I could cry
Jello and gum. They can help a lot. Especially if you are mostly having head hunger instead of true hunger.
If you can think about something like overeaters anonymous. Counseling may help some too. The more work you do on you right now, pre-op, means the less you will have to deal with post-op.
You can do this. Life is full of doing tough things, and this is tough but do-able.
If you can think about something like overeaters anonymous. Counseling may help some too. The more work you do on you right now, pre-op, means the less you will have to deal with post-op.
You can do this. Life is full of doing tough things, and this is tough but do-able.
Met my first goal, met my second goal, met my surgeons goal. Now I have a new goal!
i am pre op too, no surgery date yet, and I am always and i mean always hungry. i am hoping the surgery will kill the hunger sensation at least for a while, but i try to drink water every time i feel hungry and shouldn't eat. then i end up peeing every 30 minutes. upside, i'm running back and forth to the bathroom a lot!
just remember the diet can make you irritable, but you can overcome it! I am still missing my sugar and chocolate after a month without it, and I have to remind myself a hundred times a day that feeding my belly is not as important as getting healthy. I got this saying from theworldaccordingtoeggface.com and it helps me:
Don't trade what you really want for what you want right now.
Drink water, pee, repeat!!
Hang in there!
just remember the diet can make you irritable, but you can overcome it! I am still missing my sugar and chocolate after a month without it, and I have to remind myself a hundred times a day that feeding my belly is not as important as getting healthy. I got this saying from theworldaccordingtoeggface.com and it helps me:
Don't trade what you really want for what you want right now.
Drink water, pee, repeat!!
Hang in there!
Try 3 weeks of Optifast .... ugh. My poor husband ..... I was NASTY !! I was allowed some lettuce, cucumber, broccoli, but I didn't do it. I was never hungry physically, it was more 'head hunger'. I craved foods. But by the 13th or 14th day, I really could not care less if I ate again or not 
Once you rid your body of all the crap that's been put into it, I think the cravings go away. For me they did.
Once you rid your body of all the crap that's been put into it, I think the cravings go away. For me they did. 
YOU CAN EAT REAL FOOD. Just not tons of it.
When I was pre-op I made it a point to eat protein first, and then use protein shakes periodically during the day to help alleviate hunger. It really helped. Just getting rid of refined carbs from your system will be a blessing.
A sample menu:
Breakfast: Multivitamin, Isopure Ultra Low Carb Dutch Chocolate protein in 10 oz of n/f milk, a small banana (for the potassium)
Snack: Coffee and a protein bar (at least 8 grams--otherwise it's just a candybar)
Lunch: 1/2 sandwich of a GOOD deli meat (no baloney) with a slice of my favorite cheese, and some mustard. An apple
Snack: Odwalla Smoothie w/extra protein
Dinner: A well-balanced meal, eating protein first, but also having veggies and a salad.
Snack: Protein shake or a single serving of Popcorn.
I was going to college while I was pre-op so I did have access to the Odwalla at the various cafeterias on campus, but I packed my lunch so I didn't have to go without eating. The protein- first is very important in order to keep your blood sugar from going into the dumper.
It looks like I was eating all day, and I guess I was, but it wasn't enormous quantities and it was very good quality food. It made such a difference in my eating habits because I wasn't feeling hungry all the time, which I had been all my life due to the Metabolic Disorder Syndrome.
Good luck!
When I was pre-op I made it a point to eat protein first, and then use protein shakes periodically during the day to help alleviate hunger. It really helped. Just getting rid of refined carbs from your system will be a blessing.
A sample menu:
Breakfast: Multivitamin, Isopure Ultra Low Carb Dutch Chocolate protein in 10 oz of n/f milk, a small banana (for the potassium)
Snack: Coffee and a protein bar (at least 8 grams--otherwise it's just a candybar)
Lunch: 1/2 sandwich of a GOOD deli meat (no baloney) with a slice of my favorite cheese, and some mustard. An apple
Snack: Odwalla Smoothie w/extra protein
Dinner: A well-balanced meal, eating protein first, but also having veggies and a salad.
Snack: Protein shake or a single serving of Popcorn.
I was going to college while I was pre-op so I did have access to the Odwalla at the various cafeterias on campus, but I packed my lunch so I didn't have to go without eating. The protein- first is very important in order to keep your blood sugar from going into the dumper.
It looks like I was eating all day, and I guess I was, but it wasn't enormous quantities and it was very good quality food. It made such a difference in my eating habits because I wasn't feeling hungry all the time, which I had been all my life due to the Metabolic Disorder Syndrome.
Good luck!
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