Embarrassed to ask this?........
Oh yes I had many last suppers... unfortunately gained 14 lbs from all of my "last suppers" lol. But it's true what the others have said, most of those you can eat after WLS. One of my first meals after surgery was crab legs and scallops. The things you shouldn't eat after surgery is white/bad carbs like white bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, not that you can't eat them, just that you shouldn't eat them. I am almost 9 months out and i regularly enjoy whole grains including oatmeal, whole wheat bread, triscuits, etc. The things I ate for my last suppers included fast food (like McDonald's, Burger King), pizza, pasta, fried foods like fried chicken, cheese sticks, stuff like that and also sugary treats (I was a major sugarholic). But anyways, it is perfectly normal to feel that way. It is much easier after surgery because you can eat a small amount and be satisfied. I sometimes have to remind myself to eat. Right after surgery "sweet" things like sugar free puddings and carnation instant breakfast drinks were too sweet for me (imagine that this coming from a person who lived on sugar, lol). I would say, enjoy the foods you won't be able to have, at least not right away and things like "bad" carbs but don't overdo it like I did. I just made more work for myself to have to lose those extra pounds I gained. Good luck.


This Last Supper Mentality is actually something I've pondered about quite a bit. I didn't have a pre-surgery diet. Maybe because it was already known that it would be open, and there were no worries about navigating laparoscopic equipment around an enlarged,or fatty liver. I had to be on a liquid diet 24 hours before surgery that included ricotta cheese, and cottage cheese which seem like solids to me, so it wasn't really that awful. Luckily, I had no pre-surgery bowel prep to worry about either. I didn't know about OH until after surgery, so when I came here, I was surprised to see how many people were required to be on pre-surgery diets. I am always so thankful I wasn't on one of the 2 week liquid diets I've read about here. So with all that in mind I was pretty much making my eating rules up as I went along until 24 hours prior to my WLS. I had serious Last Supper Syndrome. I had a copy of the post-op eating plan, so I knew what was restricted later on, and that's what I had several times over as I fought it out with my insurance company for months. I had bbq ribs, cookies, pastries, sushi with rice, tempura anything, pasta, pasta and more pasta. Fried foods galore, warm french bread, eewey gooey chewy pizza and fast food (name a place, I was there) and buffets. I was the QUEEN of Last Suppers..trust me on this one!
When I look at your list, I see almost nothing that you won't be able to have after surgery, so that's a good thing. When I look at my list it seems extreme, but actually with modifications I can have almost everything on it still. I use a low sugar bbq sauce at home to make ribs. I had a cookie on Christmas eve and it was enough, I bought a low sugar pastry a few weeks ago which was good, but not as satisfying as I find a piece of watermelon these days, so it went in the trash pretty quickly. I love sushi, but have switched to sashimi, and love it too, I'm not doing tempura or fried foods, but I can't say that I miss them, Pasta is still hard on me (physically makes me feel ill), and as long as I keep my protein level up I don't miss it much. I just bought some Atkins pasta, so I'm going to give it another whirl soon. I have bread on rare occasions. I make pizza on a tortilla, and saw a few recipes I want to try out that look good. I love Wendy's chili and apple pecan salad, KFC's grilled thigh with a side of green beans is a favorite of mine! Boston Market is, soooooo GOOD! As for buffets, I still go. Sure I only eat a little, but I justify it as I am paying for the opportunity to have variety. Two weeks ago I had lunch with a friend at a Chinese buffet. I started with egg drop soup which goes through fast, and then a piece of sashimi, chicken prepared in various ways, beef in various ways and finished with fresh fruit. All I needed was a taste of each, and I was happy.
I knew going in to this I was committed. Once my 24 hour pre-surgery diet was to begin, I was ready for a complete lifestyle change. Although all of us are different, I don't think for a minute that my pre-surgery Last Supper mentality affected my ability to be successful.The only hindrance I see is that my start weight posted is exactly my start weight at surgery, because I had no pre-surgery weight loss which would have put me ahead of the game, but I'm okay with that because for me, I think my time was better spent saying good-bye to my unhealthy old ways.
When I look at your list, I see almost nothing that you won't be able to have after surgery, so that's a good thing. When I look at my list it seems extreme, but actually with modifications I can have almost everything on it still. I use a low sugar bbq sauce at home to make ribs. I had a cookie on Christmas eve and it was enough, I bought a low sugar pastry a few weeks ago which was good, but not as satisfying as I find a piece of watermelon these days, so it went in the trash pretty quickly. I love sushi, but have switched to sashimi, and love it too, I'm not doing tempura or fried foods, but I can't say that I miss them, Pasta is still hard on me (physically makes me feel ill), and as long as I keep my protein level up I don't miss it much. I just bought some Atkins pasta, so I'm going to give it another whirl soon. I have bread on rare occasions. I make pizza on a tortilla, and saw a few recipes I want to try out that look good. I love Wendy's chili and apple pecan salad, KFC's grilled thigh with a side of green beans is a favorite of mine! Boston Market is, soooooo GOOD! As for buffets, I still go. Sure I only eat a little, but I justify it as I am paying for the opportunity to have variety. Two weeks ago I had lunch with a friend at a Chinese buffet. I started with egg drop soup which goes through fast, and then a piece of sashimi, chicken prepared in various ways, beef in various ways and finished with fresh fruit. All I needed was a taste of each, and I was happy.
I knew going in to this I was committed. Once my 24 hour pre-surgery diet was to begin, I was ready for a complete lifestyle change. Although all of us are different, I don't think for a minute that my pre-surgery Last Supper mentality affected my ability to be successful.The only hindrance I see is that my start weight posted is exactly my start weight at surgery, because I had no pre-surgery weight loss which would have put me ahead of the game, but I'm okay with that because for me, I think my time was better spent saying good-bye to my unhealthy old ways.
kidnamedtoad
on 3/10/12 2:40 pm
on 3/10/12 2:40 pm
I was told by my surgical team "NO LAST SUPPERS". So I didn't. If I didn't demonstrate enough weight loss on my own then I wouldn't have qualified for surgery. I have had hundreds of last suppers in my 45 years of living. I started and failed so many diets in my life. Each time with a last supper. I had already had a lifetime of last suppers. This time I was ready. And....as all the other people have already said....you can eat most of what you used to eat before but in very tiny portions.
RNY on 02/17/12
There's last suppers and then there's last supper syndromes. I wanted to eat a few things in the month or two before surgery. I had chocoate poptarts, cinnamon bread, dairy queen chocolate covered cones, and cardamon donuts I also made my mother's lasagne. When we ate out once or twice, I ordered desserts.
Most of the rest of my diet was sane. I did not gain weight.
After my pre-op diet began (a week before my surgery), I did absolutely nothing to sabotage my surgery. It was a low carb diet and after the first few days, was relatively easy.
My surgeon believed strongly in having a last dinner. Weirdly, nothing tasted that great. I think I might have been too worried about surgery.
Most of the rest of my diet was sane. I did not gain weight.
After my pre-op diet began (a week before my surgery), I did absolutely nothing to sabotage my surgery. It was a low carb diet and after the first few days, was relatively easy.
My surgeon believed strongly in having a last dinner. Weirdly, nothing tasted that great. I think I might have been too worried about surgery.