Overeating before surgery - what am I doing ?? but I know why

I am guilty too. Every meal is like the last supper. My surgery is 3/22/04. I'm starting lo-carbing today, to try and slow-down my junk food cravings. I feel like I will be saying good-bye forever. I know this isn't true, but I do it (overeat) anyway. You've already broken the cycle by deciding to have the surgery. Good luck...

I used to do this every time I would start a diet. I always had the "last supper" mode going on with that. Right now I wouldn't consider myself in that mode. I don't consider this a diet that I'm going to be doing - it's a modification that will not allow me to cheat like I would on a diet, so I'm not going to be too concerned that I won't get my favorites in. I have read enough accounts that things taste different or the urge to have them lessens, so I'm going to capitalize on that. As for right now, I am eating "normal." I eat when I'm hungry and will eat what I want, but I'm not seeking out my Twinkie fix like I normally do. Thankfully my weight has been relatively stable since I went off Atkins the last time and I just play around with 4-5 lbs of water weight here and there. I thought about going on Atkins for the week prior in order to boost my immune system, but decided maybe it was pushing it too far. I honestly think it has to do with mindset. I did this SO much in my life, that I'm not interested in going there now. I don't want to eat out of emotion now or after the surgery, so maybe I sort of made peace with my demons subconsciously. Dina

Oh my gosh, I feel so much better. I thought I was the only one doing this. Thank-you, thank-you thank-you I am so happy I'm not alone. By the time my date gets here they will have to roll me into the hospital Alot of the time I just start thinking about being scared and so I eat, and then I see something and think I won't be able to have this much longer, so I eat that too. My date seems so far away, and there are so many kinds of food.

Nancy... I made a LIST of things I wanted to eat before I have my RNY on the 9th. I am now down to one thing that I want (actually, one place I have to go...BD's Mongolian BBQ - anyone know what that is? THAT's next weekend!). EVERYONE goes thru this. I'm doing it to get all those cravings out of my system. For instance, every Christmas Eve, our family has stuffed cabbage. Well, this year, my Sis didn't do that. We thought the world was coming to an end or something. So I didn't get my stuffed cabbage for Christmas (I was raised on the stuff...). Ever since, I've been craving it. I had my Mom over this weekend, and made a ROASTER full of stuffed cabbage, and we snarfed on it all weekend! Craving satisfied! (probably forever...). But if I hadn't had the frickin' stuffed cabbage before surgery, I'd've OBSESSED about it post-op. It's a mind thing, I guess. So yup, I'm going thru it as almost everyone else is. I'm fortunate that I wasn't instructed to lose weight prior to surgery...that would've killed my "plan". My nutritionist ADVISED me to get the stuff outta my system, to eat whatever I'm gonna miss for a long time, and the only warning she gave me was not to eat anything "too tough to digest" (i.e. steak) the night before surgery. As it is, my anesthesiologist wants me on clear fluids the day prior to surgery, which will not be a problem. But as you see, I've been given full leeway to "have at it", and I think that since I WAS given that leeway, my cravings aren't as severe as they may have been! Anyway, enjoy it while you can. It'll be a long time before we'll be able to taste those nectars again! Kimmer Queen of the Niners, Instigator to all Marchers, High Priestess of Giggles Zero-minus-21 and counting!

How was the BBQ? I am so glad to read this thread because I am doing the very same thing and I was soooo madd at myself. Thanks people!!