Anybody else miss their old stomach sometimes?

Hi All, Sometimes I find myself trying to remember what it felt like to eat with my old stomach and I wonder what it is doing in there now. I mean I know what they (say) it is doing. I wonder if it has shrunk also due to lack of food entering it. Ok maybe it is just me, but when my new anatomy is feeling weird I do kinda miss being the way I was (not as fat as I was) just the normal way I felt. Now don't get me wrong for the most part I feel fine. Just wondering if I am the only one. Leem

Hi Leem~ I don't miss it one bit! I love the new me!~ I do not miss leaving resturants feeling miserable! I enjoy eating a dainty portion and leaving food on my plate. I feel in such contol..........and for someone with OCD that is a great feeling! I don't feel like people in public look at me while I a eating now and say...........well duh you look the way you do.....look at what you are eating!!! Just my 2 cents............. Grace

Ok, I hear ya, and let me clarify my position.. I don't mean do you not like the surgery. I mean our new stomach sits in a new place in our body and I want to know does anyone miss the feeling of the presurgery anatomy. Things were more certain for me I think. I knew exactly when to stop eating with no prob, I did not feel weird things going on when I touch my belly (ofcourse because of surgery) and this was my first and only surgery so sometimes I just want to remember what it felt like when food went were it was supposed to go. I find myself forgetting.

It is about the physical changes. I miss the days sometimes when you ate and did not have to think about all the things and feel all the things we feel. Again, I don't feel this way all the time. And I also think that having a hernia now makes me long for when my anatomy was still "normal". Leem

Yes! I totally do sometimes!! I am ALWAYS consciously aware of my rewired anatomy. In fact, one of my biggest fears is that someone would punch me in my stomach area- it's so sensitive. I also miss being able to have a normal dinner (can't really go on a dinner date because I can't eat very much at all and the one and only time I did I got sick) so that's hard to explain. I also miss being able to eat things like ice cream or cheesecake- I am too afraid to dump so I just don't go near them. I am THRILLED with my weight loss, however, so I don't regret it one bit. But I do know exactly what you mean, Leem and I feel the same way!

Thank Michele I think you understood what I was asking the most

I do when I go out for Mexican food at a really good restaurant. I want to eat everything, but can't. I have to remind myself of what it was like before. It has definitely been a change and I do miss some things, but my god is it easier to get through each day. Bill

Thanks everyone for the responses, but I really did not mean missing it cause you can't chow down or not missing it because we all used to be heavier. I tried to explain what I meant, but more so the physical changes that have taken place and just wanting to remember what my anatomy felt like when it was normal. Remember this was not really a question about liking or accepting the surgery. Just the physcial changes. I also respect and enjoyed reading what everyone wrote. I am thankful as I am sure you all are for being given this oppurtunity to drop the excess pounds. Leem

n that respect, I don't miss it at all. I remember the cravings. I remember the massive hunger pains. I remember sitting there at 9 p.m. and eating a "HUGE" bowl of cereal because my stomach wanted to feel full. I remember after eating that "HUGE" bowl of cereal how my blood sugar would shoot up, I would start sweating and I would feel like sh*t. So, no I don't miss it. I know it is still there, but I have grown very fond of my small pouch. If I do think about how my anatomy has changed, it boggles my mind. Your post was a good one and gets the mind thinking. Thanks, Bill

Thanks Bill for the responses, It is something to think about huh? Leem