Fantasy food smells

Kat · 10-19-2006, 12:00 AM

OK. So this has happened to me before when loosing weight, usually at the beginning stages of weight loss. It happened too, in the hospital and the first week after WLS. It has been happening to me most of the day and especially tonight.
I get fantasy food smells. Right now its home made bread. Earlier it was chicken parm. and Chinese food. When I think how I would feel if I ate it, I don't want it but I want the felling I get while eating it and smelling it. Sounds crazy, I know. It's like I want to snort the food, for lack of a better description!
So far today I'm successfully ignoring it but have wondered if any one has ever experienced this? Sometimes it nearly drives me crazy with wonton desire. lol

ChuppyGirl · 10-19-2006, 02:01 AM

hehehehehe Kat your so funny and they way you lust for food is so sexy I can say hehehehe well I have that kind of feeling if there is a stimulator like an add picture or maybe when I pass by a bakery (this kills me the most heheheh) sometimes I ignore the feeling and sometimes I go a head and buy one peice and it really makes me so happy that I barely eat 1/2 of it and makes me completely full and sometimes I stop and sometimes I munch it all like the old times and makes me feel sick. I try to remember this moment everytime I go crazy and that what usually stops me.

Thanks for sharing your fantisies with us, you are such a wild woman hehehehehe

xsmith95 · 10-19-2006, 10:02 AM

Actually Kat I have had this happen to me a few times here at work. I smelled vanilla all day for about a week. And then once it was cinnamon rolls. Strange but it happens. I think our brain is playing games with us!

DocSanae · 10-19-2006, 11:29 AM

Sounds reasonable to me.
Ever hear of the limb illusion? Someone who's lost a limb for some reason, still feels the itch and pain in the limb that's not there.
Something close to this going on, I'd say.
Maybe, if you took just a bite (only a bite, mind you) of whatever, if it's there, it might quell the illusion, I don't know, but if it bothers you to the extent that your functions are impared, maybe you should give it a try.

fr1endly2 · 10-20-2006, 05:18 AM

I have also heard many mention
"FOOD DREAMS" post op!!!
SO be aware they do occur!

Kat · 10-20-2006, 10:41 AM

I've always had food dreams...especially when I'm not watching what I eat. Maybe part of that is because of my profession! lol

JLR12679 · 10-20-2006, 10:44 AM

Yeah, this is happening to me, mostly before wls. But after surgery Ive been dreaming of all the foods. the other day it was chinese food, then pizza, I woke up in the middle of eating in my dream and thought i had done something bad to the pouch, good thing it was just a dream.

Kat · 10-20-2006, 10:45 AM

Yes. This has happened to me too. Isn't it a relief to wake up and find you were only dreaming?

JLR12679 · 10-20-2006, 11:17 AM

yes I was extremely happy that it was just a dream.

10-19-2006, 12:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Kat Seasoned Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,996 5/17/06 Start Date: 5' 6" Height:	Fantasy food smells OK. So this has happened to me before when loosing weight, usually at the beginning stages of weight loss. It happened too, in the hospital and the first week after WLS. It has been happening to me most of the day and especially tonight. I get fantasy food smells. Right now its home made bread. Earlier it was chicken parm. and Chinese food. When I think how I would feel if I ate it, I don't want it but I want the felling I get while eating it and smelling it. Sounds crazy, I know. It's like I want to snort the food, for lack of a better description! So far today I'm successfully ignoring it but have wondered if any one has ever experienced this? Sometimes it nearly drives me crazy with wonton desire. lol

10-19-2006, 02:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
ChuppyGirl Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kuwait Posts: 2,341 Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics for ever! Start Date: 4/18/06 Surgery Date: 5' 3" Height: 335 lb Start Weight: 177 lb Current Weight: 154 lb Goal Weight: 158 lb Weight Loss: 23 lb Lb Left to Lose: 47.1641791045 % % Lost: 9/18/07 Goal Date: Body Mass Index 59.3361048123 BMI Start: 31.350718065 BMI Current: 27.2768959436 BMI Goal: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	hehehehehe Kat your so funny and they way you lust for food is so sexy I can say hehehehe well I have that kind of feeling if there is a stimulator like an add picture or maybe when I pass by a bakery (this kills me the most heheheh) sometimes I ignore the feeling and sometimes I go a head and buy one peice and it really makes me so happy that I barely eat 1/2 of it and makes me completely full and sometimes I stop and sometimes I munch it all like the old times and makes me feel sick. I try to remember this moment everytime I go crazy and that what usually stops me. Thanks for sharing your fantisies with us, you are such a wild woman hehehehehe __________________ Last edited by ChuppyGirl : 10-19-2006 at 01:58 PM.

10-19-2006, 10:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
xsmith95 WLS Master Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Near St. Louis, MO Posts: 633 Weight Statistics June 17, 2005 Start Date: June 17, 2005 Surgery Date: 5' 2" Height: 313 lb Start Weight: 173 lb Current Weight: 140 lb Goal Weight: 140 lb Weight Loss: 33 lb Lb Left to Lose: 44.7284345048 % % Lost: don't have a set goal date, I take it day by day that way I don't get discouraged Goal Date: Body Mass Index 57.2421956296 BMI Start: 31.6386576483 BMI Current: 25.6035379813 BMI Goal: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	Actually Kat I have had this happen to me a few times here at work. I smelled vanilla all day for about a week. And then once it was cinnamon rolls. Strange but it happens. I think our brain is playing games with us! __________________ Shelley He who finds diamonds must grapple in mud and mire because diamonds are not found in polished stones. They are made.

10-19-2006, 11:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
DocSanae Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 8,929 Blog Entries: 2 5' 5" Height:	Sounds reasonable to me. Ever hear of the limb illusion? Someone who's lost a limb for some reason, still feels the itch and pain in the limb that's not there. Something close to this going on, I'd say. Maybe, if you took just a bite (only a bite, mind you) of whatever, if it's there, it might quell the illusion, I don't know, but if it bothers you to the extent that your functions are impared, maybe you should give it a try. __________________ "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun." Just a li'l bit 'bout myself Last edited by DocSanae : 10-20-2006 at 07:01 AM.

10-20-2006, 05:18 AM	#5 (permalink)
fr1endly2 Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY Posts: 6,756 Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date: Please Enter Height: 310 lb Start Weight: 167 lb Current Weight: 159 lb Goal Weight: 143 lb Weight Loss: 8 lb Lb Left to Lose: 46.1290322581 % % Lost: Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start: 27 BMI Current: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	I have also heard many mention *"FOOD DREAMS" post op!!!* *SO be aware they do occur!* __________________ LISA http://w5.photobucket.com/widgets/dy...164/fr1endly2/ LAP RNY Gastric Bypass



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10-20-2006, 10:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
Kat Seasoned Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,996 5/17/06 Start Date: 5' 6" Height:	I've always had food dreams...especially when I'm not watching what I eat. Maybe part of that is because of my profession! lol

10-20-2006, 10:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
JLR12679 Big Loser Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 156 Weight Statistics 7/26/06 Start Date: 10/3/06 Surgery Date: Please Enter Height: 314 lb Start Weight: 145 lb Current Weight: 145 lb Goal Weight: 169 lb Weight Loss: 53.821656051 % % Lost: 10/3/07 Goal Date: Body Mass Index 52 BMI Start: 24 BMI Current: 24 BMI Goal: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	Yeah, this is happening to me, mostly before wls. But after surgery Ive been dreaming of all the foods. the other day it was chinese food, then pizza, I woke up in the middle of eating in my dream and thought i had done something bad to the pouch, good thing it was just a dream. __________________ Jessica Surgery date 10/3/06 My before pictures http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m94/JLR12679/ Follow my WLS journey here: http://tazdevil12679.blogspot.com/ My myspace website http://www.myspace.com/jess12679

10-20-2006, 10:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
Kat Seasoned Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,996 5/17/06 Start Date: 5' 6" Height:	Yes. This has happened to me too. Isn't it a relief to wake up and find you were only dreaming?

10-20-2006, 11:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
JLR12679 Big Loser Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 156 Weight Statistics 7/26/06 Start Date: 10/3/06 Surgery Date: Please Enter Height: 314 lb Start Weight: 145 lb Current Weight: 145 lb Goal Weight: 169 lb Weight Loss: 53.821656051 % % Lost: 10/3/07 Goal Date: Body Mass Index 52 BMI Start: 24 BMI Current: 24 BMI Goal: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	yes I was extremely happy that it was just a dream. __________________ Jessica Surgery date 10/3/06 My before pictures http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m94/JLR12679/ Follow my WLS journey here: http://tazdevil12679.blogspot.com/ My myspace website http://www.myspace.com/jess12679

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