What's Your Biggest Struggle?
I struggle with eating. If I could survive on protein drinks and coffee, never eating solids, I would be totally fine. I push myself to eat solid food at least twice a day, but I hate my new feeling of fullness so much that I go to borderline ridiculous measures to avoid it. I don't have a stricture or any other mechanical issue with my sleeve, I just don't like the feeling of food in my stomach. Considering that pre-op I was a serious volume eater - I didn't crave candy, but would eat an entire bag if it was in front of me, that kind of thing - this flip to having a complete aversion to food has really messed with my head.
My biggest problem is remaining depressed with the realization that even though i have gone from a top of 428 toto 198, i am still a fat person with fat moves. I graze at nite i cheat on carrots and nuts and string cheese. I still brain freeze on ice pops. I have cut my water intake but i cant stand it with or without crystal lite anymore. I want something warm to drink. So im on the other side of the fence...under 200 but i amstill fat, obese, hungry grazing beast that i was before. Fooey
I am 2 weeks post op and I'm not really struggeling with swallowing or anything BUT I do struggle with the portien I get per day.....and it scares me to get really sick. Some advice I received about a month ago was to set my timer on my phone, I have mine set for every 2.5 hours, to eat/drink some sort of protien so I don't bottom out (pale, sweating--that feeling after having a fever and it breaks) This also means that I take a protien shake with me where ever I go and or a 100 calorie greek yogurt because it has 10 grams of protien in it. I also get tired pretty easy still....so go go go is not something I am able to do yet....give yourself some time to recover! Remeber,...it's a life style change, NOT an easy fix, as there is nothing easy about it! Good luck today!
