just wondering how you all dealed w/ your post-op emotions....

i'm about to go in for my RNY, and i was just wondering how you all dealt with your "mourning" of food or whatever you want to call it! ;-)

For me it was only bad for about a month. I would drive by fast food places and be saddend that i couldnt stop and have a whopper, isnt that just soooooo sad, I cant believe at this point that i ever did that to myself. Also for me, once i was able to buy new clothes and i actually felt sexy in them was when food didnt matter to me anymore my thought process changed Now all i tell myself is " NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS THIN FEELS" GOOD luck with your surgery, it was the best decision that ive ever made for myself michelle start weight 245 current 179 goal 140 RNY 10\25\06

I can remember watching tv after surgery and thinking.."Is food the only thing they advertise now???" I cried, I slept, I was *****y....but then I realized I made the decision to have this surgery to make my life better. I know its corny but I read a saying about 5 years ago on the Weigh****chers board "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels." I just told myself that over and over. It was really hard for me, no bones about it. It was mostly a head thing but I truly didn't want anything to eat those first couple of months. I mostly battled with knowing I couldn't have it. It got better. Now, if I get a really bad craving for something, I will eat just a tiny bite of it. Sometimes it makes me sick and that cures the craving other times I enjoy it and that cures the craving. This is a life choice for me. It has truly been the best thing I've done for myself. The first 3 months were the hardest. I'm 9 months out now and still adjusting but my choices are becoming second nature now. Mandy

I never had a mourning of food period. My process from first visit to surgeon to surgery took me 8 months. During that time I started to slowly change the way I ate so I wouldnt be so shocked post-op. Post-op I found shopping more fun... instead of focus on what I couldnt eat I started to focus on trying new foods and finding healthy versions of things I liked before. I would go up and down every isle at the store and pick up new things and check out recipies online. I now enjoy cooking and making my own pizza and burgers at home instead of going thru a drive thru.