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reree6898    1,164

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I still do enjoy food but it's different now. I enjoy quality healthy food. I no longer eat the greasy fast food and fried things. I still enjoy a sweet treat here and there but I limit that to maybe one small treat every week or two and I didn't allow that till I was about a year out. I make sure that I don't allow trigger foods to stay in my home or I will want to pick at it too much. I am currently 15 months out.

HW 376 in 2011

SW 319 9/28/15

CW 146.8 today

172.2 lost since surgery and 229.2 overall.

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LittleBill    2,231

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Short answer, yes. Some things will change. Some things have to change. But you will still be able to enjoy eating. I have found that I am completely satisfied eating much smaller amounts because they fill me up. It is not about quantity. It is all about the experience.

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hayleyf3706    150

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This is what I've been wondering, too! But I know no matter what happens, I will get to enjoy LIFE more after surgery.

@@reree6898 You are gorgeous! Inspiring pictures!

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reree6898    1,164

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This is what I've been wondering, too! But I know no matter what happens, I will get to enjoy LIFE more after surgery.

@@reree6898 You are gorgeous! Inspiring pictures!

Thank you so much, that's very sweet of you to say.

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JamieLogical    8,727

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I definitely still enjoy food. It's just different now. I can't binge the way I used to. So instead of getting pleasure out of how MUCH I eat, I get pleasure out of the quality of what I'm eating. I am over two years out and I do enjoy sweets, Snacks, junk food, and fast food from time to time. But it no longer controls me. My cravings for that stuff are no longer constant and all-consuming. And even when I do "indulge" I can eat so little of it that it really doesn't make a difference.

I had a period of I'd say about 4 months post-op where I really struggled with the emotional aspects of not being able to binge my feelings away. My brain still wanted to binge. My stomach was not physically capable of it. It took a while for my brain to catch up to my stomach. But I found other ways of processing my emotions and I rarely have emotionally induced eating anymore. When I do try to eat my feelings away (which is rare now), I am quickly disappointed, because I can't eat much.

Here are some pics to help inspire you:

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The second-to-last one is after completing my first half marathon and the last one is me finishing my first marathon!

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hayleyf3706    150

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@@JamieLogical Amazing! Great job! What have you found that helps keep you from emotional eating?

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JamieLogical    8,727

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@@JamieLogical Amazing! Great job! What have you found that helps keep you from emotional eating?

Well, running and exercise are great stress relievers. I HATE running. Like completely and utterly hate it. Every single step I am thinking... "when will this be over? is it over yet?" But it is undeniable that running regularly keeps me in a better mood the rest of the time and takes my mind off the stress in my life. So I put up with the hour of misery every other day in order to make myself happier the rest of the time.

I also find it incredibly helpful and constructive to have a goal or goals that I am working towards and can focus on. When other parts of my life are out of my control and getting me down, having a goal I can work toward and feel like I am making progress on something I have control over is incredibly reassuring.

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hayleyf3706    150

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@@JamieLogical Amazing! Great job! What have you found that helps keep you from emotional eating?

Well, running and exercise are great stress relievers. I HATE running. Like completely and utterly hate it. Every single step I am thinking... "when will this be over? is it over yet?" But it is undeniable that running regularly keeps me in a better mood the rest of the time and takes my mind off the stress in my life. So I put up with the hour of misery every other day in order to make myself happier the rest of the time.

I also find it incredibly helpful and constructive to have a goal or goals that I am working towards and can focus on. When other parts of my life are out of my control and getting me down, having a goal I can work toward and feel like I am making progress on something I have control over is incredibly reassuring.

Great tips!!!! I will have to remember these!

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Vinasu    621

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I love food. I'm just a lot more picky about what I eat now. Before, I'd eat all the mixed nuts. Now, I pick out the macadamias.

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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
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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

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        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!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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

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