Pre-Op Binge

My insurance company approved my surgery and up until now i've been good about what I eat with very little temptation to cheat. Now that the surgery date is scheduled, I'm finding it difficult to resist temptation for sweets. I'm using the logic that I won't be able to eat these things again, might as well do it now. It's a very slippery slope. "Oh I'll have a little sliver of cake" or "just one donut won't hurt". Any advice how to kick this temptation. I definitely don't want to go to pre-op appt. and show a weight gain.

Quite simply, cold turkey. That's the only advice I have for you. You know you shouldn't be eating that, and there will be a time again in the future when you can actually have some of those things again, but right now, just stop!

Stay active, go for a walk, get up and do something, EXCEPT eat that sliver, or that one donut.

You got this.

Maybe some type of visual reminder of why you are doing this for yourself. You have to decide what's important. I'll tell you I was very concerned about my liver size going into the surgery, so it kept me in line. Every pound you lose now will not only help that, but also make your recovery easier. Go for the goal vs. your old self!

You will be able to eat those things again, no point in loading it it now- will make your losing work that much harder.

I had food funerals. Can't say I regret them; It's not so much that I've never had those foods again, but I haven't had the combinations of foods/drink/quantities again.

I would eat a long leisurely meal and drink big glasses of fluid with it.

Thanks for all the great advice!! I just needed a reminder of how important this is, and why i'm doing it.

I guess I am a black and white kinda girl. I can't understand the whole idea of food funerals or one last time thinking. If you want to lose weight, then stop eating crap. If you don't - then continue to eat all that stuff that has made all of us morbidly obese. Its a choice, just decide which choice you want to make.

Sorry, I know I should be more empathetic but this is a hard one for me, I see it all the time on here and for me I just don't get it.

And yes, we all make mistakes, but making excuses for those mistakes is how we got into this mess in the first place.

Ceci

I understand your desire to have things one last time, but that is what it is, one last time. I figured that if I was truly committed to the lifestyle changes needed to be a surgery success that it started now, not just after surgery.

I allowed myself to have food funerals until 2 days before I started my pre-op optifast diet, and I don't regret it. I really looked at and noticed what I was eating at that time instead of eating mindlessly like I normally did, and realised none of it tasted as good as my cravings told me they would, and a lot of my go to foods were actually unsatisfying. Some foods tasted good for the first few bites only, which was weird.

I went into my optifast diet with firm resolve and didn't cheat at all. I had RNY surgery 5 months ago and haven't cheated, not once, and don't plan to.

I don't recommend food funerals but for me, personally, it was an eye opener that I was building these foods up into something they're not.

The other day I drove past MacDonald's (one of my old favourites) and saw the billboard ad, a huge Big Angus Style burger and it actually made me nauseated to think of eating it now. Physically nauseated. Which is brilliant as shortly after surgery my Dad had a Big Mac and I couldn'****ch him eat it, I was too jealous, lol, and had to walk away.

I'm down 91.6 Lbs since starting Optifast, and feel great now.

Last binge posts make me sad.