This morning I was thinking about what I might want for dinner on Tuesday, my last solid food meal for a while (surgery on Thursday). I found myself rather underwhelmed...it's just food...I simply don't care that much...I feel ready to just move on to this next part of my life...did anyone else feel that way right before surgery?

3 hours ago, CJ Sunshine said:

This morning I was thinking about what I might want for dinner on Tuesday, my last solid food meal for a while (surgery on Thursday). I found myself rather underwhelmed...it's just food...I simply don't care that much...I feel ready to just move on to this next part of my life...did anyone else feel that way right before surgery?

I've had a mental plan of my gastric sleeve surgery for about three months now. In the last 15 days, I have been doing lots of reading and watching many videos about bad outcomes, fair outcomes, good outcomes and excellent outcomes post operation.

I have handwritten lists of things that work most often ... as well as a shipload of "DON'Ts".

The mental prep is becoming quite advanced.

I also started the vitamin and the shakes routine a week early. Forearmed?

My only lapse was last night but it was deliberate and to a plan ... four beers, a large carvery roast with baked veges and a slice of birthday cake at my sister-in-law's 60th party.

Back to normal today.

31 and a bit days to the new reality!!

I think I'm beginning to feel quite "that way" that you asked about.

Cheers, CJ Sunshine.

I started my preop liquid diet about 2 weeks earlier than I needed to. Wanted to make sure I got the "hang" of it before the do or die date! Lol. After 2 weeks on that pitiful diet, I was ready for my true "last meal" before starting the actual 2 week preop. Thought I'd just eat a slice of pizza.. but once it touched my lips, there goes half the large pizza, AND an entire blueberry(?) pie. Dang! Took most of the next week to undo THAT damage! Lol!

I don't really have a point, other than my last binge PROVED to me the need for the surgery. It showed me where my weaknesses lie, so I can be wary going forward.

It's great that y'all don't have any "last meal" cravings. That shows you are totally in the right head space. But if you do decide to polish off an entire pan of brownies, it doesn't make you less of a person (Oh.. Lol.. it's true! It WON'T make you LESS of a person!!!) haha.

I also started my Pre-Op diet a week early to just prepare myself for what was to come... I am now 2 weeks post op and some days are better then others. However I wanted to instill in myself better eating habits as once I am at goal I do not want to gain . I also lost the thought of food 2-3 weeks prior to my big day.. Food used to excite me and before surgery it no longer did... currently I do miss pickles I also miss tacos, weird I no but I am aware they are only cravings and I will live with out them

I started my preop liquid diet about 2 weeks earlier than I needed to. Wanted to make sure I got the "hang" of it before the do or die date! Lol. After 2 weeks on that pitiful diet, I was ready for my true "last meal" before starting the actual 2 week preop. Thought I'd just eat a slice of pizza.. but once it touched my lips, there goes half the large pizza, AND an entire blueberry(?) pie. Dang! Took most of the next week to undo THAT damage! Lol!
I don't really have a point, other than my last binge PROVED to me the need for the surgery. It showed me where my weaknesses lie, so I can be wary going forward.
It's great that y'all don't have any "last meal" cravings. That shows you are totally in the right head space. But if you do decide to polish off an entire pan of brownies, it doesn't make you less of a person [emoji6] (Oh.. Lol.. it's true! It WON'T make you LESS of a person!!!) haha.

Lol! I'm pretty sure a pan of brownies wouldn't make me "less" of a person!!

I didn't (still don't) have huge food lust before or after surgery and during the all liquid phase EXCEPT in the 2 weeks before, I passed a sign every day advertising Tuna Salad Subs. I wanted one so badly I could taste it. I didn't give in, and that craving has passed, but at 1 month+ out, I really, really, really, want something crunchy, but know better than to push it!

I was feeling this way. But now that I'm eating 1000cals/day per the surgeon (pre-op, weight loss diet), I'm thinking about food all the time. It's like something terrible got woken up that was asleep when I was eating 900 or less cals/day. (This is a great subject! I started a new one about eating too much cuz I didn't want to jack your thread!!)

Edited September 10, 20178 yr by FluffyChix

I had a lot of food funerals before surgery. "This will be my last...." But what I've learned since having my surgery is that in time I can add a few "taboo" foods into my diet if I do so sparingly. I feel I'm eating with the rest of the world, only making different food choices during the weight loss stage, meaning that when someone eats with me who doesn't know I've had my surgery, they don't think I'm odd. If I crave a taco, I eat the inside and leave the tortilla. If I want a soda, I only drink two sips. I have to live with this diet plan for life, but I'm liking it. It's working for me. I really don't feel deprived. Steadily losing two to two and a half pounds a week is ok with me. I still keep my calories to 1000 a day. I wasn't required to do a pre-op diet.

I had a few food "funerals" before my pre-op diet--not binge-ing, just things I knew I wouldn't be eating post-op, like fettucine Alfredo, steak with a baked potato, a hamburger with a bun. I don't regret them now--I did my two weeks' pre-op diet pretty religiously and since the surgery I've been drinking so many freaking protein shakes I could scream. But I follow the rules pretty darned closely and I'm seeing progress, so no worries. I will, however, celebrate when I move to pureed foods (next week) and real food (at the end of the month). I'm just sick of so much of what I consume being sweet. Ugh.

Before my RNY I really didn't have the time to "BINGE". Everything happened so fast. I had started with a Surgeon and after it all was said and done he wanted to only do a Lap Band. I already knew about the Horror of them because my hubby had one and it turned into a nightmare. So anyhow I baked out. When my hubby went to a Surgeon in Coos Bay, Oregon I mentioned that I only wished I could have an RNY. BAM!! They sent for my records and they used what I had done so it went fairly fast. Food was the center of our lives!! That's what we did together we ate. Now I had my RNY and food became not so craved. Hubby had a Sleeve done 2 years after my surgery. It was so hard for him when I didn't want to go out to eat any more But since his WLS he now understands about the food some what. I have more than lucky my hunger has never returned!! His still happens but he has restriction. I am so OVE the MOON that I no longer focus on food. In the beginning when you are trying to get all of your protein, water and Vitamins in you are focused on food some what. Mine was trying to find something that I wanted to eat. BUT...if you aren't hungery it was extremely hard to eat as I am sure you all can relate. Have a great Sunday and KEEP ON KEEPING ON!!!

I had a mental break down one week into my liquid diet and binged inside target on the mini pizzas they had. I ate a personal pie pepperoni pizza, bread sticks and a large slushee. I went home and I cried so hard, I couldn't believe what I had done at that point I was just ready to call off the surgery. I was so distraught that I can't even keep this diet together for two weeks how would I ever make it after surgery. I called my doctors office and the nurse was so nice and gave me some great advice and let me know as long as I'm diligent in my final week of full liquids one day shouldn't undo all my progress. I went ahead with the surgery 10 days post op now and I'm feeling amazing. My point is that in his journey you're going to have a lot of highs and lows but you have to keep sight of what's important. Reachign goals and having a happy healthy life.

3 hours ago, Nhope said:

at 1 month+ out, I really, really, really, want something crunchy, but know better than to push it!

Maintain your stoicism!

3 hours ago, XYZXYZXYZ1955 said:

I had a few food "funerals" before my pre-op diet

Yeah ...

I had the typical Australian version of the steak sandwich. 4 weeks back.

The big carvery roast smorgasbord with roasted winter veges and several beers. 2 days ago.

The massive Caesar salad with anchovies. 6 days ago.

Prawn (shrimp) curry with wild brown rice. Twice in August.

Chinese garlic beef platter. Late July.

Three scoop gelato bowl. Early August.

Mind, you, except for last Saturday's carvery roast smorgasbord, every one of those other days has stayed at my daily calorie limit of 2000 OR has only been 100-150 calories over. Saturday, on the other hand, went 1650 calories over as I "made a night of it".

6 minutes ago, Rainbow_Warrior said:

Yeah ...

I had the typical Australian version of the steak sandwich. 4 weeks back.

The big carvery roast smorgasbord with roasted winter veges and several beers. 2 days ago.

The massive Caesar salad with anchovies. 6 days ago.

Prawn (shrimp) curry with wild brown rice. Twice in August.

Chinese garlic beef platter. Late July.

Three scoop gelato bowl. Early August.

Mind, you, except for last Saturday's carvery roast smorgasbord, every one of those other days has stayed at my daily calorie limit of 2000 OR has only been 100-150 calories over. Saturday, on the other hand, went 1650 calories over as I "made a night of it".

As I peer at you from over the top of my plain, dry, pitiful leaf of spinach...I think I honestly might hate you--or might pray that a dingo eats you by morning.

Edited September 10, 20178 yr by FluffyChix

1 hour ago, FluffyChix said:

pray that a dingo eats you by morning.

Luckily, that dingo eating people myth is down to Meryl Streep, Sam Neill and the film "Evil Angels".

No self-respecting dingo would consider me to be food. (More likely, a playmate!)

bahahahahaha!