Curbing the impulse to eat it all...

Oh man, poutine! Haha, don't give me ideas.

Hope you are doing well after your surgery! Yeah, having had a very restrictive health-related diet (for Crohn's) back about 9 years ago, I know how dull it gets getting the same foods over and over again. For a whole year I had to start every day with a smoothie that had banana and blueberry in it to mask all the supplements and meds and stuff that were going with it, including protein. Once I was well again I couldn't stand banana for a few years.

Oh I called mine the fairwell to food tour I ate every where and ate all the foods I really really loved prior to going on Opti I actually gained twenty pounds while going through the program at TWH.

Funny is a lot of those foods I ate I do not miss and my crohns and body is doing so well without them.

 

Haha farewell tour! I am so glad I asked this question. And I'm so happy you are doing so well!

My 30th birthday is about 6 weeks after my surgery - so the weekend before i started pre-diet i celebrated with food...cake and all! I had my "food funerals" spread out over a few months, so you're are not alone. It wasn't so much that i wanted to eat because i wouldn't get to again (as someone else mentioned, that's really up to us), but i was really letting go of a part of myself. And honestly, when i had my "last meal" i walked away feeling great about my decision and ready for my new way of life. It really felt like closing a chapter and moving forward.

Will i have some of those foods again? Most likely. But i think i will view it much differently.

Yeah, it's definitely letting go of a part of myself. Tonight I stopped at a self serve frozen yogurt place on the way home, and though tempted, I had a reasonably small amount (though probably that was just the HUGE CUP making it seem like not a lot) and then... I ate it alone, in front of people, on the streetcar. This is a big thing for me. I absolutely hate eating anything that doesn't count as a main meal, alone, in front of strangers. My mind concocts all kinds of internal monologues for the people around me. I did it tonight as a bit of a "see, any sacrifice is worth not feeling like you do about yourself right this moment". It will be a major NSV when I don't care one bit about people looking at me eat an ice cream in public.

ANYWAY! Happy early birthday, and new life day!

I'm currently on tour doing my food farewells. I already DON'T want some of my fav foods. I have until the beginning of July to get in everything. Poutine? Check! Just got back from my moms and she made some special requests for me.

because we can't predict what we will dump on, we don't know what we can have. My thoughts are that I don't even want to try certain things. Sometimes I feel that suger is a drug, the more I have, the more I want. So, my plan is to not have those things.

I want my mind to be clear and ready for this. As I'm having my fav foods, I'm making a conscious thought of "this is my last time". Maybe I'll be reunited with some, but for the most part, I'm okay in saying goodbye.

im pretty sure you are not alone in your feelings.

Thanks for this. I don't know how much the "dumping" comes into play with VSG. I am sure I will have some intolerances, anyway. 

But you're right, the main thing is saying goodbye to the lifestyle, no matter how bad for me it has been!

For me it's also about being in the right headspace. I'm doing everything I can so that my head is ready. I know from experience how I think and feel. 

You have to know how your head works. For me, it's all about feeling deprived. By the conscious farewell, there shouldn't be that same feeling of being deprived. You have to do what works for you best.

For about 6-8 weeks I went on what I called the final food tour, and ate just about everything I have ever wanted to eat and then some. Potato chips every night, tons of popcorn, wings, pizza, every fried food and every type of French fry available, steak dinners, etc. I survived optifast (although not easy!!!) and about a week and a half post surgery now I have not had one craving for anything crappy. But I am dying for an egg!!!! Thursday I move into purée and I couldn't be more excited. I need some texture, and some different flavour outside the liquids, but crave protein, nothing else.
What I have been enjoying over the past week and a half since surgery is looking on the Internet for recipes and things I can ultimately enjoy, and healthy versions of things I like. I have 4 year old twins and am trying to broaden their palates as well, so being able to find things for all of us to eat has been fun. For example, found a loaded baked potato using cauliflower, a taco bake that doesn't have any taco chips or shells, baked chicken fingers, baked zucchini fries, baked eggplant chips, etc. before surgery I would have snubbed my nose at them, but now I find myself excited to try healthy options with "loved" flavours. But in the meantime, if you are anything like I was, you will be hitting every much loved restaurant on your list pre optifast!!!!!

Those sound like awesome recipes! Is there a recipe thread? Because I would try those now!