Eating like a crazy woman before pre-op diet starts

I have to start my pre-operative low carb diet next week for my surgery on 9/22. I feel like I will never get to have candy or cheeseburgers or Alcohol ever again! So I have really been bingeing on these types of foods lately, even more than I ever did in the past. Has anyone else ever faced this feeling? What did you do to stop this insanity?

It's not a great idea, but you know that. If you search food funerals on here, you'll see you're not alone though.

If your program has you on a plan of some type already, you should try to stick to it. Mine had me making weekly changes for the 6 months prior to help my head be in a good place for the future but didn't have a formal 2 weeks before diet or put me on liquid for X time pre-op. The head stuff is the hardest part so I appreciate that now.

Good luck!

Thanks for the reply. My head truly understands, but my nerves don't seem to. I think talking about it with people who DO understand is going to be the best thing. I will take your advice and look at food funeral posts. Thanks again!

The only thing that I am not able to eat or drink again is: absolutely nothing. I eat candy, cheeseburgers, lasagna, chocolate cake, drink milkshakes or margaritas.

I had RNY in October, 2007. After surgery, I made my milkshakes with protein powder. Now I can get one from the Dairy Queen if I want. For the first years, I was very careful to avoid most carbs. It was not hard at all, because I was never hungry and could eat very little after surgery.

Food funerals are not real. Make up your mind to lose all your excess weight and another 20 pounds to allow for the regain phase. Then you will develop good habits and be able to maintain your weight loss for life.

Thanks for the encouragement, I know I'll be okay once I have BS, but just feeling a bit anxious this side of it. Also, that's interesting that you said "plus 20 for the regain phase", I haven't heard much about this phenomenon. I just assumed individuals just fell back into their old habits. Guess I'll have to read up on it.

Thanks for the encouragement. I'll have to read more about the regain phase.

very, very common to put on 10-20 lbs after hitting your lowest weight. It usually happens during year 2 or 3.

once you're out a ways from surgery, nothing is off-limits. You'll likely be able to eat all those things again - although just occasionally and in smaller amounts.

I didn't go hogwild before my two-week pre-op diet, although we did go out a couple of times that week before so I could enjoy a couple of my favorite dishes that I knew I wouldn't be able to eat again for awhile. But I didn't go overboard. I was desperate to lose weight and had a lot to lose - and I was in the right mindset to do it.

Actually, at our class, they stated that we should be prepared to never have carbonation, fruit or sugar again. And Very rarely alcohol or caffeine. Mostly high protein with a small amount of vegetables and of course lots of water. So, it is interesting to see what's in your reply as well as the others. Thanks for the info.

Alcohol does effect you much more extremely after surgery and you'll find lots of opinions that (and be sure to do your research on transfer addiction before you have any alcohol); nothing wrong with avoiding sugar, and you will want to very much if you dump or have reactive hypoglycemia. My bloodstream is at least 50% coffee though.