A step forward, a step backwards, and sometimes standing in place
I am 51 days away from my RNY. For the most part of this time I am really good with eating properly, not to much, no grazing and basically trying to get in the best shape I can be for my surgery. But in the last two weeks I have gone through a great deal of stress, working with my staff, contractors, late suppliers, a family funeral, a 2000km trip, and basically life. All that is over now, things are ready to go, my blood sugars are good and the weather is fine. But I am starved. I could eat a horse. I am eating or want to eat everything insight. Sometimes I can catch myself and other times I have something like a candy and ask 'why did I have this crap?"
So my question to you post ops is "does these urges go away after surgery?" I am not expecting miracles and I know it is just as much a lifestyle change as it is a medical change. But can I pass a plate of brownies and not have the desire to snarf three of them.
So my question to you post ops is "does these urges go away after surgery?" I am not expecting miracles and I know it is just as much a lifestyle change as it is a medical change. But can I pass a plate of brownies and not have the desire to snarf three of them.
After RNY most people seem to lose interest in food at least for a while. It allows you to adjust your thinking and habits. However, for some the head hunger never goes away. Head hunger is desire to eat when you are not actually hungry. You will need to learn to control that somehow. I think that most of us are fighting that fight every day for the rest of our lives. Remember, it's not black and white, but various shades of gray. You will not be a total success or a total failure, you're going to fall somewhere in-between. Don't beat yourself up when it happens.
Good luck,
Good luck,
KenHud
RNY 5/17/10 highest: 407 lb - maintaining a loss of 200+ pounds and enjoying life
RNY 5/17/10 highest: 407 lb - maintaining a loss of 200+ pounds and enjoying life
OneFinger
on 8/28/11 2:44 am
on 8/28/11 2:44 am
Prior to surgery my eating habits were terrible. I'd eat any thing and everything I wanted. Coffee, diet soda, candy, pastries, etc were my best friends.
After surgery I lost all desire for coffee, soda, and candy. I still struggle desires with pastries, pasta, potatoes, and rice.
Post surgery (about 8 weeks out) I tried a small pastry at work and that was a big mistake. Peter Pouch didn't like the wheat and the sugar made me light-headed. I learned that following my doctor's diet was essental if I didn't want to start vomiting or having pouch problems.
In addition, the surgery affects the nerve endings in your stomach. So, until those nerves heal, you won't really have immediate feelings of hunger or fullness.
Sounds like you may be going thru the "last supper" syndrome where you try to eat all the foods you won't be able to after surgery. This is definately something you're going to have to resolve within your brain. But, don't beat yourself up when you don't follow the pre-op diet. It does get better after surgery simply because you can't tolerate most those foolds and your taste bud / desires change.
There are some foods I loved before surgery and now can't stand the smell or taste of them. Go figure.
After surgery I lost all desire for coffee, soda, and candy. I still struggle desires with pastries, pasta, potatoes, and rice.
Post surgery (about 8 weeks out) I tried a small pastry at work and that was a big mistake. Peter Pouch didn't like the wheat and the sugar made me light-headed. I learned that following my doctor's diet was essental if I didn't want to start vomiting or having pouch problems.
In addition, the surgery affects the nerve endings in your stomach. So, until those nerves heal, you won't really have immediate feelings of hunger or fullness.
Sounds like you may be going thru the "last supper" syndrome where you try to eat all the foods you won't be able to after surgery. This is definately something you're going to have to resolve within your brain. But, don't beat yourself up when you don't follow the pre-op diet. It does get better after surgery simply because you can't tolerate most those foolds and your taste bud / desires change.
There are some foods I loved before surgery and now can't stand the smell or taste of them. Go figure.
High Weight = 310 Surgery Weight = 300 Dr's Goal = 200 My Goal = 190 
Sometimes I wonder if my situation would have been different if there had been so much concern about changing eating habits prior to my first RNY. My fist surgeon was the then president of the society of bariatric surgeons in 2000 and he thought the presurgery dieting was nonsense. He said that was the whole idea of the surgery. I weighed over 570 and who was I to argue with him.
I lost weight rapidly following my RNY on 11-14-2000 but didn't give up all of my poor eating habits. I've said may times that I'm a junk food junkie. I just can't eat as much as I did prior to surgery. However, I had a staple line disruption--as if I hadn't had RNY and my weight went from335 to 420. My original surgeon no longer accepted my ins so I found a good one at U of Penn and had the second RNY on 01-21-05. I got down to 380 and it seemed to me that one of the nurses in the doc's office was yelling at me for losing weight so slowly. I say "seemed" because I am Manic-depressive and was going through a depression. However, I was already taking the highest dosage of that antidepressant and my shrink said he couldn't change to a different one until 10 mos after the surgery. At least I didn't gain then. I'm now at 350 and have been for about 6 mos.
Many of us have said that the surgery is on our body but not on our brain. Look at the Link to my Latest Posts to see information about the Beck Diet Solution. I think it can help all of us. But, if you fear falling into old eating habits, it may be an organized way to extablish and maintain good eating habits. And, if you backslide like I do, you can go back and pick up the book and or the workbook and practice the techniques found there. Some of us are learning to use some of these techniques and will continue having to practice them for life. We can train our brains to change.
I lost weight rapidly following my RNY on 11-14-2000 but didn't give up all of my poor eating habits. I've said may times that I'm a junk food junkie. I just can't eat as much as I did prior to surgery. However, I had a staple line disruption--as if I hadn't had RNY and my weight went from335 to 420. My original surgeon no longer accepted my ins so I found a good one at U of Penn and had the second RNY on 01-21-05. I got down to 380 and it seemed to me that one of the nurses in the doc's office was yelling at me for losing weight so slowly. I say "seemed" because I am Manic-depressive and was going through a depression. However, I was already taking the highest dosage of that antidepressant and my shrink said he couldn't change to a different one until 10 mos after the surgery. At least I didn't gain then. I'm now at 350 and have been for about 6 mos.
Many of us have said that the surgery is on our body but not on our brain. Look at the Link to my Latest Posts to see information about the Beck Diet Solution. I think it can help all of us. But, if you fear falling into old eating habits, it may be an organized way to extablish and maintain good eating habits. And, if you backslide like I do, you can go back and pick up the book and or the workbook and practice the techniques found there. Some of us are learning to use some of these techniques and will continue having to practice them for life. We can train our brains to change.
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