Question:
Will i ever enjoy food again?I am 5 months out and i am very limited to what i can

eat. this is really getting boring.Most of the time i don't even want to eat because i don't feel like feeling everything go down . I hate that feeling.Will that ever go away? Will i ever just put something in my mouth and enjoy it? need some hope here and if i will enjoy food again in what month does that happen?    — KIM B. (posted on July 18, 2002)

July 18, 2002
DEfinately will!! I am only 7 weeks post-op, down 40 pounds, but i am enjoying food. I have also been very lucky with and have not dumped nor vomited from many things. I have been able to eat chicken, fish, beef, peanuts, PNB, cheeses and many other things. And if i get a craving for sweets, i take one bite and my craving is gone, b/c that is all I need, one bite, ya know? If you need help, you can e-mail me. I'm by no means an expert, but would be glad to help! :) ([email protected])
   — Lezlie Y.

July 18, 2002
Kim, I totally know what you mean...before I had this surgery, good tasty food was a high for me at times, because it was a comfort....now I don't have that.....but I'm really glad, because isn't that the point of the surgery, to change the habit to ...eating to live not living to eat.....it gets me upset sometimes, when my eating pattern gets so boring, but then I stop and think, why is this bothering me, I don't need food for a quick fix to make me happy, I have other things now, like fitting into smaller pants for one! Keep that in mind! Hope this helps. :)
   — Jennifer M.

July 19, 2002
Kim, boy can I relate to you!! I'm 7 1/2 mos. out and I was JUST LIKE YOU. I didn't feel like eating because I just didn't LIKE anything. When I did find something I liked, I ate it for weeks and weeks, until I was so sick of it I HAD to find something else. I posted questions on here 2 or 3 times about it. Everyone told me :it is normal", "Enjoy this phase cause it is when you will lose the most weight". So I listened to everyone and just relaxed. It must have happened around month 6, FINALLY, that I got my taste for food back. There are still a lot of things that I don't like, but atleast I have a selection now. ( I lived on Wendy's chili for atleast 2 months!) Your tastes should be returning very soon. Hang in there!
   — Kim B.