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12-14-2011, 04:53 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Leland, NC
Posts: 170
Weight Statistics which time? yo-yo dieting for years Start Date:
January 9, 2012 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
251 lb Start Weight:
190 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
61 lb Weight Loss:
40 lb Lb Left to Lose:
24.3027888446 % % Lost:
February 2013 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.9034859521 BMI Start:
34.7476586889 BMI Current:
27.4323621228 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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This may not be the right topic to put this under, but I don't know where else to put it!
I am 26 days away from surgery, I start the 2 week pre-surgery diet the day after Christmas.
Right now, all I want to do is EAT! I'm not even hungry most of the time.
How can I curb this? When I'm at work, its pretty easy to, since we stay fairly busy (EMS, yea) but thats only a 24 hour period every 4th day. The 3 days in between work shifts, are getting bad.
HELP ME!!
Thanks
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12-14-2011, 09:24 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mississippi
Posts: 5,198
Weight Statistics 3/18/2008 (dieted all my life) Start Date:
9/30/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
292 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
189 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
3 lb Lb Left to Lose:
34.2465753425 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.3935986159 BMI Start:
29.1903114187 BMI Current:
28.7342128028 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I think it is the " I better eat it now while I can" thing. Try to do your best. The more weight you lose before surgery the better it will be for you. Try to drink a lot of water and more protein. That seemed to help me. Then the 10 days before surgery I was on two shakes and one low carb meal a day. Hang in there you will make it.
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12-14-2011, 10:20 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: S. Jersey
Posts: 2,481
Weight Statistics ?? Most recently Oct. 2010 Start Date:
January 31 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
342 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
189 lb Goal Weight:
148 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.2748538012 % % Lost:
no pressure... 1 year? 1-2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.4990548204 BMI Start:
28.6456626759 BMI Current:
27.9073724008 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Could anxiety be making you hungry? It is best to try to lose a few pounds before surgery..for so many reasons. Start journaling your food; maybe that would help. Figure out your hungriest time and safe more filling foods for then.
Good luck! Hang in there, you can do it!!
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12-15-2011, 10:39 AM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Israel
Posts: 125
Weight Statistics January 23, 2012 Start Date:
February 6, 2012 Surgery Date:
5' 1"
Height:
227 lb Start Weight:
173 lb Current Weight:
132 lb Goal Weight:
54 lb Weight Loss:
41 lb Lb Left to Lose:
23.7885462555 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index42.8865896264 BMI Start:
32.6844934157 BMI Current:
24.9384574039 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hi. Oh, boy... does this sound familiar! In fact, it pretty much echoes my very first post on this site two and a half weeks ago. I'm still having a hard time. Your surgery date is just about a month ahead of mine, and from your stats, it looks like you've already lost a respectable 12 lbs.
As to the eating-like-there's-no-tomorrow question, yes, intellectually we know that losing as much as possible before the surgery is the wisest thing to do. Not only to make the surgery itself easier, but to start on our new lifelong eating habits before having the deal with the shock of our body recovering. But on the other hand, it feels to me like knowing that you're going to be getting a really great vacuum cleaner and then being asked to pick up all the grains of sand from your carpet with your fingers before the vacuum clearner arrives. If I could do on my own what the tool (of gastric bypass) is designed to help me do, why make myself suffer trying to do it without the right equipment?
I'm in the same boat as you and wish that I could advise you with something really enlightening. But I'll have to just keep my eye on this thread and hope that someone can answer your question. Big help I am...  | |
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12-15-2011, 12:41 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Lewisville, TX
Posts: 110
Weight Statistics 09/13/2011 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
247 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
135 lb Goal Weight:
75 lb Weight Loss:
37 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.3643724696 % % Lost:
1 year Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.0984615385 BMI Start:
28.6191715976 BMI Current:
22.4627218935 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I agree with pretty woman, I kept a journal during my pre-op steps and that helped me realize how much I was eating and how many calories I was taking in. I became so ashamed of what I was writing/eating that I slowed down and started to make better food choices. Push water and protein...everything will be ok...don't stress!!!
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12-15-2011, 01:34 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Southern California
Posts: 690
Weight Statistics 05/01/2011 Start Date:
11/28/2011 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
299 lb Start Weight:
217 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
82 lb Weight Loss:
67 lb Lb Left to Lose:
27.4247491639 % % Lost:
12/31/2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.9596875787 BMI Start:
38.4356261023 BMI Current:
26.5684051398 BMI Goal:
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It also may have something to do with your mentrual cycle...pre-surgery I was the most hungry person when I was premenstrual. The apple apparently doesnt fall far from the tree because my petite teenage daughter, who normally eats like a bird, scarfs down some serious food right before she starts her period too. Just throwing this out there... 
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12-15-2011, 02:57 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 2,952
Weight Statistics 4/30/2007 Start Date:
9/5/07 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
233 lb Start Weight:
127 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
106 lb Weight Loss:
2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.4935622318 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index39.9899902344 BMI Start:
21.7971191406 BMI Current:
21.4538574219 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I think a lot of it is because you think you'll never be able to eat these foods again. We call it "last supper syndrome". Pay attention to what you are thinking about when the need to eat hits you, that may help you to understand why you are feeling compelled to eat.
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12-16-2011, 09:24 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Apple Valley Minnesota
Posts: 2,085
Weight Statistics 2 Feb., 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
252 lb Start Weight:
131 lb Current Weight:
149 lb Goal Weight:
121 lb Weight Loss:
-18 lb Lb Left to Lose:
48.0158730159 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index43.2509765625 BMI Start:
22.4836425781 BMI Current:
25.5729980469 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I kept thinking about how important this surgery was to my life. I didn't want anything to happen that would delay/postpone it and I knew if I gained a pound my surgeon could cancel it. So, fear worked for me. 
Just slow down and remember why you're doing this.
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12-17-2011, 08:36 PM
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#9 (permalink)
| | Big Loser
Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Georgia
Posts: 139
Weight Statistics June 14,2010 Start Date:
June 28,2010 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
230 lb Start Weight:
140 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
90 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.1304347826 % % Lost:
June 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index39.4750976562 BMI Start:
24.0283203125 BMI Current:
22.3120117188 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodSleeve Gastrectomy
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I say don't beat yourself up. The more you try to abstain from food, the more you will want it and want to eat it. Enjoy some of your favorite foods - it will be a while (or never) before you get them again. Some of them you may not even like after you have surgery. Just don't go crazy!
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12-17-2011, 09:12 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: May 2011 Location: Colorado
Posts: 769
Weight Statistics February 1, 2011 Start Date:
AUGUST 30TH, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
274 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
104 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.9562043796 % % Lost:
1 year Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.2199265381 BMI Start:
27.4357208448 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Remember the motto...Eat to live not Live to eat. You are changing the way you look at food. I can say I am still working on that myself but things have changed a whole lot from (lets say) a year ago.
Might have a bite or two of things you think you can't have anymore but don't sit down and have a whole bunch of it. Luckily for me I went in to see the doc (it was my birthday) and they scheduled the surgery 10 days from then and I started my diet that very next day. I had veggie fajitas and a piece of my most favorite ice cream cake of all time. It sat in the freezer for weeks until my husband ate it all. I wanted to be healthy more than I wanted to eat that cake. Still do.
I can tell you that three and a half months down the road from where you are now...it is wonderful to bounce...yes, bounce, up the steps in my house without heavy breathing. I can paint my own toenails. I can tuck my legs up underneath me. I can sleep on my stomach. I still have a ways to go. But I am thankful for what I have achieved.
Make a list of those things that you want. Tape it to the fridge or cupboard. Think about that before you grab whatever.
Saving grace for me? Sugar free popsicles...Dreyers or Breyers is the best. 25 calories and gives me my juice flavor I love (I miss juice).
You can do it. And you will be so surprised that you really don't miss stuff as much as you think you will. Once your body gets used to not having those awful things you really don't crave it anymore. And if you do, have a bite maybe one more...chew and roll it around in your mouth and be done with it. You have better things to do...like LIVE.
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