Grocery Shopping post op and pre-op

 It is just so different. It is almost an emotional experience to go through the grocery store now. It is so hard and weird seeing all the foods that made me get to my highest weight. Pizza, monkey bread, cinnamon buns, cheesecake, fried foods, muffins, frozen pasta dinners.... Usually I have an okay time and just look at the stuff I can tolerate now..which is very little...but today I just got so sad in the grocery store because I loved those foods so much. Grocery shopping was my favorite time because I would load the cart up with all the amazing foods. Now eating is a chore. I know it will get easier and it does get easier everyday. I am still  mourning the loss of my old life though. I am excited for my new post op life and this adventure but it still surprises me everyday just how much life has changed. And how much my life used to involve food so much.

I have found grocery shopping to be a chore, but not so emotional as you have described. I have learned over the last few months things that I can have and not have, the items that I can buy and not have to read all the labels anymore. One thing I am surprised is rather than my grocery bill going down, it has actually increased. I chalk it up to eating much healthier and buying so much more fre****ems. You will eventually stop mourning the loss of your "friends". Good Luck.

That's what is so frustrating...when you try to eat healthier it costs more. Doesn't seem logical to me.

Hey Everyone! I haven't had Surgery yet, I'm pre op soon to have Roux-en-y surgery in September 2011. I am enjoying foods now and exercising.

I know what you all mean, i too will mourn my favorite unhealthy foods. I'm overweight due to psych meds and emotional eating.

So I understand you when you say how emotional you feel going through the grocery store, Food has played a Magnanimous Part of my Life too.

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE IN THEIR JOURNEY, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MY GUT SLICED REALLY SOON !!! LOL.

You are still in a mourning period for those foods and (I'd venture to guess) those old habits of turning to food for pleasure. It is truly sad that we were so obsessed with food - I know that feeling well of buying things and looking forward to eating way too much!

Over time,  you will be able to tolerate a larger variety of foods but this is a window of opportunity for you to learn to eat those things that are higher quality foods - foods that support you on your journey. It won't happen overnight but your thinking will grandually shift from, "Oh, my old friend cheesecake, how I miss you!" to "Does that cheesecake support me in reaching my goals?" You will also eventually find that some foods that "sound good" in your mind just don't taste that good, or that you don't really want them when presented with them. (Not just sweets or carbs, either - sometimes it's a food that is just too rich.)

I also find that when I exercise, it helps to reinforce good eating habits. Even a touch of soreness after a good workout serves as a reminder that I am REBUILDING my body and my mind!