Hey ya'll,

This is my first post on here. I hope I can get some insight, encouragement, motivation, something... I was sleeved last week. I wasn't super super big to begin with. My weight on surgery date was 195. I have been healing perfectly fine. Maybe too fine. I felt really hungry the first few days which was discouraging and the last couple of days I'm not so hungry but I am craving everything. I'm miserable. All I want to do is eat. All I think about is food. I think about cheating all the time but I know I can't. I feel like I made a big mistake. I feel like I'm missing out on so much. I'm getting in my liquids fine , I'm getting in my proteins fine and was already started on soft proteins and getting those in fine too. I feel like this is just too easy. I've lost 5 pounds this week. But I'm afraid that I'm just not going to move very quickly in weight loss. And I wonder if all of this was worth it. I find it very difficult to completely be deprived of things that I love. Yes I love food. That's why I am fat. I've been feeling really down, has anybody else out there started at a lower BMI? How was the process? What do you all do when you want to eat things so bad and you can't? How do you get food out of the brain? Help

I drove after a week ( I was allowed once off pain meds but waited a couple more days...

I slept in a recliner for over two weeks. Maybe 3. Everytime I laid in bed I hurt.

The first few weeks, I would have these sever cravings for specific items (bacon burger thing from BK, some KFC chicken, a club sandwich, and so on). Anyway, it really was what is called "head hunger" and it did pass. I still regret that I can't eat all the crap that I want, but overall I am very grateful that my surgery has helped me control my eating. After all, I really don't want or need to eat that gross burger or KFC food. I can have a few bites if I *really* want to and it will be okay.

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I'm 2 years out, but just had a revision surgery so I'm back on the post op diet and I have been having non-stop super vivid dreams about eating, it's crazy. It's kind of funny because I guess my mind is just trying to cope with not being able to eat in it's own weird way!
We all get it, the battle will subside, I promise! [emoji173]