Today was my first trip to the grocery at 10 days post op. It was much harder than I anticipated. My husband went with me and as he was casually throwing his usual junk food in the cart, I felt a huge wave of sadness just looking at all the things that I would no longer get to enjoy.
I had a committed relationship with each one of those tasty morsels. I had mentally broken up with this food about 5 months ago via the usual food funerals but seeing it all piled up in the cart, it was like ripping a huge bandaid off and boy oh boy, it was painful. The reality of the break up hit hard.
I felt myself tearing up in the frozen food aisle, surprising to me since I’m not overly emotional. I dropped behind my husband, as he pushed the cart along, and tried to regain my composure.
Once we turned the corner to the next aisle, I pulled it together and remembered that this phase is temporary. I just have to let myself heal. Two words came to mind.... SUGAR FREE!! I can have treats similar in about 4 weeks except I now have to be smart and choose the better options. They are out there. I just have to take the time to find them for me. It was like a giant weight lifted off my shoulders.
I was so busy feeling sorry for myself that I forgot - this is temporary and it too shall pass.

I feel this way now and I’m 6 days post-op. I’m teary eyed reading it because I feel this way now. I hope to and will get there soon.

I miss soda - have not had one drop since my vsg last May. A word of caution - sugar free is not always the best selection. I finally bought a Yonanas machine so I can make my own sorbets. I've found that while eating whole foods (beans, lentils, potatoes, etc) fill me up quickly, things like sweets, ice-cream, chips, etc seem to go down way too easy. I have to really be conscious not to eat these

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I feel this way now and I’m 6 days post-op. I’m teary eyed reading it because I feel this way now. I hope to and will get there soon.

We’ll get through this. It is temporary. So we just have to be strong and don’t give up or give in!

I miss soda - have not had one drop since my vsg last May. A word of caution - sugar free is not always the best selection. I finally bought a Yonanas machine so I can make my own sorbets. I've found that while eating whole foods (beans, lentils, potatoes, etc) fill me up quickly, things like sweets, ice-cream, chips, etc seem to go down way too easy. I have to really be conscious not to eat these [emoji20]

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Yeah I just had a small spoon of sugar free cool whip - yep. Tasted pretty gross and my belly is not my friend at the moment. I’ll keep the nice illusion of sugar free in my head only to keep me from having any more grocery store meltdowns. Lol

Glad it is only temporary and we will get through this!

The Celebrate calcium citrate soft chews I've got are filling the sweets void for me right now. They're sugar-free and they do taste a little "off" if I were to compare them with normal caramel or chocolate, but I'm not jonesing for candy and I think they're a part of it. (I'd recommend the chocolate over the caramel, the caramel's got a bit of a weird aftertaste).

The Celebrate calcium citrate soft chews I've got are filling the sweets void for me right now. They're sugar-free and they do taste a little "off" if I were to compare them with normal caramel or chocolate, but I'm not jonesing for candy and I think they're a part of it. (I'd recommend the chocolate over the caramel, the caramel's got a bit of a weird aftertaste).

Good to know. I’ll check them out. I actually don’t care for my liquid calcium. It’s easy to forget it since it’s not in my pill organizer. Lol