3-weeks Post-Op!!

I just had my 3-week post-op visit and I'm down 32 pounds!!! Everything is going really well. The only thing I will say is that I miss food some. I'm never hungry, but I'm realizing now just how much time I have always spent eating. Eating was a way to fill up time, and now I have to divert my attention to different things. Can anyone relate? I would love to hear how other people are doing!

I am 3 weeks post op also and down 34 pounds but now I seem to be at a plateau. I don't have a problem with foods at all but since I never know when I am hungry or full I dont actually miss food. Although hubbys pizza sure smelled good the other day. Patty

Hi Elka, I am on day after you and I am down 36 lbs. I have hit a plateau so I am kind of mad right now. I want to see more weight roll of. Personally, I can barely ingest anything so everything is frustrating to me. Food, smells, textures, make me want to I watched my daughter eating something the other day and ran to the bathroom The one consistant thing I can get in is my vitamins. I take them daily. I also got put on a B12 shot immediately due to no energy. The other is that I will more than likely once a day from something If, and I mean IF I am lucky I can get one shake in a day. All other food items are a free for all. I can not wait to be somewhat normal again as I am tired of being queasy and unstable. Other than that, I am doing peachy Congrats on your weight loss! Denise

Elka, I am five weeks out and I have been going through a mourning period as well. I have missed eating so much at times I have cried. Amazing how eating is not just a physical thing but also an emotional activity. At one point I thought I would just die of boredom because I couldn't think of anything else to do and wanted to eat so badly. It isn't even certain foods, just the comforting crutch of eating at will. But I am working my way through it. My husband and I say to each other frequently, "Snacking is the ENEMY!" And being down 31 pounds is helping, although I wi**** could go faster. Wow, depressed and impatient, I'm not very pleasent, am I?