Tips and advice on how to defeat bad food cravings during pre op monitored diet?

Change your state. When you find yourself thinking about food, get your mind doing something else - almost anything else. Good luck!

Remember that it's temporary, you will eat food again. I am telling myself - hey, you have already experienced eating this food and you know what it tasted like, there is no shortage of food - it will be there later down the road if you want some. Then find a hobby - take a knitting or crocheting class, learn beading, join a book club and read - go to the library or somewhere not serving food, make holiday crafts, walk and walk some more, learn to play chess - not on the computer, anything not food related.

I listen to books with an audible account while I walk - put my phone in a fanny pack, pop in my earbuds and walk.....other times I sew - can't have food around fabric.

So, I am on my 2-week pre-op diet. Lucky for me it is not liquids. It's high protein and low carb. Check out the Skinny Taste blog. They have great high protein low carb options for pretty much anything you might be craving. Every recipe I've made from this website has turned out well.

Edited October 8, 20178 yr by KDBaker