What is your relationship with food and has it changed?

I know that my relationship with food was very different pre-op and even in the post op period when I was losing weight than it is now. Pre-op, I really used food to deal with anger, frustration, loneliness, and celebrations. While I was losing weight post op, I had more of an idealist, almost adolescent relationship with food, meaning that things seemed to be good or bad, right or wrong, without much gray area. Now that I'm 3 yrs post op, I find that I seemed to have found a generally healthy balance. I don't deny myself any type of food, but I now have an awareness of the value of what I'm eating and do a much better job of maintaining a balance that helps me maintain my weight. I think that balance is what I was missing pre-op and to an extent, but necessarily so for the first year post op. 

So no matter where you are in your journey, have you looked at your relationship with food? If so, has it changed at all and how?

Yehuda,

It sounds to me like you have made some seismic shifts in your thoughts and actions as they relate to food.  I was much like you in my weight loss phase, but have to admit that now, I do enjoy eating socially, however it is not the 'only way' I socialize anymore, where it was before. I congratulate you on your success and wish you all the best as you continue your journey. 

Welcome to my circle of friends!

Shalom,

Barb

Yehuda,

I think that it is very true that we do help ourselves as we reach out to help others.

Lots of guys freak out... suddenly their relationship isn't the same and now there is this ticking bomb that will change their lives forever. Some guys are weirded out by the changes in your body... not that it grosses them out, but they just don't know how to process it. They can be afraid of hurting the baby by having sex or worried about all kinds of things like that.

Guys also sometimes dont' really connect with the baby until they see it. You are aware of your baby 24-7... you are bonding with him/her. Guys don't have that same connection. Ultrasounds or hearing the heartbeat are often ways that guys suddenly feel its real. 3-D ultrasounds even more-so because you see what your baby is going to look like and suddenly you realize thats a person in there.
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