Is eating a chore for anyone else?

Can't believe I would ever say something like that but I actually dread eating. Not because I get sick or anything I just don't care about it and don't want to do it. Is anyone else experiencing this? I know it's bad because I need to get the calories in but it's SO hard, especially in the morning. I literally have to force myself to eat. I'd rather just drink water all day, that's the thing I crave the most. It's starting to frustrate me a little I never imagined that I wouldn't want to eat hardly at all. Corinna Q

Oddly enough I am having the same problem. I didn't have a long liquid diet and sometimes I feel like I'd almost rather be on one but I need the protien and I can't get that from liquids. On the other hand I can't seem to tolerate eggs or cottage cheese anymore I end up throwing up from just the taste of cottage cheese. Eggs well....everytime I've tried them (they're on my list of things I can actually eat...and with so much protien I want to eat them but everytime I try they end up either coming up or I end up almost throwing up for a half hour until I can drink and they start to process. I keep honestly forgetting to eat...I don't know how but I have forgotten to eat lunch 3 times since my surgery which was only 2 weeks ago. Maybe this too shall pass along with everything else that seems to be going on in our heads. I too crave water all day...I am getting in between 64 and 96 oz a day. Anyways I'm sure that it will all work out and everything will get to normal soon. Blessings, Raven

You know I really feel ya'll on that, cause I'm really beginning to feel like eating is overated(did I just say that) oh my gosh. Who would have thunk it? Anyway I too would much rather drink. I like the Isopure Protein drinks, they kind of taste like sugarfree kool-aid. They're about $3.55 a bottle, the blue, purple, and orange are my favorite and they have 40grams of protein in each 20oz bottle. I get them from the VitaminShoppe.

I am having the same problem here..... I have a schedule of meals and snacks that the dietician gave me and I keep forgetting to eat when I am supposed to. It is like a job having to remember to eat on schedule because I am not hungry and I forget if I am no****ching the time. I am managing to get all my protien in, only because of my protien drinks, but I have missed lunch or dinner almost every day because the protien is so much more important that eating all the meals. I know exactly how you feel. I will be glad when my diet progresses a little more and I can take stuff with me when I am on the run with the kids or whatever. Good Luck to everyone having this problem. Shawn M.

Nice to know that once again I'm not alone I guess it's just another phase, unexpected on my part, that we just get to work through. Thanks for all the replies it really helps!! Corinna Q

I am feeling the same. I was told that getting all the protein in will come with time. I don't like all the water but I am slowly getting better. The only protein drink I like so far is the Carnation IB. Any suggestions? I didn't like choc unjury or the flavor of profect I tried so far. Thanks. Kolleen RNY 11/27/06 366/357/165

I do not remember to get in my meals. I actually do get hungry in the afternoon though.... For the first two weeks, I couldnt get enough water. I find that if I am drinking the protein drinks like I should, I do not get hungry at all. I know some of it is my head as if I am working at home, I want to eat more..... However, on the days I go to my office, I forget to eat at all.....

It's a total job here. I eat by the clock according to my plan from the doc as best I can, but I constantly find myself forgetting to eat. I too would have never thought I'd find myself in this situation. I know I need to eat to heal my body and make the tool actually work, so I do my best. I'm trying to establish a routine and slow down- that's a huge one for me- I can't stuff my face on the run like I did so much in the past.

I had my surgery one day before you. I spend all day trying to eat (it takes forever) drinking (I have to force it down) and taking vitamins (really bad) I spend the whole day worrying if I am getting enough protein. It seems like I am tired all the time. They say things will get better, I sure hope so!