I don't wanna eat!!!

OK, a little whining today. I don't feel like eating.  Everything I think of eating just makes me grimmace. I'm drinking fine and protein drinks are no problem, but the thought of any food today is very unpleasant. Surely this is temporary and I'm not the only one, right?

Hi Danny, No, you're not the only one. I'm just over 6 months post-WSL and there have been periods when I've had to force myself to eat "real food." Even then, I have to watch that I don't get into a rut. My program nurse continues to assure me that I can enjoy a variety of foods without going crazy or gaining weight. Being prone to obsessive-compulsive all-or-nothing thinking, I have always found it easier to eat without limits or to starve myself. And we all know where there got me--and many of us Locker Room guys. I am finding that--in spite of myself--I am entering into longer and longer periods of "relaxed vigilance." I eat with less fear; enjoy a sane variety; think less and less about food. Maybe that's what "regular" folks do. Don't despair, you'll do fine. As you can, force yourself to add a little food to your day and you'll break out your temporary pattern. Doug

Hey Danny, Yep, same here! I still have a problem in the mornings. I have to make myself eat breakfast and lunch, otherwise I won't eat anything until about 6 P.M. The problem with that is, if I don't eat through the day, then I'm freakin' starvin' at dinnertime. And if I don'****ch it, then it's easy for me to eat too much. Even though your body is telling you that it doesn't need food, it needs food. Take advantage of not being hungry and eat a little something for breakfast, a little something for lunch, just make sure not to eat empty calories/carbs. It was difficult for me to re-learn eating habits in the beginning, too. Your body is giving you a chance that you wouldn't have had before surgery, which is re-learning habits without starving in the process. As you progress further out it gets easier and easier, then before you know it your advising others at the beginning of their journey. Everything is going to work out fine. No worries.                     

Danny, Ron and Doug were "right on the money." It happens to most. You’re So ‘not alone’ on this one…. Do however, force yourself to eat some Healthy Choices To get in the habit of Healthy / Normal Eating patterns. If you let the "Shakes Only" lifestyle take hold for long You may end up Constipated as a Statue and having a harder time after losing to Goal. Don’t treat it like a "Diet." Just a Re-Learning of new eating habits. There is some "Work" involved in getting to the point Where it’s just ‘second-nature.’

Above all- Follow YOUR Doc’s Recommendations!!….. If that includes re-introducing certain foods? Then get them in. You’re still just around a month out. It does Get easier! But you have to stay on it. Best Wishes- Dx

Hi Danny,

I remember that happened to me when I was about 3 months out. One particular time, I remember smelling good food cooking out of a restaurant vent and it having no effect on me at all.

Then, if you have complications such as narrowing intestines, partial loops, hernias or trapped gas later down the road, these might turn you off to food later on, as they can make the whole area above the intestines - pouch and all sensitive and easy to "fill". This can happen inconveniently after people have had a streak of weight loss and don't need to lose any more weight.

What you're experiencing right now is probably temporary and due to the fact that your nerves have not quite healed.

Good luck and enjoy the loss!

Dave

Man what a topic: This is what I am living today. I forced myself to eat breakfast before golf this morning. It was weird.. I asked for a menu.. stared at it... It was so weird... I had no idea what to order.. you see.. I used to have "good food" OR "bad food".. now it is just "FOOD".. really strange.. So I ordered 2 eggs. sausage..hashbrowns... no toast..no pancakes..no french toast.. no juice.. no coffee.. just a normal breakfast.. it was good.. but not special...It has no power over me.. just food..really weird... strange... just "FOOD"... my buddies asking if it is o.k. if I eat "regular" food.. I say sure.. it's just food... so strange... Kev-

I am in the same boat myself. Being out 2 months tomorrow I am now having to force myself to eat. Almost everything that I can eat makes me nauseous in some form. Whether it is before, during, or after right now I do not like food at all. All I want to do is drink. My nut took me off protein shakes because she fells as though I am getting enough with food. I think I felt better drinking at least one.

Hey Danny I remember it well.  For the first 3 months I ate less than 1 ounce of food a day.  If I smelled food or brought it close to my mouth I would start throwing up with dry heaves.  After my complications I was so afraid that I would hurt myself in some way that I could not eat.  Finally the nurse told me that if I didn't eat I would die.  So I had to over come that mental monster. Today, I wish that I was still afraid to eat.  I'm eating normal portions and sometimes more.  I've gained 14 pounds since my plastic surgery last July.  Everyone thinks I look better, but psychologically I feel like I'm gaining too much.   WAD