What I miss

I enjoy the hell out of food as a post op. I eat differently now, and that is good. I am also more willing to try new things as long as they are on plan.

If your menu is lackluster, mix it up. Thepossibilities are endless. 

I have also been willing to try more different foods post op than I ever ate before.  Also, I do really enjoy what I do eat.

Nothing at all. I eat normal food, at the usual social events and enjoy food if anything more than before because pre-surgery I shovelled it in without really savouring tastes. 

Was it like that from the start? No - I had to learn how to eat with my WLS. 

Now I eat exactly like all those friends I always thought were naturally slim! Small meals, when hungry, making healthy choices quite a lot of the time. 

Hello,

I can tell you at more than 1 1/2 years out, I so do not miss the food stuff.  I still go out to eat, and I can still enjoy the meals and company.  I just only eat what I know I can handle.  Yes, there are times when my stomach still surprises me (last weekend I threw up the same breakfast I have eaten every day for 2 years), but for the most part, the new positives so far outweigh any thing food related I might miss.  I am so apathetic towards food, nothing ever "sounds good" to me, and that's sometimes kind of a bummer.  But, it certainly makes it easier to maintain my new weight (5'6, 126-128lbs).  My husband does most of the cooking at our house, and he gets frustrated when he cooks food, then I don't want to eat it, and that's also a bummer (I don't want to disappoint him, I know it hurts his feelings some times :( )  But, I am able to do so much more than I ever was before.  I go to strength training classes 2-3 times per week, I ran about 15 5ks last summer, and I am currently training for a half marathon.  All this from someone who always HATED running, even as a child.  So hang in there, its tough at first, but it gets so much easier, and so much better!

Missing food from your pre-op life is a bothersome indication.   It appears like you have not fully committed to your post-op life.

Food is no longer something to provide entertainment. It is now just something to nourish your body. You need very little food now. We did not become obese by eating an occasional dessert, pasta, or Coke.   That is what normal people do and we are never going to be normal.

Our systems have been surgically altered but it is up to us to alter our brains. Plan your meals, measure, weigh and track your food and liquids. Weigh yourself daily.

Thinking about your old foods and eating habits is inviting temptation and failure. Just because you can eat certain foods and quantities does not mean that you should do it. When you allow yourself to dwell on foods that will not make you stronger and healthier, it means you have not fully engaged in this lifestyle.

This is not a quick diet, it is a lifetime commitment. Enjoy this part of your journey. The first years of honeymoon are the easy part. Develop the habits that you will need to maintain weight loss after this honeymoon ends.

I disagree White Dove... you cannot just turn off feelings. If that were the case I wouldn't miss my dead Grandmother any more. That doesn't indicate a lack of commitment - heck that fact she DOES actually MISS the food means she isn't eating the food. She is also early out and I can remember the raging hormones and the changes that were happening.

I felt a lot like that when I was at your stage.

Now I can eat a little bit of anything. I especially missed big giant hamburgers. 

I miss fizzy things.  

I would do it all over again tomorrow....

Thank you Sherrie. 

This is a slippery slope question. Don't think of what you used to have. Focus on the yummy things that you have to have now. You can totally have a socially exceptable meal post op. You may not have the pasta but you can have a yummy filet mignon, I have mine medium rare and it's so tender and easy on the pouch.  I get the garlic green beans or a small salad with some olive oil and salt and pepper. You will learn in time what signals your body gives when it's time to stop. I take the rest home and have some heated up steak with eggs in the morning. When you are at goal and are maintenance these thoughts will be a thing of the past and you will be very in tune with your body. How you handle things. 

I think a fair amount of us go through a grieving period re food.  I also think healthy habit  changes eventually turn into a preferred lifestyle instead of a followed lifestyle....then you'll be back posting something like this:  "I can't believe I ever missed those things!"  

I actually disagree with White Dove, food still is a source of entertainment for me. I enjoy food very much. I go out with my husband or with friends both for the social element and for the food. But I go to quality restaurants which serve small portions of first class food. I have always, right from the very beginning eaten all foods (not being RNY I have no dumping issue but that only affects sugar foods). I have never deprived myself of any food group. I consider myself a very successful Wls patient.