Do you enjoy food?

[LBD]

I know that is a daft question but I have just stuffed my face with some popcorn and chocolate and afterwards I asked myself whether I actually enjoyed it.

To be honest I didn't. In all honesty I can't remember the last time I ate something that really satisfied me or made me go yum!

I feel like an addict trying to get a kick and never being able to find it despite what I eat.

I think because just about any food is available to me it just doesn't give me a kick any more. Does that make sense?

The question is why do I still do it? Why do I still think I need to eat all the unnecessary crap? Why can't I stop and think?

I long to enjoy food again and I would be interested to know whether people who have had WLS are able to enjoy the food they eat or has it become a chore because you have to think about it the whole time?

 

[rybens]

I know how you feel, this week is my last week before i go on the pre op and a few times this week iv thought what food do i really want because it may be a while before i have it again , and i couldnt think of anything i really really wanted. Last night i had a chinese and looked forward to it but when id finished i didnt have that mmmm just what i wanted feeling, im looking forward to eating food for fuel and to feel that what food i have it needs to count so not to waste the calories on things that will do me no good x

 

[Glenville]

It is interesting that you mentioned popcorn and chocolate. Now that I am supposed to be eating sloppies as I am 2.5 weeks post-op, the hardest thing is missing the different food textures. The popcorn & choc being different textures.

Good luck with your journey and make the most of pre-op time but you will be able to have most of what you are eating now, just smaller quantities. It just takes time.

John

 

[phatmomma]

I think sometimes the joy of food is the naughtiness....

I know when i was on my 6,468th diet (joke but one of many) if i did treat myself once in a 'blue moon' and maybe have dessert after a meal out i really enjoyed it. But when food is just another meal and not forbidden it loses a lot of the attraction.......

Does this make sense? xx

 

[salski]

I really really enjoy my food and Im 7 months out. I never really went off food. I did my liquids, sloppies and soft food stages and enjoyed most of the, now I can eat almost anything (rice, pasta and white bread are no go's) but just cant aeat alot of it! Its great

 

[candie]

After the bypass, food has become far more about taste and texture for me, rather than quantityThis week I made a gorg veggie chickpea, lentil and spinach curry which I can't get enough ofI also did a spicy carrot n lentil soup, with a bit of curry powder in and that was lush too
Therefore I do still enjoy my food, but don't use it to dampen down my emotions any more, like I used to

 

[salski]

oooh Sal your curry sounds ace!! recipes please hehe Sal x

 

[Karma67]

oooh Sal your curry sounds ace!! recipes please hehe Sal x

I was just thinking that too!! please can we have the recipes xxxx

 

[Roch]

Very good post. I can honestly say i dont enjoy food, i dont think i fancy this or that and dream of eating certain food.
Also after eating some pure crap i 2 often wonder why did i eat this when i did not enjoy it at all.
I have had quite a difficult life starting from the age of 8 when my beautiful mum died of Breast cancer and unfortunately 3 more of the closest people in my life died in just a few short years after.
Sometimes i wonder to myself did i eat and get myself so big to protect myself and stop others getting so close to me in case they died to, maybe it was a defence mechanism to stop me getting hurt. At the age of 41 i still have not figured this out and hope to do this soon.
Am hoping after surgery to learn to appreciate food and enjoy the small amounts of food i will be able to eat.

 

[gillabean]

Before the op I didn't really enjoy food. Unlike my slim friends who would mmmmmm, and yyuummyy about every mouthful of some dessert, I didn't feel like that, I just stuffed it in my mouth as fast as I could because I was always so hungry. I am lluuuuuuuuuurving the stage I'm coming into now, yesterday I had a piece of chicken breast on a fork and nibbled at it like a little mouse, but I truly enjoyed every little bit.