Do you miss it?

[A.Positive]

I am hopeful about the future and really hope that my operation goes ahead.

I am scared though, not of dying pr anything like that but of not being able to eat a huge meal again. I love (and I mean love) to eat, I live for it. Even now while I am typing I have a huge mug of tea and 3 large homemade cookies in front of me. I am always eating, I eat when I happy, sad, excited, stressed, or just when something good is on the television.

How have you dealt with the change?

 

[Samsara]

Good question! No more big celebratory meals and eating big slices of fresh bread (my favourite!). What surgery are you having and when? At what stage in the process are you? I am still going through various assessments...

 

[Paula Garner]

You have to embrace the change fully. Otherwise there is no point putting yourself through the process, which isn't easy. If I'm honest I don't miss my old life at all. I'm only 3 and a bit months out and I'm healthier, pain free and happy for the first time in 10 years.

 

[Samsara]

I definitely feel ready to embrace change! But some people on here do occasionally say they wish they hadn't had the surgery. Not sure what their reasons are. My lifestyle and over eating over the last 25+ years have made me what I am today which is a horrible mess! And I do not want to be that person anymore. I already gave up alcohol 18 months ago which I am not missing one bit

 

[carebear1]

I use to eat a minimum of 10 packets of mostly share bag of crisps a day, i'd go all day without food(I always drink my water) and buy them on my way from collecting my boys. 5 out of 7 days a wk and crisps are the ONLY thing I have ever craved.

I feel sad just thinking about not having them again and I don't know how but it has to be done

 

[emma-louise]

I will be honest now....

I'm 2 yrs and 5 mths since my bypass and in the beginning of "the honeymoon period" when the weight is dropping off.....it's like a daydream!
You feel wonderful,a new different person is staring back at you in the mirror,all this new energy and life!
The getting used to a complete different way of eating can be difficult at times,
But I got there as you have too!
But the longer term I've got the honeymoon period ends,the hard work begins..
You realise this is life now,making sure you take your vitamins,eating properly,getting food stuck(being sick)my tummy troubles I have now and so on.
I don't regret my bypass for one second,it's great not eating the crap I used too! And I fit into size 10/12 clothes! And not knock things off flying with my big old arse!
I felt like so many on here when I first started on the 'weightloss journey' excited,happy etc...
But the longer term you get you may see things differently x
Good luck

 

[Lush121]

Food was one of my great pleasures so I totally get where you are coming from. But for me the choice was to have the op or continue to gain weight to a point where I was so debilitated I couldn't walk without pain, and was at much higher risk of illness. I chose the op, but it isn't the right choice for everyone.

 

[JO28172]

Everyone on here is here for the same reason, as former fatties we loved food in abundance. What happens is from the initial motivation, you then lose weight which spurrs you on longer. For me I went for fast and focused route to get to goal weight so was pretty strict but when 3lb a week comes off it bigs a bigger smile than that bag of crisps anyday xx

 

[fjsinc]

I have yet to have the surgery, but I will have my date very soon. I think the process of applying for surgery has changed me, it alone has been a rollercoaster of emotion. My fears and hopes have changed and evolved as I've gone through each stage. The fear of missing out on large meals is one I had at first, but have had time to recognise that that is the addiction talking in my head! I know it sounds odd, but I think I've been through the 5 stages of grief whilst trying learn to let go of food. For me the next stage is the surgery itself, and all that that will bring. I doubt we can be truly prepared, but trying to get your head around it is a good start.

 

[Beth72]

Just been reading this thread & wondered if you'd had surgery yet Fjsinc & if you have, have your thoughts changed towards food? I'm seriously considering a sleeve privately, but wondering how I'll cope without the constant companion of junk food as a safety net scares me a bit. Socially, there's nothing more I like than coffee or lunches out, BUT if I don't do something now, never will & will get bigger & bigger.