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12-09-2007, 08:43 PM
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| Big Loser  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Campbell River, BC
Posts: 169
Weight Statistics December 4 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 308 lb Start Weight:
177 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
131 lb Weight Loss:
12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.5324675325 % % Lost:
May 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 48.2343506349 BMI Start:
27.7190911116 BMI Current:
25.8398306973 BMI Goal:
 |  I never knew...... I am 5 days post op and doing very well. I am getting in my fluids and able to get down FF sugar free yogurt, broth, popsicles, and pureed veg soup. My doctor is so pleased with my recovery and is amazed at how well I am doing. Physically I am way ahead of the game. Here is the problem. All I think about is food...pizza, lasagna, tacos, cheese...etc. I am even dreaming about it. It is strange because I do not have the desire to eat them, I just miss them - does that make sense. I am really worried that I will return to poor eating habits in the following years of surgery. I had no idea how much control food had over me  . It really was my best friend. I am really trying to look into myself and wonder why this is - what food replaced for me. I need to use my recovery time to do self exploration to make contingency plans when it comes to making poor food choices. I want to have a healthy relationship with food. I want to eat healthy nutritish food that will fuel my body. BUT I am obsessing about all the crap I used to eat.I am a complete FREAK or did anyone else feel this way. Does it go away.  |
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12-09-2007, 08:49 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 7,498
Weight Statistics 4/1/07 Start Date:
4/19/07 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 258 lb Start Weight:
151 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
107 lb Weight Loss:
-14 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.4728682171 % % Lost:
04/19/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 38.0957781979 BMI Start:
22.2963663096 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   | many of us felt this way. you are in mourning and it will pass. its like losing someone you heald dear to you. give it time.
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12-09-2007, 09:04 PM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,241
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics On and off my whole life... Start Date:
November 20, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 287 lb Start Weight:
212 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
75 lb Weight Loss:
62 lb Lb Left to Lose:
26.1324041812 % % Lost:
August 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.3778617937 BMI Start:
31.3035076665 BMI Current:
22.1487082546 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | You are not alone in this, I think about different foods as well, but I think in time it will slowly go away I hope. It must be somthing our minds do to us. Hang in there and lets give it time.
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12-09-2007, 09:14 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: May 2007 Location: minnesota
Posts: 4,108
Weight Statistics july 21, 2007 Start Date:
august 17, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 339 lb Start Weight:
179 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
160 lb Weight Loss:
19 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.197640118 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 54.7100550964 BMI Start:
28.8882001837 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | as the others already said we all go thru this, it is hard but i know for me the further out i get i seem to be getting use to this new way of eating...good luck
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12-09-2007, 09:24 PM
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| Big Loser | I have heard that many people not only think about it, but actually become quite depressed and go into a kind of mourning. It is like losing a friend, sometimes an friend, considering all you had to go through for that so-called friend, but a friend nonetheless. I'm not saying this will happen to you, just saying that from everything I've read on this side of it (the pre-operative side), it can be quite common. This may sound really, really stupid, but - stupid stuff like this sometimes works for me. Think about the food you loved, gather pictures, packaging, whatever, put it in a box and have a funeral for it. Say good-bye. Cry about it, and start to more on. Regardless, from everything I've read, you absolutely are no freak!!! |
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12-09-2007, 09:49 PM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: coarsegold california
Posts: 1,380
Weight Statistics 8/23/07 Start Date:
8/22/07 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 315 lb Start Weight:
198 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
117 lb Weight Loss:
28 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.1428571429 % % Lost:
I have no idea Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 49.3305858766 BMI Start:
31.0077968367 BMI Current:
26.6228558699 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | If you are a freak then I am too, I did mourn food, cried real tears over it!! I STILL have dreams of food, I have an old post on here somewhere about them!! Last one was of lying on the bank of a river made of homemade ice cream, I kept dipping my hand in it and eating it, and I also dream of cinnamon rolls often, go figure???!!!! I have to say that when awake I don't think of food like I used to anymore, it does get better with time!! Hang in there!
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12-09-2007, 11:25 PM
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| Super Moderator  | (((((HUGS))))) You're quite normal. As time passes, and you are able to move around and your schedule return to normal, you'll find you won't have time for these thoughts. You just need some time out to say "fare thee well" to food. Start setting up your program to train to run in marathons, even if you can't exercise right now, as that is most likely going to be your best partner in losing. Not only will you have to train to start running, you will have to make the choices in food that gives you the muscles and stamina that a long distance runner needs. You'll be sure to succeed.
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12-10-2007, 02:42 AM
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| Whipper Snapper  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: norway
Posts: 31
Weight Statistics 23. november 2007 Start Date:
23. november 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 3" Height: 287 lb Start Weight:
195 lb Current Weight:
133 lb Goal Weight:
92 lb Weight Loss:
62 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.0557491289 % % Lost:
summer 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 50.8342151675 BMI Start:
34.5389266818 BMI Current:
23.557319224 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass |  Hi! I`m 17 days post op and I feel just the same. Mourning over my best friend... Sad but true.....
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12-10-2007, 05:02 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 1,771
Blog Entries: 8 Weight Statistics July 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 271 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
122 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.0184501845 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 43.7357667585 BMI Start:
24.0466023875 BMI Current:
23.4010560147 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I did this post op, most of the feelings I had for food (taste, smell, eye candy) were replaced by a desire not to heave it back up. I cant handle sugar or fat so even a couple of small bites are out of the question. Not everyone does this, but I am thankful I do. I am now learning recipes to replace the flavors I miss but without the sugar and fat. Hang in there, you'll be fine
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12-10-2007, 06:24 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,756
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
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  | welcome to the loosers side! THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU TO READ ABOUT NOW: Dear Food: I want to thank you for the comfort you brought me many times in my life. I believe more than once that you saved my sanity. When I was scared, alone, a young teen and no family, I turned to you and when nobody would listen I shared my pain and loss with you. I want to thank you for the good times I shared with others while eating a delicious meal. I have good memories sharing a good meal with people very dear to me. So far, so good. But it hasn't been all good, the relationship between you and I. My devotion to you, my obsession with you, has reaked havoc in every area of my life. You became a crutch for me to hide myself, to protect myself, to comfort myself physically while ignoring myself mentally and spiritually. The effects you had on my body at first didn't compare to the comfort you brought me. But that caught up with me and my body paid too high of a price. My spirit suffered, my body suffered, my mind suffered, my social life suffered, my ability to work suffered, my ability to be an active mother suffered, my relationships suffered. For all of those reasons I worked on my "self" for a very long time to prepare to say goodbye to the role that you play in my life. It took two years for me to learn to find comfort elsewhere, to reclaim my life, to reclaim my own power over my future and my body and my health. I've taken the plunge and purged your importance in my life. You are no longer needed for me to find solace in hard times. You are no longer going to be the person I run to for comfort, I am no longer too weak emotionally to turn to myself, to find other ways to feel better. Already I see the differences physically since beginning my path to redefine our relationship. I feel better than I have in years. I am no longer afraid to look in the mirror. I can also feel huge changes emotionally. I am so much stronger and no longer need you the way I once did. So food, this is goodbye. I won't call you my friend because many times you weren't. I won't call you my enemy because many times you saved me from a downward emotional spiral. But I will say that with this redefined role in my life I am ready to accept you into my life as a tool to stay healthy and strong. We won't see each other as much anymore, and heck when you hit my plate alot of you will be thrown into the trash. I am learning that there are valuable things you can offer me and I'm choosing only those valuable things. From here on out you are merely a means of existance, a fuel for my body which is nurturing my inner self. Dont be sad to say goodbye, I am not. I think we'll get along much better this way. Signed, A very happy weight loss patient
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