One week post up today. I've lost 23.5 pounds which is great. I'm grateful and know this is so good for my health. But I definitely have buyers remorse. I feel depressed and overwhelmed by all of this. I feel like I'm pathetic that I cannot stay away from foods this long. I got approved for soft cheeses and egg whites but not doing too well with them. They just go straight through me. I am really not wanting to come off as complaining and ungrateful but these feelings are very real and raw. One week out and it feels like it's been 163682 weeks. Any thoughts? Help? I know it's gets better but hard to see the light.

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The feelings you're having are pretty normal at the stage you're at. I think the depression (to an extent), the fatigue, the "remorse" are nothing more than your body reacting to the fact that it's not getting what it's used to in terms of foods (good or bad) at this very moment.

I noticed a very large change in attitude at about the end of the week 2 mark and it's gotten better and better every week since.

Embrace the positives. Look at what you've accomplished so far. Grasp onto that, try new things. Some of the foods you thought you didn't like before you may now, and vice versa. It's amazing how our tastes change after the surgery. I couldn't eat anything overly sweet, and things that didn't taste too sweet or too salty to me before surgery were amplified by what seemed to be 100% after surgery. Best thing for me, honestly.

If you told me even a week before surgery that there would be days I would actually be craving a salad, or a few slices of a tomato, I would have probably told you that you were crazy. I've always liked those things, but never craved them. Now, the healthier I eat, the more I crave healthier foods.

You can succeed and looking at your progress, I'd say you already are. Stick with it...it really does get better!!! Best of luck!

One week post up today. I've lost 23.5 pounds which is great. I'm grateful and know this is so good for my health. But I definitely have buyers remorse. I feel depressed and overwhelmed by all of this. I feel like I'm pathetic that I cannot stay away from foods this long. I got approved for soft cheeses and egg whites but not doing too well with them. They just go straight through me. I am really not wanting to come off as complaining and ungrateful but these feelings are very real and raw. One week out and it feels like it's been 163682 weeks. Any thoughts? Help? I know it's gets better but hard to see the light.

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I feel you as I also am 1 week and 1 day post op and lost almost 26 pounds so far. It's been a very difficult and very hungry 284758 weeks. It's also hard to be excited or impressed by my weight loss when I have eaten exactly 0 foods in going on 3 weeks now, so why should I be proud of my loss?

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I understand. I am 6 days post op and I was feeling overwhelmed as well. Hang in there and I'm sure as your body heals you'll start to feel better emotionally.

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