** WHY EAT AROUND YOUR SURGERY***
I dont want to eat around the surgery. DID I SAY I WAS NEVER GOING TO DO SO?
I thank you for your response, and a long one indeed.
I love the saying, point a finger and 3 are pointing right back at ya!
get on your hands and knees... giggles... kidding...
I just fear eating around the surgery. I am a food addict
I wish you all the success in your recovery journey
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"Keeping The Faith!" "Slim by Summer!"
HW: 250 - SW: 241 - CW: 154.7- GW: 140
1 month: 22 pounds (216) 2 months: 12.2 pounds (203.8) 3 months: 10.6 (193.2)
4 months: 9.7 lbs (183.5) 5 Months: 6 pounds (177.5 ) 6 Months: 12 lbs ( 165.5)
7 Months 7.1 lbs (158.4) 8 Months +1.6 pounds(159.8) 9 Months 2.7 pounds (157.1)
10 Months 8.1 lbs (149) 11 months +2 pounds ( 151) 1 YEAR!!! 2.6 pounds (148.4)
Hit "One-derland April 9th, 2011 (199.7)
"Half-Way Goal" April 25th, 2011 (194.8)
"Happyland 80`s" May 14, 2011 (189.6)
"Groovyland 70`s" June 20th 2011 (179.9)
" HippyDippyland 60's" July 16th (169.8)
" CQQL-land 50`s" August 25th ( 159.8)
"Normal BMI" 24.8 October 21st, 2011 (154.5) I am 5`6
"AWESOME-land 40's" Dec 1st 2011 (149)
"Century Club 100 Pounds" Dec 1st 2011 (149)
' ONE YEAR SURGIVERSARY!!!"
Two Year Surgiversary!!!"
I dont want to eat around the surgery. DID I SAY I WAS NEVER GOING TO DO SO?
I thank you for your response, and a long one indeed.
I love the saying, point a finger and 3 are pointing right back at ya!
get on your hands and knees... giggles... kidding...
I just fear eating around the surgery. I am a food addict
I wish you all the success in your recovery journey
At age 45, I'd been dieting for THIRTY-FIVE years, and I knew---I was NOT good at it. I could NOT stick to a diet, long-term, which is why I always regained everything I'd lost. And I knew that surgery on my stomach wasn't going to change my brain.
I KNEW that there was no way I could spend the rest of my life denying myself the foods I loved. I knew I would once again eat cheesecake, ice cream, cheeseburgers, pizza, etc.---so I chose a surgery that was okay with that.
I had the DS. Like the VSG, it removed 85% of my stomach, giving me something I'd never had before---portion control AND satiety. And it got rid of my unceasing, grinding hunger.
And it gave me significant, permanent malabsorption of calories. Unlike pre-op, my body now actually NEEDS about 3000 calories a day to maintain itself. And at seven years post-op, I'm eating that much and STILL losing a pound here and there.
I KNEW I would fail if I set myself up to have to count calories and stay away from "bad" foods. Nothing makes me want something like telling me I can't have it. Tell me I can't eat a cow pattie, and what do I immediately want? Yep, that's right---a cow pattie, preferably with cheese on top.(*grin*)
You want to know why post-ops eat things that they "shouldn't"? They're human, and eating is a pleasure. If it was as easy as just saying "Oh, I'm never going to eat THAT," then I imagine most of us would never have had a weight problem.
I probably have the equivalent to one mini cheesecake every six months.... which is to say four mini slices over a six month period. Haven't regained yet.
Potato chips knock me into a carb coma.... BAD for me. I avoid them. My choices are based on MY needs. I choose to eat what I want (for myself because I'm too thin), and because this isNOT a diet. This is my life. And my life includes an indulgence now and again. As long as it doesn't make me dump, and I don't regain, what is wrong with it. Not everything I ever eat is just for the promotion of nutrition.. Some is for pleasure too.
I tried a mini candy bar at Halloween because it was there adn it was tempting, and I was tempted. I had enough faith in myself to believe that I could try that candy bar and NOT eat the entire bag. You know what? I was right to have faith and trust in myself. NOT everyone can do that. It didn't kill me. It didn't make me regain. It gave my deprived mouth pleasure. It brought me to a new sense of my LIFE that was ahead of me, and that I could have a tiny indulgence here and there, enjoy it, and not go hogwild. I think it was a GOOD moment for me. I might have taken longer to get to goal than if I didn't enjoy chocolate..... but I still got to goal and enjoyed doing it. What's wrong with that?
I'm not abusing my surgery. I'm savoring the freedom to eat like any normal thin human being. I'm honoring my surgery by not allowing it to RUN MY LIFE.
Feel free to avoid candy.... that is entirely your purview. Me...I'm going to enjoy chocolate pretty much every day of my life. So what if I eventually stop losing and gain back 15 pounds (my goal, actually, to gain back 15 pounds).... if I can weight 15 lbs more than what I do now AND eat chocolate every day of my life, I'm the winner.
~Lady Lithia~ 200 lbs lost!
March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
I chased my dreams, and my dreams, they caught me!
HW / SW / CW / GW 299 / 287 / 160 / 140 Feb '09 / Mar '09 / Dec '13 /Aug '10
Appendicitis/Bowel Obstruction Surgery 8/21/10
Beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma! 7/15/2011 - 1/26/2012 
Ran Half-Marathon 10/14/2012
First Pregnancy, Due 8/12/14 I LOVE MY DS!!!
Appreciate your feedback. I fear eating around my surgery as well as I hear all the people that do. I dont want to do that.
" WHY TRY IT!"
✿ L♦O♦V♦E ✿ & ✿ P♦E♦A♦C♦E ✿ღ ✿ & F♦R♦I♦E♦N♦D♦S ✿ ღ
"Keeping The Faith!" "Slim by Summer!"
HW: 250 - SW: 241 - CW: 154.7- GW: 140
1 month: 22 pounds (216) 2 months: 12.2 pounds (203.8) 3 months: 10.6 (193.2)
4 months: 9.7 lbs (183.5) 5 Months: 6 pounds (177.5 ) 6 Months: 12 lbs ( 165.5)
7 Months 7.1 lbs (158.4) 8 Months +1.6 pounds(159.8) 9 Months 2.7 pounds (157.1)
10 Months 8.1 lbs (149) 11 months +2 pounds ( 151) 1 YEAR!!! 2.6 pounds (148.4)
Hit "One-derland April 9th, 2011 (199.7)
"Half-Way Goal" April 25th, 2011 (194.8)
"Happyland 80`s" May 14, 2011 (189.6)
"Groovyland 70`s" June 20th 2011 (179.9)
" HippyDippyland 60's" July 16th (169.8)
" CQQL-land 50`s" August 25th ( 159.8)
"Normal BMI" 24.8 October 21st, 2011 (154.5) I am 5`6
"AWESOME-land 40's" Dec 1st 2011 (149)
"Century Club 100 Pounds" Dec 1st 2011 (149)
' ONE YEAR SURGIVERSARY!!!"
Two Year Surgiversary!!!"
I try very hard to answer people in a neutral manner that will best help their question, but I feel compelled to state at this point that I agree with the attitude towards food of the other prior posters (before my msg). Moderation is the key to long-term success. Food is not evil unless you give it the power to be so. That means it *CAN* be. It doesn't mean it absolutely is. There truly is a difference. It's up to you in terms of how you perceive it & the power you may or may not allow it to exert over your actions.
Ticker:
I got mine at tickerfactory.com You set up an account & select which background & ticker instrument you want to show, along with whether you want pounds lost or weight markers. You then copy & paste the resulting picture that is generated into the section under OH that is "my account/ messages/ signature" Paste it in the signature box. In the future, you can double click on your picture from your signature box or any of your posts & it will take you to tickerfactory.com where you need you password to update.
Ticker aside: It is my personal belief that you will find more support here in the future if you believe that others have the same right to their opinion as you do to yours. Best of luck in finding what you can have here on OH - a great source of support & family. How you proceed will affect that liklihood & it really does go back to that age old golden rule of treating others how you want to be treated.
HW / SW / CW / GW 299 / 287 / 160 / 140 Feb '09 / Mar '09 / Dec '13 /Aug '10
Appendicitis/Bowel Obstruction Surgery 8/21/10
Beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma! 7/15/2011 - 1/26/2012
Ran Half-Marathon 10/14/2012
First Pregnancy, Due 8/12/14 I LOVE MY DS!!!
Thank you for sharing
✿ L♦O♦V♦E ✿ & ✿ P♦E♦A♦C♦E ✿ღ ✿ & F♦R♦I♦E♦N♦D♦S ✿ ღ
"Keeping The Faith!" "Slim by Summer!"
HW: 250 - SW: 241 - CW: 154.7- GW: 140
1 month: 22 pounds (216) 2 months: 12.2 pounds (203.8) 3 months: 10.6 (193.2)
4 months: 9.7 lbs (183.5) 5 Months: 6 pounds (177.5 ) 6 Months: 12 lbs ( 165.5)
7 Months 7.1 lbs (158.4) 8 Months +1.6 pounds(159.8) 9 Months 2.7 pounds (157.1)
10 Months 8.1 lbs (149) 11 months +2 pounds ( 151) 1 YEAR!!! 2.6 pounds (148.4)
Hit "One-derland April 9th, 2011 (199.7)
"Half-Way Goal" April 25th, 2011 (194.8)
"Happyland 80`s" May 14, 2011 (189.6)
"Groovyland 70`s" June 20th 2011 (179.9)
" HippyDippyland 60's" July 16th (169.8)
" CQQL-land 50`s" August 25th ( 159.8)
"Normal BMI" 24.8 October 21st, 2011 (154.5) I am 5`6
"AWESOME-land 40's" Dec 1st 2011 (149)
"Century Club 100 Pounds" Dec 1st 2011 (149)
' ONE YEAR SURGIVERSARY!!!"
Two Year Surgiversary!!!"
And I am addicted to refined carbs, mainly sugar and flour, particularly together but in any combination. Once I put something with sugar or flour in my body it sets up a craving and I cannot stop eating it. It always starts with me convincing myself that I can have something in moderation. And it always ends with me stuffing my face with whatever it was I was so sure I could eat in moderation. I don't do moderation, unless it is housework or exercise. Trying to eat things with sugar or flour in moderation is like trying to stay friends with an ex. An abusive ex. It never ends well.
So I out ate my first surgery. Why bother even trying again? I really didn't give it much thought to be honest. I was having bad side effects and needed a revision to my surgery and my surgeon told me he could give me a pouch if I wanted. All I was thinking is that I gained 100 lbs with malabsorption. What would I do when the malabsorption was gone? My surgeon even warned me that I might not lose weight. Maybe because of my history, who knows. All I cared about was not gaining more.
So I agreed to a pouch without really knowing what I was getting in to.
Fortunately I haven't had any problems. I detoxed off of refined carbs in the hospital. Heavy duty drugs help. I knew I could dump if I ate sugar and I have heard it is a very unpleasant experience so I don't test it out. I just assume I will dump and I don't go there. Once the carbs were out of my system the craving was gone and it was easy to stay away from them. Knowing my history I don't allow myself to flirt with the idea of having them in moderation. I just accept that it won't work. By the grace of God I have no hunger so it is easy right now. I know it may not always be this way. I know that it is very possible that I may get hungry again and I may convince myself that it is ok to have that piece of cake or whatever. I know what kind of addict I am. I never say never. I just take it one day at a time. When I had my last surgery I never planned on regaining most of my weight, either.
So I don't judge anyone that regains. There but for the grace of God go I, or should I say, I went. And could easily go again. Maybe even probably. Just not today.
WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010
High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.
GOD BLESS you! it sounds like your doing well. Are you in OA? I hear you.
✿ L♦O♦V♦E ✿ & ✿ P♦E♦A♦C♦E ✿ღ ✿ & F♦R♦I♦E♦N♦D♦S ✿ ღ
"Keeping The Faith!" "Slim by Summer!"
HW: 250 - SW: 241 - CW: 154.7- GW: 140
1 month: 22 pounds (216) 2 months: 12.2 pounds (203.8) 3 months: 10.6 (193.2)
4 months: 9.7 lbs (183.5) 5 Months: 6 pounds (177.5 ) 6 Months: 12 lbs ( 165.5)
7 Months 7.1 lbs (158.4) 8 Months +1.6 pounds(159.8) 9 Months 2.7 pounds (157.1)
10 Months 8.1 lbs (149) 11 months +2 pounds ( 151) 1 YEAR!!! 2.6 pounds (148.4)
Hit "One-derland April 9th, 2011 (199.7)
"Half-Way Goal" April 25th, 2011 (194.8)
"Happyland 80`s" May 14, 2011 (189.6)
"Groovyland 70`s" June 20th 2011 (179.9)
" HippyDippyland 60's" July 16th (169.8)
" CQQL-land 50`s" August 25th ( 159.8)
"Normal BMI" 24.8 October 21st, 2011 (154.5) I am 5`6
"AWESOME-land 40's" Dec 1st 2011 (149)
"Century Club 100 Pounds" Dec 1st 2011 (149)
' ONE YEAR SURGIVERSARY!!!"
Two Year Surgiversary!!!"
