Feelings of Food

I am leaving for Mexico on Monday!  The countdown,,,,!  The pre-op diet has been pretty easy to live with.  I am doing 2 shakes a day and a meal with green vegetables and lean meat (NO OIL OR BUTTER)  or a Lean Cruisine or a Weigh****chers meal.  You can have sugar free jello or add a soup if you are hungry.  The last 2 days before surgery - liquids only.  NOT BAD!

I had a course in Winnipeg for 2 days this week.  We were near Polo Park, so I went there at lunch time.  THE FOOD COURT!  The smells and temptations.  I grabed a homemade soup (so they say) from the Itatlian place.  I sat there and sipped at my soup and watched the people.  Thought about the issue of food.  I wanted to have all those bad foods that aren't good for you, and why do we want them?  Food is a fuel!?  Why do we ingest all these things that make us happy at the time and then later because we are overweight ...we are now miserable!  So after I ate..I wallked the mall, I looked in all the windows of the the stores where I presently can't buy clothes, (Becasue I am overweight-----and if you walked in there--the sales clerks would be thinking that we don't have anything in their size, what are they doing in here!)   WELL!  I am going to be shopping in those store soon...and so are all my WLS friends!

Then on my way out of the city I thought I better go grocery shopping so my husband would have food while I am gone and so when I get home from Mexico, I have what I need in the house...because who knows how I am going to feel.  THERE AGAIN!  FOOD!    F***!

Every where you turn - you think - celebrate - involving food!

Your brain, feelings of food, that is a whole differnt issue all together! WLS doesn't fix that.  Day by day!

These were thoughts I had the last few days and I wanted to share them.

Pam

YAY! Pam I am so thrilled for you, not only do you get your surgery..you get to GET OUT OF THIS CRAP WEATHER!..LOL

Ugh! I hear you on the whole food feeling thing! Just this morning I had to join my kids at their school for the festival du voyageur pancake breakfast..*sigh* My husband was supposed to go with hem, but he woke up feeling terrible. I was going to just send them to school and they could eat later with their classes, but they whined and carried on..so Mom went. I ate the stupid sausages(which were good) and brought the pancakes for the toddler and the hubby. It wasn't so bad, but I was still annoyed with having to watch people scarfing down pancakes..LOL

I'm French..so food is huge, kinda the same as Italians..LOL Somebody gets married, we eat, gets born, we eat, dies..we eat..someone visits..we eat..yeah so we pretty much eat for every thing. Right now since I am trying to maximize my weight loss, I'm not eating everything and anything. So I can be a bit of a grouch..especially when my faves are being served. I wish the surgery fixed out heads too, but it doesn't. That's all up to us to change our thinking and to think of food as fuel(most of the time)

WE WILL GET THERE!!  We are all going to support each other...cuz we ROCK!

Have a great trip girl! Can't wait to hear all about it and see you next month :)

Good luck! Hope everything goes great! Some people will do anything to get away from this horrendous winter we're having! Joking!! Take good care. Keep us posted on how your doing....I know the frustration your feeling about food, I'm the same as I try to lose some weight I had previously lost. Keep a journal, I'm finding it really helps.

Hi Pam,

Monday! Good for you.

I am impressed that you managed to turn yourself away from the Food Court and over to the clothing stores. It would never occur to me to do that!

The good news is that WLS does change some of your feelings about food. Don't get me wrong, I have cravings just like I ever did and still gravitate towards foods that I shouldn't. However, I don't have the same desire to binge. Now that a little food satisfies me, as long as I can taste what I crave, I can usually manage to sample without overindulging. That said, I still sometimes have too many carbs, and they are just empty calories. I am afraid that will always be a big temptation for me.

You are so right, all we can do is face our issues day by day. Checking in here regularly helps because I know that I am not alone.

I hope everything goes well for you.
Take Care,

Tanya

I so get what you are saying Pam.  That has been the biggest hurdle and struggle for me.  I guess I really did not understand that I will not eat like I did before.  I ended up potentially causing harm because I wanted to eat something crunchy.  THis is REAL.  I have been really struggling this week.  Food is everywhere.  That is not going to change.  It is me who needs to change.  I have suffered for three days with intense stomach pain because of that stupid decision I made.  I am finally feeling a bit better.  Thank the Lord. 
So we will all be thinking for you as you depart for San Diego.  All the best my friend.  I am wishing you a smooth and easy recovery.  Take care and God Bless. Keep us posted when you are up to it.

Good luck...I had a friend who did her surgery there a year ago and she is doing great. I think that once you don't have the capability to eat huge amounts little amounts will satify you too. My surgery is booked in Wpg on March 8. Why are you going away for yours? was it the wait time?

Sue