The 1:oo am battle with cheese pizza...

Here I sit with leftover pizza in the fridge screaming my name, at first I thought it was just being a bit hungry, however I thought about it more and I decided I am not hungry but OMG the temptation is there so instead of running to the box and eating it im gonna look at the outfit I plan to wear after my surgery... boy that pizza sure is screaming loud... guess Ill drink some water... oh god please help me, i know its you that has gotten me this far.... thank you

Becca: Well it is 4:30am, I am hopeing you were able to delay the craving long enough to have it pass. Here is my info on wt loss preop/avoiding last supper syndrome! Wishing you well! Which bariatric program are you going through? AMC? Ellis? another? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WT LOSS BEFORE SURGERY/MOTIVATION/AVOIDING THE LAST SUPPER SYNDROME In our program we are required to loose 10% of our body wt before surgery.... Loosing weight pre-op is required by many surgeons & for many reasons... and I am so happy I did! 1.. to show motivation, 2.. ability to adhere to a plan (as we will need to for life!), if you can't be mindful and able to follow restrictions pre-op how will you do it post-op? 3.. to increase your health even a modest 5-10% wt. loss is very helpful, the National Institute of health has even researched this...(hence why weigh****chers is so focused on the 10% wt loss) 4.. decreases surgical complications (by exercise and decrease wt your heart and lungs are in better shape for surgery, anesthesia and healing!)... 5.. Also psychologically it is tough going from a super-sized big Mac meal to clear liquids for 2 weeks post-op! 6.. ***MAIN ONE FOR PROTEIN SPARING or MEDIFAST DIETING***It helps shrink the liver and this eases their surgical procedure and decreases chance of nicking it.... 7.. exercising before helps you continue after! 8..The more you lose pre-op the less you will have to lose post-op and the closer to an ideal body-wt you will attain! I lost the weight by doing the food pyramid. That's it, I was eating so bad (fast food daily, large portions, consuming every high-fat/sugar thing imaginable and NOT exercising that just cutting down and walking 2 miles a day helped! For ME, it was "no one" was going to stop me from having this operation, it was my decision and all that was asked of me was to loose 30 lbs, I figured this is a small price for such a wonderful gift I would be given and the opportunity to have a healthier happier longer life....! I was so motivated/psyched; I dropped 30 pounds in 30 days and went on to drop 15 more before surgery! (Although this took me 2 months, as it got harder and I had a few last meals, we all do but you can't let this ruin your opportunity!) Exercise was another key; I faithfully walked 2 miles everyday..it helped that my mom went with me a lot! (a buddy is so helpful!) I followed the food pyramid given to me by clinical nutritionist Dr. Boham...I also wrote everything down (Many find www.fitday.com helpful for this) that went in my MOUTH!!! Or you can get food pyramid/bullseye version at: http://www.xenical.com/hcp/1400_Am_Beye.pdf I also had to remind myself how BAD I wanted this! Everyday it was/had to be more important to me to change my bad habits and lose weight to have this surgery than to continue to slowly kill myself with food/keep myself from the only hope I had!. I also told everyone about my plans and they helped support me, my friends/family and coworkers! I really can't give you any more guidance than this, it really had to come from within, it was a mindset with me, and I wanted this BAD real bad and I knew it was my last resort/chance! I felt invigorated and motivated by the end results...the long-term had to outweigh the short-term gratification of eating bad choices or overeating! It was a learning opportunity for me to change my habits and practice chewing well, not drinking with meals and eating smaller portions, giving up sugar/caffeine/carbonation/alcohol (if any of those are your issues, carbonation/caffeine/alcohol weren't issues for me)! So a few weeks/months of healthy habits to lose pre-op wt is not a lot if you frame it right! IT IS NOT FOREVER and it is about starting this journey! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Take Care, Jamie Lap RNY 10/9/02 Dr. Singh 320/163 5'9'' (lost 45# before surgery) Plastics 6/9/04 & 11/11/2005 Dr. King "Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect, it just means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections!"

Becca, Been there done that, I have complete sympathy. I am now 10 days out and last night, even with the gastric band and post op pains I wanted to get a pizza pie. Remember the desire is mental not a physical need. Keep finding ways to distract yourself. The desire will still come but you will have some way to fight it off. Drinking the water and looking at that dress were great ways.. Good luck and easy surgery. Sandra

Becca, I hope you managed to fend off your craving ! I know it takes alot to do it but you can , I know you can ! I had a really tough day yesterday ! I was stressed to the max with a situation with my daughter whom is 18 yrs. old and has already become a mother of 2 children. As you probably already know , I am on the Medifast and have been since the 26th of January. Well I was reduced to tears yesterday b/c all the stress that I took on made me want to comfort myself with food so badly that I broke down crying ! I wanted so badly to eat (pig out ) but knew that if I did then I would be putting this surgery and everything that I have been through thus far at risk , so I fought like hell to overcome it ! I did , I cried and cried but I got through it ! I ain't gonna lie , IT WAS HARD ! Like Jamie said , you have to look for ways to keep you occupied when this happens. I got on the OH site and started reading profiles, drank my Medifast shake and started to feel better . It helped to put things back in prospective ! Hey, the food I wanted to pig out on was none other then PIZZA ! It is my favorite comfort food ! But it also has comforted me to my current weight issue so now I need to look at it as something that someday I might beable to eat for a treat for having good behavior and not something that will comfort me thinking that it will take all my problems away ! Hun, I know it is awful hard but you can do this ! Be strong ! Stick to what you know is right ! You are gonna have to go on this Medifast and if you can change a few things now then the easier it will be when you do ! I wish you much success at overcoming those craving's ! Remember YOU CAN DO IT !!!!!!! and , Carol