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shan0520    241

shan0520
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OK I started my pre op in Friday and I was feeling pretty good about it... until today. I'm all liquids and today I am missing food. Like real food. It's almost making me sad.

Anyone else feel like this?

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Finding_Stacy    263

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Hang in there. How long are you doing it for?

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Navigating the Wilderness    824

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Yes! I have dealt with this issue every day since my surgery. Many days are filled with crying at the loss. Having said that, it is getting better day by day. For me it is the reality of dealing with food addiction.

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fjsfls1202    35

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You're or the only one! I thought about food all the time and every commercial on tv I wanted it (pizza, Taco Bell, mc Donald's, Chinese food) everything. It does get better, and when you start to see the weight come off your thought process changes to I don't want that. Hang in there.


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Finding_Stacy    263

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Just now, shan0520 said:

I'm doing it til Monday. I never expected to feel such a loss. And it definitely is an addiction.


I can only imagine. I've been doing my low carb for two weeks. My surgery isn't for another 41 days but my doctor doesn't require any type of liquid diet, before or after. But from what I read, it's still hard to go through once we're sleeved. We only need a few bites to nourish our bodies, but five times that to nourish our souls. I guess that's why it's called soul food :780_sparkling_heart:.

Time to find something else that doesn't revolve around food, becoming a raging alcoholic, or turning to street drugs to fill that void :lol:.

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shan0520    241

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Thank you everyone. I have happy tears from all of you.



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vsg_queendiet    73

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We all go through this. Most of us have a serious food addiction that's how we got here. Your not alone. You got this. Stay strong and drink tons of Water.


HW: 420 (January 2016)
CW: 270 (March 2017)

Instagram: vsg_queendiet



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shan0520    241

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We all go through this. Most of us have a serious food addiction that's how we got here. Your not alone. You got this. Stay strong and drink tons of Water.


HW: 420 (January 2016)
CW: 270 (March 2017)

Instagram: vsg_queendiet





Congratulations on your weight loss!!!! That is tremendous and gives me such hope!



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Sleeve1stFitNext    924

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3 hours ago, shan0520 said:

OK I started my pre op in Friday and I was feeling pretty good about it... until today. I'm all liquids and today I am missing food. Like real food. It's almost making me sad.

Anyone else feel like this?

I started my liquid diet on Sunday and I broke that same day. I have the option of cucumbers and those are the highlight of my day. I am not missing food now but when someone is eating, I remove myself from them. If a commercial comes on, I just look at my phone and drink Water. Have you tried sugar free popsicles? I have some and they aren't that bad.

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fjsfls1202    35

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We all go through this. Most of us have a serious food addiction that's how we got here. Your not alone. You got this. Stay strong and drink tons of Water.


HW: 420 (January 2016)
CW: 270 (March 2017)

Instagram: vsg_queendiet





WOW! Good for you! That's a great loss so far.



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fjsfls1202    35

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If anyone out there needs help or support please feel free to get in touch with me. I had mine on 1/23/17 and so far this is by far the best decision I've ever made. Every thing you read isn't that bad, believe me it's very easy.


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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

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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.

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