since getting out of the hospital from my surgery Friday and I'm seriously thinking of staying away from television for a while because all I keep seeing is these Carl's Jr. and Checkers commercials. Anyone that knows me knows that burgers are my favorite food and aside from soda probably is the main reason why I am obese. But what pisses me off is they keep showing these supermodels in these fast food commercials eating burgers the size of their pretty little heads (the burgers are not even that big in real life) and I'm not sure why but I find it ridiculous and absurd. Why can't they be truthful and show the real people who really love their burgers? People who love their burgers so much they gained over 100 pounds and have heart disease from eating them? I feel like people are being sold lies. Anyways end of rant.

The food network kinda bother me right now only about 1 month out. So I just switch the channel!

Yes, while on soft diet, it may be best. But once you go to regular foods, you'll be back to planning and preparing meals. You'll want them to be tasty, but healthy!

I am on day 7 of the pre op diet....yesterday was a baaaad day.....i was starving and the more i thought about it the hungrier i became.....every burger commercial....and even the new hot dog one at burger king (which i would never eat) looked amazing haha.....so now i am only watching netflix or the pvr for the rest of the week so i can fast forward the commercials ....driving me nuts.....

I've been more conscious of food porn since WLS. It doesn't "get" me the way it used to. All those fast food commercials, pizza commercials, and conveniently timed e-mails from Grub Hub at 11:45 am don't appeal to me near as much as they used to.

I'm guilty of being a cruise buffet fatty lol... I'm going on another cruise in the late fall/early winter. I will not be able to eat as much and that's great - like everyone else here, I'll get my "money's worth" by indulging in the tastiest and most expensive dining options!

I'm going to very much enjoy the other amenities anyway! Nothing better than hanging out on the deck overlooking the ocean and reading a good book.

Let you in on a little secret...

Those burgers are held together with pins and other bits and bobs so the "perfect" pickle and cheese slice and all that stuff doesn't shift when the model bites into it. There is a TINY section of that burger where it is safe to bite into. If they miss, they get the #$@! jabbed out of their mouth. Sometimes there's blood.

And the burgers are usually cold since it is safer than trying to hold them at a warm temp (and keeps the lettuce and other veggies looking fresher).

And they have to do that take dozens times to get it right, so the model has to spit out the bite or else she'd get sick eating cold gross burger. So after each bite, there's a "cut" and then she spits chewed up food all over the place.

Still sound appetizing?

Where they just show the beautiful ice cream or something on a plate is even grosser. Check this link out: http://mentalfloss.com/article/30195/11-ways-advertisers-make-food-look-delicious

THERE IS GLUE, MOTOR OIL AND HAIRSPRAY ON THAT FOOD. :D

If you understand how they make that stuff look amazing...

Oh that's not true. The next thing you are going to tell me is they "air brush" the covers of magazines. If you can't believe porn, what are you going to believe?

BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE POOR LITTLE HAMBURGERS!

DOES ANYONE CARE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE HAMBURGERS!

I guess I'm the only one who thinks Carls Jr. is gross? I can't stand their food.

OK...you do know that if they showed what 'real' people who eat all that crap look like, they wouldn't sell any of it, right? These kind of rants will dissipate once you see how good you look and feel. Then you won't care that these commercials don't show the reality of what eating that type of food actually does to you.

Go walking, I am so glad someone said it. I live with my husband and I just finished preparing him buffalo wings with ranch dressing on the side! Tje whole house smells of his dinner. I on the other hand had runny Beans and a cup of tea.. but I'm the one with the weight problem! It is important that I always remember the "WHY" behind my decision to have the SIPS procedure 9 days ago. I am down 14 pounds and I can see the weight loss in the mirror. No food is worth that feeling I received from looking at myself. Keep your heads up and watch DVDs instead lol.

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@@Joyce 258 Fear not!! Baked buffalo wings and blue cheese dressing is a staple for me. You will get there and that is a perfect sleever meal. High fat, high Protein, low carbs. I don't do fried wings most of the time because they make me horrible gassy, but baked crispy? YUM!! 3-4 times a week!

@@Joyce 258 Fear not!! Baked buffalo wings and blue cheese dressing is a staple for me. You will get there and that is a perfect sleever meal. High fat, high Protein, low carbs. I don't do fried wings most of the time because they make me horrible gassy, but baked crispy? YUM!! 3-4 times a week!

Oh I cannot wait. LOL

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@@Joyce 258 what's your recipe for baked wings?

Okay........now I'm screwed.......

Kings Hawaiin commercial just aired.......new product.....jalapeño version.

Oh Lawd........

Okay........now I'm screwed.......

Kings Hawaiin commercial just aired.......new product.....jalapeño version.

Oh Lawd........

Another victim of food porn. This man is a victim! Quick Mrs. Obama, fix this. (Edited to add smiley face so hopefully people will know this is a joke)

Okay........now I'm screwed.......

Kings Hawaiin commercial just aired.......new product.....jalapeño version.

Oh Lawd........

Another victim of food porn. This man is a victim! Quick Mrs. Obama, fix this. (Edited to add smiley face so hopefully people will know this is a joke)

Hell, man.....I wasn't joking.

I found the bishes....and bought 'em.

Gonna feed 'em to the family tonight.

Probably won't mess with them myself. My Teenage T-Rex will let me know if they are good or not.

Awesome comment crazygoose and some very good replies too. I think you will find as you get farther along with this is, is that the food will not appeal to you like before. I loved home made burgers on the grill with all the fixings and mayo and ketchup and fries and cold beer also, but not really. It doesn't taste the same and I could never even eat like that now, the pain would kill me. When we barbeque now, I still make me a big deluxe cheese burger but I cut a small section from it and eat it and throw the rest away. It's just not the same. I don't have any favorite food anymore. I don't even care for pizza now but I will still eat a small slice with the family because the kids love it. I'm over 2 years post op now. I still love food but in a different way. I think a healthy way.

Awesome comment crazygoose and some very good replies too. I think you will find as you get farther along with this is, is that the food will not appeal to you like before. I loved home made burgers on the grill with all the fixings and mayo and ketchup and fries and cold beer also, but not really. It doesn't taste the same and I could never even eat like that now, the pain would kill me. When we barbeque now, I still make me a big deluxe cheese burger but I cut a small section from it and eat it and throw the rest away. It's just not the same. I don't have any favorite food anymore. I don't even care for pizza now but I will still eat a small slice with the family because the kids love it. I'm over 2 years post op now. I still love food but in a different way. I think a healthy way.

I'm kinda the same. I do get excited about eating, but I seem to get full before I even get going.

I do love going to a restaurant and ordering a burger and fries. I eat about a third of the burger and 5-10 fries. Probably not as fulfilling as the old days for the first few minutes, but it's nice walking away from the table and knowing "I did no harm".