Starting to worry

Hi all! I haven't posted in awhile but I went back to work and have been so busy with that. I know I should not complain about feeling good but I have heard so many people complain they are so sick after surgery and I feel like I can eat anything. The smell of sweets is the only thing I have found that I can't do but I really just feel like I could eat anything and that worries me because it is taking alot of will power not to just eat what I want. (not that i haven't tried a small bite)! Has anyone else felt like this? Don't get me wrong I am full instantly but I thought my cravings for all that good fatting food would go away and it hasn't. I have lost 30 lbs in a month but am worried!

Nicole, The cravings do not go away instantly. It is good you are addressing this so early out. Have you checked into any support groups or Over eater's Anonymous? Having someone to talk to about these issues and dealing with the food demon. Losing 30 lbs in a month is great. Hope you know we are here to support you.

Hi Nicole, Just curious. Did you have lap or RYN? 30 lbs. is great. Keep up the good work. Ellen

I had rny, and I did go to my first support group meeting last night. It is not hat I fell like I can eat anything either now that I think about it, everything I crave is meat. Steak, chicken, lunch meat any type of meat I just want to eat. Is this normal?

congratulations on the 30lbs loss!! That is so awesome! Even though you feel you can eat just about anything now, don't. This is the best time to start practicing good habits such as good food choices and exercise. Exercise as much as possible during the first 6 months! As for the cravings... unfortunately, they don't go away. It is something that you and everyone else will battle probably for the rest of our lives. That is just something I have to accept for myself. It will always be a struggle for me. At any rate, congrats on the loss! You're doing great!

Early on, when I looked at something I couldn't have, I would think, "Now I am so much bigger than that little tiny piece of ____" fill in the blan****pt wondering, what would happen if I just put that in my mouth and ate it? Well my question was answered by accident... when I drank a Smoothie King protein shake that the clerk had accidentally put strawberries in that had the sugary syrup! My Lord I thought I was gonna die! MY LOrd I wanted to die! It was awful! I still felt like me - the me I was before surgery - not really thinking the inside change was all THAT traumatic. But trust me... eating that thing you want so much can make you feel like you are gonna die! In the beginning, its not that you are hungry. Its all head hunger. That is where the big battle has to be won... in your head. Like someone said, its great that you recognize it... what helped me (yes I am a nut case) is to say out loud, "Melinda, you don't want that food... you don't need that food... you can't even have that food..." and it breaks that thought you have buried inside your head. It might work for you? But it worked for me...