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02-08-2008, 09:36 AM
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#1 (permalink)
| | Cub Reporter
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 68
Weight Statistics November 9, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 1"
Height:
217 lb Start Weight:
144 lb Current Weight:
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|  Ugh...I don't want to eat
I haven't posted in a long time, but I do read everyone's posts. I guess I don't usually have much to say.
Has anyone else gotten to the point that eating is just a chore? I get tired of trying to find something to eat that is high in protein. Eggs, cheese, meat, fish, poultry. It is all the same to me. I have been trying to keep up with what I eat and I am finding that I just don't get enough protein in. I didn't do well with the shakes originally because they made me nauseated just to smell them. I just want to know if this is a phase that I am going through. Maybe I just need more variety for myself. I have always loved good food. Now nothing is good. 
I do cook a lot for my family. Nothing else I do gives me more pleasure than to cook a healthy meal for them. They love the fact that I love to cook for them.
Ideas? Theories?
Shannon
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02-08-2008, 10:00 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: WADING RIVER (Long Island), NY
Posts: 5,122
Weight Statistics 7/16/07 Start Date:
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4' 11"
Height:
230 lb Start Weight:
130 lb Current Weight:
115 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
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Body Mass Index46.4492961793 BMI Start:
26.2539500144 BMI Current:
23.2246480896 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I Went Thru This A While Ago And I Started Reading More And Doing Research And Found Soooo Many Answers. I Order Alot Of Stuff From Bariatrci Eating.com And Bariatric Choice.com They Have Great Stuff. Also Im Always On Line Looking For Recipes. When I Go Food Shopping I Always Take My Time And Go Down Every Aisle Because I Always See Things To Give Me Ideas And Read The Bk Of Labels.
Also If You Have A Trader Joes Near You They Have Soooooooooooo Much You Can Buy There. Infact We Were Just Talking About Alot Of Diff Things On The Thread Called Yum Yum Yum And Salad Dressing.
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02-08-2008, 10:02 AM
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#3 (permalink)
| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: WADING RIVER (Long Island), NY
Posts: 5,122
Weight Statistics 7/16/07 Start Date:
7/16/07 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
230 lb Start Weight:
130 lb Current Weight:
115 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.4782608696 % % Lost:
12/31/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index46.4492961793 BMI Start:
26.2539500144 BMI Current:
23.2246480896 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Also Look Up New Recipes On The Internet. Just Type In A Food You Like In The Search Like Lowfat Recipes, Lowfat Chicken Recipes, Etc Etc. I Have Soooooooooo Many Great Things
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02-08-2008, 10:22 AM
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| | Cub Reporter
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 68
Weight Statistics November 9, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 1"
Height:
217 lb Start Weight:
144 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
73 lb Weight Loss:
14 lb Lb Left to Lose:
33.6405529954 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index40.9973125504 BMI Start:
27.2055898952 BMI Current:
24.5606019887 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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We don't have a Trader Joe's anywhere close to me. I think the closest one is in Arizona. When we go home to Georgia in May, I will go to the one in Atlanta. I looked up those sites and I think I will have to try some of those items. They look pretty good. I don't have a problem with new recipes. My poor family gets something new frequently. I think I have just lost my taste for food. Like someone said before I eat to because I have to not because I want to. (I paraphrased it.)
Thanks for the info. I remember reading about those sites before when you first started ordering stuff from them. I will definitely place an order soon.
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02-08-2008, 10:26 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: WADING RIVER (Long Island), NY
Posts: 5,122
Weight Statistics 7/16/07 Start Date:
7/16/07 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
230 lb Start Weight:
130 lb Current Weight:
115 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.4782608696 % % Lost:
12/31/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index46.4492961793 BMI Start:
26.2539500144 BMI Current:
23.2246480896 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Probably Just A Phase Your Going Thru Hun. But If You Really Go To These Websites Or Try Different Things Or Recipes. You Reall Can Enjoy To Eat Again. Now That I Have Soooooooooo Many Choices I Do Enjoy To Eat When Its Time. But Like You Said I Eat Because I Have To. But At Least When I Do I Enjoy It.  Dont Worry You Will Find Things
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02-08-2008, 08:25 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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How is your water intake?
If you are not getting in enough water to keep you hydrated, that may throw you off, too.
There does seem to be a point when eating becomes a chore for most of you because
1) Pre op (as you said) you lived for food
while,
2) Post op, you eat to live. Now, you have to make a lot of choice (different kind of choices from pre op) in how much you can eat, and what will agree with your pouch, and that's a whole new way of thinking for you, so it takes time for you to adjust to that.
(((((HUGS)))) Hang in there, the day will come when you can enjoy and appreciate your food again, though in a very different way from pre op.
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02-08-2008, 08:45 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Posts: 43
Weight Statistics July 2007 Start Date:
Sept 21, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
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160 lb Current Weight:
164 lb Goal Weight:
107 lb Weight Loss:
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Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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When I read the title of your post I guessed you were about 2.5 months out. I went through a phase for about a month that it would have been nice I could have skipped eating. I was lucky enough to go on a cruise at that time and that helped a lot because I got a chance to try all kinds of new flavours and different foods. That gave me the push I needed to get a bit more experimental. Before I was being very safe with food (think lots of cheese strings and crackers, bland chicken, etc..) My husband has also tried many new recipes for me. I started salads about that time too and these allow a lot of variety (meat, cheese, nuts, different dressings, etc...) on top. One other thing I did that helped was substituting snacks with a glass of milk and then focusing on making interesting meals.
Now I enjoy eating again and just focus on keeping in healthy.
Good luck,
Tonya
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02-09-2008, 02:02 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, Okla USA
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You are definitely at the point where you start realizing the "eat to live" not "live to eat" as Doc pointed out. Food is just fuel...it's not entertainment but it can be PART of entertaining, you see the difference?
Eating IS a chore in many respects...even now for me when I sometimes don't want to mess with thinking so darn hard about what to choose to eat!
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02-12-2008, 10:53 AM
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Join Date: May 2007 Location: minnesota
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a variety would be good, i usually stick to what i like same old same old but do put in new things here and there and it seems to help, eating isnt what it use to be somedays i have to force myself to eat, good luck
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