Eating everything in sight!!!

Hi Everyone, My surgery is still 3 weeks away and up untill this point I have lost 60lbs on my own since September. As my date gets closer I have been eating everything, I'm not sure if it is nerves or if it is the fact that many of these things I will not be able to eat for a long time after surgery. Does anyone else have this problem? The only other question I have or concern is I have started to be very emotional. Crying when I think about the kids and what if something goes wrong etc. I know this is what I want to do and it is my chance to be the active,biking ,roller blading,skating etc etc mom and wife that I could be.Maybe someone else feels this way also. Karen

Karen, I also keep getting very "emotional". When I think of the what if's and my kids, I go crazy. I drive myself insane thinking about it. I am going to write letters to my kids and every time I think about what I'm going to write I just break down. I cry like crazy, to the point to where I can't catch my breath. I know this is completely normal. I just keep telling myself that I will be just fine. When I think about all the great things that I'll be able to do with my 3 kids after surgery It makes me feel so much better. Stay positive! We are going to be just fine, and our kids are going to have so much fun with us! This surgery is going to be so worth it! "God brought us to it, he WILL bring us through it" ! As for the food thing, for a while I was eating everything in sight...Then I realized (with the help from my dietitian) that My surgery is not far away and I need to be as healthy as possible! I want to "shrink" my liver so I'll have an easier surgery and recovery. Just think of it that way, the more you lose prior to surgery, the easier your recovery will be. I will tell you though, that tomorrow I will be taking that day off Its my anniversary and I'm going to a great place for dinner and I will enjoy everything! Then "back on the wagon" on Sunday. Remember, that you will be able to have the things you enjoy a few months after surgery. Its not forever. Anyway, I wish you the very best of luck!!!!! Kelley 27 days and a wake up!

Hiya, Karen! Altho I'm not eating everything in sight, I am making a concentrated effort to eat the foods that I won't be able to eat for a long time. I don't want to "miss" them, so I figure if I get 'em outta my cravings-bank, I'll be fine. This is the most "regular" I've eaten in years! Kimmer Queen of the Niners, Instigator to All Marchers, High Priestess of Giggles Zero-minus-25 and counting!

I go in spurts... I do really well, then do something stupid and feel guilty. Like all week I have protein shakes for breakfast. Well today on my day off I am too lazy to make a shake so I eat cereal. After I was done, I was like... WTH did I do that? If I'm gonna cheat, I should have at least had something really good So I have changed my thinking... I am usually bad 7 days a week! 6/7 is a huge step. I think the "Last Supper Syndrome" is very common. I am already planning mine for one week before surgery. Friends are taking my to my favorite restaurant and we are going to eat bread and have desert Karla

Hi Karen, I have not had the problem of eating a lot since I found out my date. But I am also been very emotional . When I found out my date I went and talked to a friend that has had WLS 2 years ago , got home decided that I needed to write my whole family that was the hardest thing that I had to do. By the time I was finished with the letters I had wet spots from the tears. But I am feeling better about things. I talk alot about WLS to the ones that back me. To day I went for my ultrasound an the lady that was doing it told me that she had WLS, 1year ago we got to talking the more she told me the better I felt. Take care and dont let the emotions get you down. Dianna

Karen, Ever since I started trying to get insurance approval, I've been an Eatimus Anythingamus. Holy Cow. Then when I got approved for surgery, I became a crazy woman, making lists of things I had to eat before surgery. You would have thought I was going to the electric chair. I finally got a grip when I realized I was adding things to the list that I don't even like. I went to lunch with my skinny sister today and ordered a small lean steak and plain potato with iced tea. She looked at me and said, "What? No appetizers? No soda? Nothing fried? I thought you were in last supper status." The impossible has happened. I am sick of eating. I'm tired of looking at food. I didn't even touch the potato. As for the emotions and letter writing that someone else mentioned, I haven't experienced any of that yet, but I'm sure I will. I cry at commercials so I can't imagine not getting weepy over this. I thought about writing letters to leave just in case something happens and decided to do something else. I'm going to write the letters and give them now. Why wait to die to tell people how you feel about them? I just decided that I'm going to write a happy letter to all of my loved ones and tell them how much they've enhanced my life and how. For the record, I think you're perfectly normal. Connie

I can totally relate to the eating & kid issues! When the holidays started, I ate anything and everything thinking I'm never again going to enjoy _____ again. Now I'm just sick of the junk food and am so ready to get this show on the road. I still have 10 lbs to lose before my final appt, and GOD knows I'm trying but my bod seems to be on a diet strike right now. The kid issue, oh my, I think I cry daily (especially in the shower) about not being here for my two little boys who just turned 3 & 2 yr old. I want to write a letter to them, then I think if I write a "goodbye, I love you letter" than I'll jinx myself into thinking I'm not going to make it so my theory is no letter, no dying, GOD just won't allow it for me not to be here for them. Oh, the emotions are overwhelming sometimes. Glad you guys are here because I just shake my head in agreement to everything that your saying as are big day approaches. Take care, Wendy

Wendy you couldnt of said it any better I guess all of us who were blessed to become Mothers feel this same way, I have 3 beautiful little girls and couldnt even imagine what their lives would be without a MOM!, i am going to also write letters to everyone but have decided to give them to my children and my family before I have my w.l.s., on March 22nd I feel it is a better thing to do, and it's personal this way!

This will pass... literally... I was actually told by a NURSE in the surgeon's office "You had better eat your birthday cake NOW and eat it ALL because after surgery you won't ever have it again" Needless to say this caused a HUGE panic... Until I seen some post ops on here and they eat all kinds of stuff and never feel deprived... Also needless to say I didn't use that surgeon or his nurse.. Try not to worry so much because we are emotional eaters and the more you worry and wonder the more you want to eat I am sure... You're almost there.. keep your eye on the prize....

Oh my gosh... All I want on a daily basis is my chinese platter ( almond chicken with shrimp fried rice and gravy) and my peach cobbler. Oh this is what I pig out on just about every day. I have just been eating everything that I want and could get my hands on. Faygo Cola is my best friend right now. I could drink atleast three 2 liter bottles a day. My boyfriend always ask me do I wan****er and I just look at him like he's crazy. I just started back drinking water about 2 to 3 days ago. I still have my cola though. It's time for me to get my protein in, so that's what i'm gonna start focusing on now. I have a bottled water now as I am typing. That's a start huh??? 303lbs/ 29 days in counting