OT Cooking

Before I had the surgery, I told my dietitian that I was afraid I will no longer like cooking for my family once I've had the bypass.  As I suspected, I have lost all desire to cook & the times that I do cook, it has not been my best.  I am a very good cook & love cooking, well I used to anyways.  My husband said since my bypass I have been subconsciously sabotaging the foods I cook for them.  Do you think that's possible?  I never would intentionally mess up dinner for them.  I dunno, maybe somewhere inside I'm like I cant eat it so why make sure its perfect.  What do you guys think?  I have however been trying to get my kids to eat healthier & since trying sugar free products & realizing they are just as good and the regular foods, making them get those type things.  I want to be a good example for my kids from this point on.  I don't want them to struggle with weight as I have all my life.

 I feel the same about cooking right now, I can take it or leave it.  When your heart isn't in it and you can't taste as you go, things just aren't as yummy.  This is probably what your husband is sensing.  I'm used to nurturing my family with food, and I hope I can do so in a more healthy way someday.  We are so early post ops, things can change (I hope ) :)

I actually had my hubby take over the cooking until I felt I was up to doing again. It was very hard at first. Your passion will come back it takes time. Now that I can eat with the family again I am enjoying it again.

BUT on the flip side I used to do a lot of baking for my business and write up tutorials - I have not done much of that since my surgery in January.  It is very hard knowing you cannot have any, but my passion is slowly coming back day by day and I can handle it better now.

I also started my kids eating better - I have been a horrible role model for years and my teenage son is very overweight and I have the guilt of that on me as well. Just be careful with too much sugar free items due to the artificial sweetners - instead get them eating more fruits.

Good Luck it is not easy.

 My boyfriend took over cooking for me for the first few months, as I had no interest. See if your husband can step up and cook for a while. Another thing - your sense of taste will be "off" anyhow for a few months (mine is still off) so you can always chalk it up to that.... 

I have also moved everything over to sugar free for my family. Also complex carbs as well. I told them it is easier on me to have these things in the house, and they are all more aware of sugar content, carb content and protein. My youngest loves eating healthy, as does my oldest... my middle son is still struggling (he has a weight issue as well) but he is slowly coming around. 

I haven't switched everything to sugar free for them, but I'm starting to incorporate some of that into their diet.  For years now I've only allowed them to have a sweet treat after dinner if they finish their dinner & by no means do they have a ton of food on their plates or on special occasions.  Kids don't need a ton of sweets.  So instead of having regular ice cream sandwiches or Popsicles I bought SF this time.  I did also buy alot of fresh fruit & veggies for them to snack on as well.

How do you guys gets your husbands/BFs to cook? My husband was like this when I told him I was going to have to teach him how to make me scrambled eggs. I seriously thought he might keel over lol

 I can't cook worth a damn right now.  I even screwed up frying an egg this weekend.  I've tried making low-carb crepes twice, and both times, they were barely edible.   

I volunteered to bring dessert for Easter Dinner, and I'm going to make it sugar free.  I don't know if I'm going to eat any of it, but I KNOW I'm going to have problems eating practically everything else on the table!  We'll have to see if I can manage that!  (I'm also not going to tell anyone that it's sugar free).

My poor husband is so nice.  He tries so hard not to eat the food I buy for myself....  but I'm the one who cooks our food and does our shopping.  His idea of shopping is "Meat, yogurt, veg, milk).  So, you can see that when he shops for himself he just doesn't buy enough food.    Then, he eats the last of my cheese, or grabs a sugar free pudding out of my stash.  

At the moment, I see he's making waffles for himself (something that he never would have done pre-surgery).  

LOL  I'm going to go find some food porn to watch on TV.

 I'm wondering the same thing. I've been on a serious cooking hiatus since I had my daughter last year, and I know my husband can make pasta...and that's about it. LOL  I think I'm going to have to stock up on deli meats, pre-portion chicken breasts, and other quick and easy things. Once I heal a bit, then I'm hoping I'll be up to cooking for my new lifestyle. 

My husband can't even cook pasta! Most days he does good to microwave himself something. I actually went to culinary school so I can cook up a storm but he prefers microwave mush to real food. He is insane!

At least it's getting to be summer time. Y'alls husbands can bbq to their hearts content. 

I told my mom it just figures that I finally realize (at 28 yrs of age) that I like to cook & am pretty decent at it ... Now I want to have my guts rearranged. At least I don't live w/my bf & when he comes down for a visit he does all the cooking (he's a chef & horribly picky) so he won't notice a difference.

What I'm really worried about is that I already cook so much that there are a ton of leftovers (it's just me & my 2 yr old daughter). When I start cooking post op it will hardly be worth cooking for all the more myself & my daughter will eat.