Food Pushers directly after surgery
I just replied to a post regarding drinking the shakes before surgery. It made me think about how I felt the first two weeks after surgery.
I felt like everywhere I turned was food. It was like food was being pushed down my throat. You can't drive from point A to point B literally without passing a fast food joint, store, restaurant, billboard, person at the stop light eating in there car. Same with TV and radio, food food food. I felt like I was in hell with food tempting me at every turn (like a cartoon Really). It wasn't like I was hungry if anything I was the opposite bc I was being very diligent about following instructions and afraid to eat in that it might hurt. I just found the whole experience interesting bc I have never in all my dieting felt that overwhelmed by the world of "food pushers".
Just thought I'd put it out there for those on having a hard time with the shakes. I found the month of pre-op shakes easier than the battle of looking at all the things I wouldn't be eating for the 2-4 weeks after surgery.
I felt like everywhere I turned was food. It was like food was being pushed down my throat. You can't drive from point A to point B literally without passing a fast food joint, store, restaurant, billboard, person at the stop light eating in there car. Same with TV and radio, food food food. I felt like I was in hell with food tempting me at every turn (like a cartoon Really). It wasn't like I was hungry if anything I was the opposite bc I was being very diligent about following instructions and afraid to eat in that it might hurt. I just found the whole experience interesting bc I have never in all my dieting felt that overwhelmed by the world of "food pushers".
Just thought I'd put it out there for those on having a hard time with the shakes. I found the month of pre-op shakes easier than the battle of looking at all the things I wouldn't be eating for the 2-4 weeks after surgery.
I know what you mean. I feel the same way now. I am sitting watching TV and all of a sudden here is a commercial for Applebee's or DQ, Taco Bell, and the list goes on and on.
Taco Bell isn't too bad since I go once a week to get the beans and cheese. It is NO Wonder people are over weight with the food pushers out there.
I am only 1 month postop but I try to stick to the plan. I have trouble getting my protein and water in daily still, but I am trying.
Yeah, you don't realize til after surgery how much subliminal food messages there are out there. I find now I either mute the commercials or record the program on my DVR so I can skip the commericals.
You might try pre planning your day to get all your protein in. You could easily throw in a protein shake, cheese, yogurt or nuts to get your protein up during the day.
You might try pre planning your day to get all your protein in. You could easily throw in a protein shake, cheese, yogurt or nuts to get your protein up during the day.
The amazing thing is that this is not just true about food. We have a tendency to notice the things we want and can't have. When I was younger before I had children, I thought I would never get pregnant. I was under a doctors care receiving fertility treatments. Keeping charts, and having tests, and medical procedures, etc. It was an emotional roller coaster. This went on for two years and I swear all I saw on TV was ads for baby food, diapers, equipment and so on. When I went out to the mall or a restaurant I seemed every other person I saw was carrying an infant. It is facinating how the miind works
I never realized before about how bad we are about that in this country, until the week after I returned here from my surgery in Brazil.
Down in Brazil, I saw only ONE fastfood place in the big resort city I was in, and that was a solitary McDs just a few blocks from my beachfront hotel.
I was told by my concierge that that place was really there primarily for "the (American?) tourists" .. 
They just did not have chain fastfood places in Brazil, or big fattening foods, either, being advertised on the T.V. and radio all the time there, unlike here .. Brazilians prefer to make nutritious, homemade meals rather than eat out, I was told. Eating out is something they do primarily for special occasions, like birthdays, only. Even then, their cafes seem to focus on healthy foods, like lean beef and fish dishes, rarely anything fried, breaded or "high fat". I remember when I was shopping for supplies at the Walmart Super Center down there, looking for canned soups and being surprised at not finding any. Apparently, they do NOT cotton to canned soups there, preferring instead to make their own healthy ones at home. 
They are also big exercise and "appearance" fanatics in that country. It seemed everyone was jogging or walking for exercise along the long, beachfront sidewalk every early a.m. that I was there .. 
It was even divided into four "lanes", IIRC, with one for people on bikes and one for "slower" pedestrians ..
When I got back to the States, it was a real eye-opening experience. I remember going to a Chili's my first time back and being amazed at what everyone (even young kids) around me was wolfing down, in terms of content and amount .. I just wanted to go up to them and yell, "STOP, you don't have to do that to yourself!" or something ..
I couldn't believe I used to be just like them, as a pre-op. No wonder I was so huge .. 
Down in Brazil, I saw only ONE fastfood place in the big resort city I was in, and that was a solitary McDs just a few blocks from my beachfront hotel.
I was told by my concierge that that place was really there primarily for "the (American?) tourists" .. They just did not have chain fastfood places in Brazil, or big fattening foods, either, being advertised on the T.V. and radio all the time there, unlike here .. Brazilians prefer to make nutritious, homemade meals rather than eat out, I was told. Eating out is something they do primarily for special occasions, like birthdays, only. Even then, their cafes seem to focus on healthy foods, like lean beef and fish dishes, rarely anything fried, breaded or "high fat". I remember when I was shopping for supplies at the Walmart Super Center down there, looking for canned soups and being surprised at not finding any. Apparently, they do NOT cotton to canned soups there, preferring instead to make their own healthy ones at home. They are also big exercise and "appearance" fanatics in that country. It seemed everyone was jogging or walking for exercise along the long, beachfront sidewalk every early a.m. that I was there .. It was even divided into four "lanes", IIRC, with one for people on bikes and one for "slower" pedestrians .. When I got back to the States, it was a real eye-opening experience. I remember going to a Chili's my first time back and being amazed at what everyone (even young kids) around me was wolfing down, in terms of content and amount .. I just wanted to go up to them and yell, "STOP, you don't have to do that to yourself!" or something ..
I couldn't believe I used to be just like them, as a pre-op. No wonder I was so huge .. Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
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