Question of the Week 3/7/11

After your surgery, what do you anticipate will be your biggest struggle for weightloss and how do you plan on overcoming it?

I think a short term struggle I will have is drinking all the water I need to drink. I am already struggling with that at Post op day 6. It's really hard to drink so much plus eat a little broth because right now I just don't feel hungry. The way I am trying to overcome this problem is by always having a bottle of water everywhere I go and simply forcing myself to drink regradless of if I am hungry or thirsty.

I think the long term will be different for me. I believe I will struggle more with head hunger in the long term. If that does become a problem I plan on making sure I mentally ask myself if I am physically hungry or if I simplt want to eat because something looks good or smells good. My hope is that this won't become a problem. I just know that it is something I will have to be very watchful of.

Tracy

Head hunger!!  That and comfort eating or lack of.  I've been using food to comfort myself forever.  Now I have to learn new coping skills.

Another great, thought provoking question Tracy!
For the short term, it's getting all of my supplements in.  These things are N-A-S-T-Y!!!  I conquered getting all my water in yesterday, and today it's been a breeze.  But I know what you mean about not being hungry.  I THINK I'm hungry, but when I drink a shake, I can barely finish that bad boy in 30 minutes.  Broth right now if totally out of the question.  The smell of it, even the thought of broth of any kind make my stomach turn.  I took a couple of sips of it in the hospital, and haven't touched any since.
For the long term, I do agree with you that it will be head hunger, and old habits.  The main habit being boredom.  For instance, Saturday night, DH and I were up well past midnight, and all we could think about was food.  In the past, we would have gotten dressed and gone out to Whataburger or Denny's, or something that was open that late.  As time goes by, and I can eat more "normally", I'm sure I'm really gonna have to work at changing those habits.  Right now, I CAN'T do that. 

Eydie

nothing will taste worse than loosing £9000 on a wasted operation because I can't stop putting rubbish into my mouth.

Isn't that the truth! Maybe we should tape our receipts from the operations to our refrigerators for encouragement instead of some photo of how we want to look or whatever else people tape up there. I think it would be just as encouraging as anything else, maybe more!

Tracy

 Head hunger and the desire for cheese on toast or a take away or something fattening but delicious...but nothing will taste worse than loosing £9000 on a wasted operation because I can't stop putting rubbish into my mouth.   Also nothing feels better than looking at those scales and seeing the numbers get smaller...that is my motivation