Shel25
VSG effects on eating
Dec 02, 2015
My one year surgiversay is coming up and I am feeling reflective. Of course we all have the restrictive effects from VSG but I was wondering what other eating effects others have experienced.
If you are farther out, did that extra effect go away over time? Personal stories welcome! I don't care if it is scientifically proven or anything like that.
For me, it silenced an ancient voice that always wanted more (MORE!!!!!!) food. As ridiculous as it sounds, I had an internal compass that tracked available food. If I was in a far corner of my home, I swear I could close my eyes and be pulled to deliciousness on the kitchen counter. At work, the knowledge that there were treats in the breakroom would dance around the edges of the mind causing great distraction from my tasks at hand.
I have a distinct memory of overhearing my parents talking about my eating when I couldn't have been older than 4. They were wondering why WHY I would eat the leftover creamed corn. Afterall, I couldn't be hungry, I just had lunch. I remember wondering what hunger had to do with wanting to eat delicious creamed corn. That was my first inkling that I was different than my siblings.
That voice, that pull, is now absent. This feels miraculous to me. Was its origins in the part of the stomach that was removed? I have no idea and honestly I don't think anyone has THE answer to that question.
I still have other disordered eating habits at play. But as a former volume eater, silencing that voice made the remaining issues much more managable.
I feel truly lucky that VSG happened to target what I feel was a root cause of being an overweight child.
