The Last Supper Syndrome

Hey Everyone,

I need to lose 20 pounds before I can get OK'd for surgery ... and yet I am reaching for inappropriate foods now more than ever. I've set up an appointment with a dietician this week and hope she can give me a good food plan and some inspiration. Surgery is within sight, yet I seem to be heading in the opposite direction! Oy.

Jim 

OMG! I know how you feel. When I finally was given a date I freaked out and wanted nothing but candy bars. And not just one but I had to try every single kind!  I continued to eat crappy because I knew in a short time I wouldn't be able to have those foods anymore. Dont worry it's normal. Do you go to the gym? Exercise helped me out a lot . Even when I did eat something I shouldn't have going to the gym helped shed the pounds. Good luck!

Thank you Christy, for the encouragement! I know that my brain chemistry (and thus hunger) will change once I get exercising. As soon as I get used to it, I'm fine. It's the starting that's the problem! But now it's D-day. The time is now! - jim

 And, you'll be able to taste all the foods.  I don't feel deprived at all.

On my pre-op, I used sibrutamin to help me lose weight. Ask your doctor if this will be useful for you.

Jim,
I am also a patient of Dr.A's. You are in great hands!!!!!!
Right now loosing those 20 pounds is your #1 priority!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you need to talk, give me a shout, I work in Rocky Hill so it would be easy to meet.

MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!!!

Which dietician are you seeing? Whichever one it is she will really help you with all of this. I lost my weight for him using the maintenance diet. Like Rich said you are in great hands!

Dont panic.. Go in with a game plan... The Dietitian is a nice place to start. Meeting with a psychologist might not be such a bad thing either.. ... May I also suggest picking up a copy of Nutrition For Dummy's.  It will help you understand nutrition better also Weigh****chers Before surgery was very helpful to me after surgery.  Weigh****chers much as we DREAD it offers A LOT in the way of education that Ive found very useful now.  They also offer support and though you will find in the WLS community Weigh****cher for many people seams to be easier to get to.

I wish I could say the magic words and take away the head hunger, but I can't. However I can tell you what works for me;  I too am trying to lose 20lbs. so I can get my date and I struggle everyday-but it's about choice.

Every time I'm faced with an unhealthy food option I know that I have the choice to stay the same person and eat it, or decide that I want to make a change and turn it down. I think of those foods as poison to the person that I want to become and remind myself of the goals that I need to achieve.

I wish you the best of luck and I hope that the nut gives you the tools and plan to help you find success!!

Greetings from NC.  Thank God I found a place for the LGBT support on this lifelong journey. About two week prior to my surgery which was May 1, 2009, I had a last prep visit and had gained 5 pounds which really upset my doctor. I was on that "this will be my last chance to eat it" diet (pizza, pasta, hamburgers). He told me I had two weeks to lose the weight I had gained and then some. So I went on an Adkins' diet which is my standard anyway and I lost 10 pounds. I do very well on Adkins because I love meat, eggs and cheese. Maybe a low carb, low calorie meal plan will get you were you need to be. For the occasional snack there is soy chips that you can find in most grocery stores. I think they are better than potato chips and are full of protein and light on the carbs. Greetings from NC.  Thank