What has been the most difficult?

What  have you found to be the most difficult thing since your surgery?

I'm 2 years out. The first year was much easier. Now what's difficult for me is staying away from "slider foods" and making good food choices. I've always been a food addict and always will be.

Which wls are you considering jjwbuster?

I was originally considering the band but think the RNY may be the way to go for me.

I agree with Krista, staying away from things like ice cream, that slide right through, is the most difficult. Overall, I find I am less and less interested in eating at all.

I’m pretty new to the “banded world".

 

What I find the most difficult is head hunger and accepting the fact that food just isn’t the same anymore.

 

Before supper, my head gets all excited because I am eating a particular thing, but then once I begin eating, it doesn’t taste as good as I thought it would and I have to literally force myself to eat.

 

I am supposed to eat a cup each meal and so far I haven’t been able to at all. I can probably eat about ¾ of a cup and then I have to stop because I start feeling really really full.

 

Also, I am having a hard time with the quantity vs. timeframe. I’m supposed to eat a cup within 30 minutes but I can’t seem to get the proper “rhythm". I either eat too slow or too fast.

 

The whole adjusting to this new life has been the most difficult for me but it’s getting better day by day, and I’m sure it will be much easier for me to adapt to a new routine once I begin solids on August 19^th.

 

M

 

What are slider foods and what problem do they cause?

Slider foods are foods that can go through the band easily, such as Ice Cream, Chips, Cookies, chocolate, all that bad stuff.

 

The band is meant to limit portions when you eat solids because it restricts solids from sliding through the band at a fast pace. When you eat slider foods (which are usually bad for you anyway), they go through the band easily so really it defeats the purpose of the band all together.

 

What’s worst is that you can eat more than you should and they are usually food high in calories.

For me adjusting to my RnY.

As far as eating goes, that's a no brainer. I don't have to think about it or worry that I'll eat the right foods or not. If it is too sweet or too much carbs, I will either dump or throw it back up. No brainer.  There are still quite a few foods I cannot eat and finally have accepted that. 

I went through a grieving process for food for awhile.  Like grief though, it passed with time. I no longer miss the foods that I loved. They wouldn't taste the same anyway.  The term "love food" no longer exists in my vocabulary. Food is no longer something to be loved or not loved. It is just fuel for the body. No more, no less..I am just as happy with a slice of bread with cheese whiz as I am with a full course meat and veg meal.

For me the worse thing now is trying to control my pain. I have degenerative disc disease with 4 flattened discs plus arthritis in my hips, shoulders and back. I am frequently in considerable pain that hot baths and Tylenol don't touch. I did learn though that I may be able to take nsaids if I take Losec with them. I will find out for sure.

All in all, I am glad I had RnY. I would not have wanted any other type of wls. JMHO