Making all the diet changes are difficult but eventually you get the hang of it. I still forget to wait 30 mins after eating to drink. It's even made me throw up before but I still rush it. Good luck on your psych evaluation! You are getting closer! Yay!
I will say it's so true that your set up for better success and recovery the more weight you lose pre op. I wish I had practiced more pre op for the changes in eating habits. it's a strugle to wait to drink after eating but it makes you so sick. also post op geting all you need in is a struggle. if I go long times with out food or water I'm so screwed because you can't really make it up. hang in there time flys by up to surgery.
Losing_it_for_me_42 I'm trying so hard! I've been doing pretty good but I know I can do so much better. And with the holidays coming up I'm just like must resist all the temptation but another part of me is like but it'll be so long if and when I'll be able to eat any of it again lol. Some of my support system who have had surgery are like oh enjoy it while you can. It's hard.
frommarrs you know you best. I got a ton of advice but everyone is different in what we need. I still indulge nothing is off limts in the long run (I'm still in liquids only right now) but I find if I say I can't have something I want it so much more. better for me to have a tiny bit once in awhile then set me up for failure by telling myself no. I found being truthfully honest with myself and really looking at my habits has help prepare me for post op life. nothing really prepares you but it helps. not eating for a few weeks really changes your mindset about food. food. you'll do great hon!
Losing_it_for_me_42 thank you! I never tell myself I can't have something, I tell myself I don't need that something. I have pretty good self control. But I know that means nothing post op because like you said not eating solid food for weeks gives you an entirely different mind set. With the holidays coming up I just have to take them as they come. My eating habits are honestly horrible. It's not the food I eat that's bad because I do try to eat half decent. It's how often I eat that is the real problem and what I truly need to work on to succeed post op. Like my normal habit would be to not eat anything during the day thanksgiving and Christmas and just to dinner and dessert with everyone which isn't healthy. Eating once a day isn't healthy. It's hard to break that habit.
Making all the diet changes are difficult but eventually you get the hang of it. I still forget to wait 30 mins after eating to drink. It's even made me throw up before but I still rush it. Good luck on your psych evaluation! You are getting closer! Yay!
I will say it's so true that your set up for better success and recovery the more weight you lose pre op. I wish I had practiced more pre op for the changes in eating habits. it's a strugle to wait to drink after eating but it makes you so sick. also post op geting all you need in is a struggle. if I go long times with out food or water I'm so screwed because you can't really make it up. hang in there time flys by up to surgery.
Losing_it_for_me_42 I'm trying so hard! I've been doing pretty good but I know I can do so much better. And with the holidays coming up I'm just like must resist all the temptation but another part of me is like but it'll be so long if and when I'll be able to eat any of it again lol. Some of my support system who have had surgery are like oh enjoy it while you can. It's hard.
frommarrs you know you best. I got a ton of advice but everyone is different in what we need. I still indulge nothing is off limts in the long run (I'm still in liquids only right now) but I find if I say I can't have something I want it so much more. better for me to have a tiny bit once in awhile then set me up for failure by telling myself no. I found being truthfully honest with myself and really looking at my habits has help prepare me for post op life. nothing really prepares you but it helps. not eating for a few weeks really changes your mindset about food. food. you'll do great hon!
Losing_it_for_me_42 thank you! I never tell myself I can't have something, I tell myself I don't need that something. I have pretty good self control. But I know that means nothing post op because like you said not eating solid food for weeks gives you an entirely different mind set. With the holidays coming up I just have to take them as they come. My eating habits are honestly horrible. It's not the food I eat that's bad because I do try to eat half decent. It's how often I eat that is the real problem and what I truly need to work on to succeed post op. Like my normal habit would be to not eat anything during the day thanksgiving and Christmas and just to dinner and dessert with everyone which isn't healthy. Eating once a day isn't healthy. It's hard to break that habit.