Shari how's your hunger?

Chris I.
on 8/20/07 1:17 am

I'm pretty sure you're eating less than you were pre-op even though you were already eating very little pre-op. What's it like? Is it painful? Do you feel hungry? I can't believe you haven't started losing yet. I suppose it sometimes could just take a little time...

-=- CHRiS aka "Butterfinger Ho" -=-

                                         40 lbs lost while pursuing surgery.

Jupiter6
on 8/20/07 1:59 am - Near Media, Pa- South of Philly, NJ

RNY on 07/16/07

A typical day: 3 slices of lunch meat and a .75 ounce piece of cheese Cup of Protein milk 1/4 cup chili Cup of Protein milk 1/3 of a yogurt and 1/4 cup pureed tuna _________________ Yeah, I guess you could say I am eating less. ;) Sometimes I have 4 crackers, too. I'm not hungry-- there's nowhere to put it. Eating can be painful if you eat dense meats and don't chew them enough, but that doesn't take long to figure out. I can't really answer the "What's it like " piece becuase I have atypical pain from two hematomas under my skin that make it hard to feel much else-- they only really hurt like hell after exercise, so I had to cut wayyyy back. Eating's basically just an inconvenience, now. Most people I know just don't bother anymore- which is probably why many of them lose so fast. I make sure I get 80g of protein every day. Not worried about it. I lost much more pre-op than anyone I know, so my losses are coming from the fat reserves, as they should. Just annoyed because it was a little easier and more predictable pre-op, but I am atypical that way.

"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
     Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U.   Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift
     12/08
     Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09  -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
     Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
     6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
     Total Cost: $33,500   Start wt: 368   RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150   Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7

Chris I.
on 8/20/07 2:17 am

FobiPouch on 02/09/10

Did you have an emotional attachment to food before you decided to lose the weight? Meaning did you live to eat or eat to live. Do you think after the pain all goes away that you'll enjoy food again? Do you want to? (I'm taking up a new career as a WLS journalist.."

-=- CHRiS aka "Butterfinger Ho" -=-

                                         40 lbs lost while pursuing surgery.

Jupiter6
on 8/20/07 5:40 am - Near Media, Pa- South of Philly, NJ

RNY on 07/16/07

Nah, Chris-- I just liked the packaging. ;) OF COURSE I was a junkie-- you don't get to 368 pounds because you're big boned, you know! I loved food...both for flavor and emotional reasons--right up until about two weeks ago...now it's just something I have to contend with, like taking a shower or feeding the cat. A minor inconvenience. It's medicine that runs the machinery. I don't expect to enjoy food for quite some time, but don't care. I ate everything I ever wanted, whenever I wanted-- for almost 40 years. Who else gets to say that, you know? I had my time, had a blast, tasted everything I could think of. It's not as bad as you think, once the monkey's off your back.

"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
     Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U.   Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift
     12/08
     Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09  -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
     Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
     6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
     Total Cost: $33,500   Start wt: 368   RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150   Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7

Chris I.
on 8/20/07 6:24 am

FobiPouch on 02/09/10

I fear that if I ever had WLS that I wouldn't get over my love for food. It's what makes me the way I am too. Come to think of it .. I don't know anyone... not even skinny people that don't love food.. The difference is they don't gain weight like I do from it. Either that or they're a helluva alot more active than me..(which is very likely.) Not really sure what I'm trying to say here. More or less just curious about your life with WLS thus far. Like I said before, you're the only person I knew pre-op..well at least the only one I talk to on a regular basis.

-=- CHRiS aka "Butterfinger Ho" -=-

                                         40 lbs lost while pursuing surgery.

violamom
on 8/20/07 6:54 am - veradale, WA

Chris - It is my understanding that in the first year after WLS most patients lose their desire for food - full stop. they have to force themselves to eat... but after that the desire to eat DOES come back, and most WLS patients must focus on making good food choices - low fat, high protein... no bad carbs. if they have dumping they have some extra help avoiding carbs and fat... but if they dont they have to do it through sheer will power.... those who are unable to do it slowly regain if they consistenly make bad food choices that's my understanding anyway... it is just a tool to get a lot of weight off fast in the first year. The rest is up to the patient....

What I've eaten is here for the world to see
336.1 (8-1-07)/319.0 (12-28-07)/200 (goal for 12-31-08)/160 (goal)
Next mini goal is 290 by 1-31-08

Jupiter6
on 8/20/07 10:02 am - Near Media, Pa- South of Philly, NJ

RNY on 07/16/07

After WLS, it becomes an inconvenience at best, for awhile. You eat what you have to to fulfill your nutritional needs, but even the foods that you tolerate best can be iffy sometimes. I was a hardcore junkie. Even two weeks out I felt cravings and depression about that. Now, rich and tasty food just looks kind of "iffy", so it's lost much of its charm. You love food because eating it is both limitless and effortless. When it takes you 30 minutes to eat less than a 1/4 cup of food-- food that you have to carefully assess, put in a blender, add juice to, account for--well, it's really just kind of annoying. There's no more "mouthfeel"-- no sinking teeth into thick pizza, or cramming it full of salty popcorn. There's no chugging juice on a hot day. There's baby spoons of bits of liquified stuff-- it tastes fine, it's just a lot of work, so you lose the passion quickly. I used to miss food. Now I miss missing food, if you know what I mean.

"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
     Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U.   Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift
     12/08
     Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09  -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
     Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
     6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
     Total Cost: $33,500   Start wt: 368   RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150   Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7

Chris I.
on 8/20/07 10:52 am

FobiPouch on 02/09/10

Sadly, I would rather be where you are. That's kinda naive of me huh?

-=- CHRiS aka "Butterfinger Ho" -=-

                                         40 lbs lost while pursuing surgery.

Jupiter6
on 8/21/07 1:07 am - Near Media, Pa- South of Philly, NJ

RNY on 07/16/07

In a word? Yes. Where I am at the moment isn't especially charming.

"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
     Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U.   Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift
     12/08
     Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09  -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
     Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
     6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
     Total Cost: $33,500   Start wt: 368   RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150   Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7

Heather K.
on 8/20/07 4:54 am - HI

You know what's crazy - I feel differently since I've started my wl journey. I was definitely one who was living to eat! I loved food, the way it tasted, the way it smelled... I couldn't get enough. Now that I've changed my lifestyle I feel like eating is a big inconvience that gets in my way. I wish we only had to "fuel" up like once a week or something - like you would gas up your car. I don't like eating anymore. Maybe I've gone on the other end of the spectrum where I'm scared to eat.....hmmm...that's not a good thing either. Anywho, I hope your hematomas go away soon - like yesterday would be nice!

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