Am I Alone?

I'm with you on drinking before you grab some food! It is very helpful to me to make sure I am truly hungry.

You're not alone. People tried to give that b.s about how Im only feeling head hunger. But they are not me, they may not feel hunger but I do. The same hunger symptoms I had before surgery- queasy & a little irritability. I can drink regularly as well. But if you have trouble knowing when you are full make sure you are measuring your food. You don't want to stuff yourself!

Wow!  I could completely relate to what you said about emotional preparedness!  I thought I was prepared, I've been researching and reading about this surgery for over 10 years.  But when it was actually done, and my family made meatloaf and I couldn't eat it (5 days post-op) I actually wept.  I was angry that I felt all my choices had been removed even though intellectually I knew that I had made the choice to have surgery.  I wanted everything and nothing.  I'm 11 weeks post-op today and its better.  I think I've made a little peace with my choice and kind of calmed down.  But I think losing food is a grieving process.  It's been a comfort, friend, all that completely inappropriate stuff, since I was a kid.  So...I let myself grieve and cry.  I really think the earlier suggestion of finding a counselor is a really important thing.  I looked for one and started working with her a few weeks ago.  This is about way more than food, I think if we qualify for this surgery then its more than likely its an addiction and we have used food for more than just fuel, occ. fun and social stuff,  and family gathering kind of stuff.  Good luck to you!!!

I understand the feeling of beeing hungry for me I think it is beeing board I am going back to work in a few days and I hope this will help. I am 2 weeks post op and found myself eating a pack of penut butter crackers I feel very guilty about doing this and promissed myself not to slip again but it is very hard.I hope I did not do any damage I had the gastric bypass done.