tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047917794386763845.post3544795000865162936..comments2011-07-27T13:55:09.177+10:00Comments on Food Junkie to Fabulous!: Grieving for foodShaggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04507797587737761148noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047917794386763845.post-91768274407374061902009-02-04T06:41:00.000+11:002009-02-04T06:41:00.000+11:00I didn't have to do Optifast at all before surgery...I didn't have to do Optifast at all before surgery....go figure. In fact, I was allowed to eat the morning of my surgery....I was operated on at 7pm. I don't think a piece of grilled chicken would hurt....IF you can stop at that. Just ask your surgeon or ring his rooms and ask....they can only say no or suggest something else to quell the hunger?? You are doing really well...hang in there!!Nolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999422801245381422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047917794386763845.post-46387913077409306922009-02-01T14:19:00.000+11:002009-02-01T14:19:00.000+11:00My dietitian allowed a small piece of steak with v...My dietitian allowed a small piece of steak with veggies or an egg, a bit of cheese etc.<BR/><BR/>If you are stuggling, ask! The worst thing she can say is no.<BR/><BR/>I had a few dinners out and had steak and salad. It really did help!<BR/><BR/>Chin up, not long to go now!!!<BR/><BR/>Belfitnessbandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11244156811090127128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047917794386763845.post-40922399879461271552009-02-01T09:02:00.000+11:002009-02-01T09:02:00.000+11:00Wow 4 weeks Tina! That would have undone me comple...Wow 4 weeks Tina! That would have undone me completely! Now I feel like a right whinger! Thank you so much for putting this into perspective - I think I've come to terms with it now, I've had so many opportunities to do little cheats here and there and now I actually dont want to - thats a big breakthrough for me! Must check out your blog Thank you for being there!Shaggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04507797587737761148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047917794386763845.post-35614546165874168502009-01-31T21:50:00.000+11:002009-01-31T21:50:00.000+11:00Hang in there at least the crappy Optifast stage i...Hang in there at least the crappy Optifast stage is only short term it is not forever! <BR/>It is so worth it. I know how hard it can be. I had to do optifast for 4 weeks before i got banded. <BR/>Hang in there you can do it!<BR/>Take care Tina:)Tina :o)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10292786568952439501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047917794386763845.post-53269187957753685452009-01-30T17:19:00.000+11:002009-01-30T17:19:00.000+11:00Also for a new version of veggies if you can have ...Also for a new version of veggies if you can have them try this , its my FAVORITE . <BR/>It might give you some variety for now . <BR/>http://skinnyintexas.blogspot.com/2008/10/oh-yummy.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047917794386763845.post-22375191456729301992009-01-30T17:18:00.000+11:002009-01-30T17:18:00.000+11:00Well first off what your going through i think is ...Well first off what your going through i think is 100% normal for people who are on Optifast. its not "normal" to go that long w/ out food. I know when I am on my 6 days of liquids post fills I notice foods, restaurants I would NEVER notice before . Food kind of JUMPS out at you. It is a mourning of sorts. Pre op patients (Inculding myself ) go through this for a few reasons I think :<BR/>1. They think they will never eat food again <BR/>2. They think they will never eat GOOD food again .<BR/>3. They think life as they know it with food is over. <BR/>When the reality if this:<BR/>1. Food post op becomes about QUALITY not QUANTITY <BR/>2. Food post op becomes about QUALITY , you eat but you WANT Good quality proteins, veggies ect. because that is what makes you full.<BR/>3. Food becomes something you eat to live not live to eat.<BR/>4. Food becomes just "food" in all honesty food is not somthing you HAVE To enjoy . its somethihng you HAVE to eat to live. So will you eat thing you LIKE again sure, will you eat things you LOVE again ? Sure . But post op Food just becomes food . if you read post op blogs who are a yr out they think of food differently . You too will get that way . <BR/><BR/>NOW as for the optifast. MY Doc ( NOTE this is my docs option and I am in NO WAY telling you to go against your docs advice ) does not make people do Optifast. He does not think its necessary . In all honesty I do not think its needed either. I think its torture for patients. DO SOME SUPER Obese patients need it ? maybe ? HOWEVER Look at it this way . Stick by what your doc says , follow the optifast until your surgery . its only a few weeks out of your life to get the best quality of life you can have. YOU CAN DO THIS . Will eating a piece of chicken screw it up ? I dont know . But do you REALLY want to wake up thinking you have a band and the doc say " SORRY we could not put the band in your liver is not small enough " and think " SHIT was it that chicken" <BR/>You can do this hang in there !!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047917794386763845.post-2059440720700289312009-01-30T17:02:00.000+11:002009-01-30T17:02:00.000+11:00Having just read my post I believe what I'm suffer...Having just read my post I believe what I'm suffering is withdrawal from social over eating otherwise known as entertainment eating.Shaggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04507797587737761148noreply@blogger.com