Guest guest Posted June 11, 2000 Report Share Posted June 11, 2000 , I have been there!!!! I'm going on 7 weeks out, and I know what your going through. The thing is, you WILL be able to have a sandwich, and even try fries if you want. For me, french fries are 95% of the reason that I'm fat. They are my favorite food!!! Since going off pureed foods, I've tried a fry 3 times, and never finished a whole one. I just need one bite or two to satisfy my craving, then I realize that they don't taste QUITE as good as I recall. I had one today, in fact, and was bummed at the greasy coating left in my mouth. I tell you, this stunned me! Could it be possible that I may not prefer fried foods now?? They've always been my staple... lol. Be patient, Kim, and try some of the things you crave. Eat slow and see how they taste. If you're like me, NOTHING will make you ill, and you'll just have to be very careful about what you choose. Good luck, and let us know how it goes! - Alice A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2000 Report Share Posted June 11, 2000 Hey hang in there its normal to be bummed about food especially in the early days. My suggestion is ask dh to keep that food away from your line of senses for now. Also it won't be "never able to eat it again " .. just not right now. Later on you can have some of that .. you aren't on a diet remember. Just don't want to be eating french fries all day long .. or you defeat the purpose of the surgery. We go to 's now and then and I have a bite or two of my husbands chicken sandwich and a few fries. Hits the spot, satisfies the cravings too ... I do try and make healthy food choices and get my protien in but I won't limit myself on what i eat. Also though I can tolerate this stuff .. so your mileage may vary as everyone is different. Definitely though I don't think you should be even trying to eat this stuff until you are a few months out and know how your food reacts with you. Anyway I just want to say hang in there. I was there. Its hard but you can do it! Lyssa -----Original Message-----From: Pickford Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 11:07 AMTo: OSSG-NewEnglandegroupsSubject: HELP!!! OK I need some help here guys! I will be 5 weeks out tomorrow and I am totally obsessing about "bad" foods. Last night my dh came home from work and had a huge chicken salad sandwich and fries and I about died! I just went into the other room and found myself so bummed that I won't be able to eat that stuff anymore. I have started to eat regular food and that feels great....don't get me wrong but I guess I just wonder if anyone else has this problem. I know that it takes time to get over the connection from food that we all used to have and a little over a month is so short an amount of time but I feel myself really wishing that I could just have those tastes I guess. My problem had always been that I just really loved the way that food tastes. If I have to see that damn Burger King commercial about the spicy chicken sandwich I feel like I will just about kill someone! LOL Other than that everything else is going well. I feel really good. I will get weighed in on Friday this week and find out how much I have lost. I walk a mile a day. Haven't thrown up. No naseau. My asthma has gone, I don't snore anymore, I can walk up a flight of stairs without feeling like I will die so over all I do feel great!!! It's just the fries that got me down last night! (PS My dh knows that he shouldn't have sat there and eaten the fries in front of me quite yet. He felt so bad all night and I felt bad because I don't want to make him worry about what he eats...He can eat and eat and eat and not gain any weight! UGH! ) Thanks for listening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2000 Report Share Posted June 11, 2000 "Other than that everything else is going well. I feel really good. I will get weighed in on Friday this week and find out how much I have lost. I walk a mile a day. Haven't thrown up. No nausea. My asthma has gone, I don't snore anymore, I can walk up a flight of stairs without feeling like I will die so over all I do feel great!!! " , THIS is why you won't want that stuff anymore, although, you'll always have the cravings. Eventually, you will be able to eat a bit of this, a bit of that, and trust me, if you tried eating what he did, you would not be saying you haven't thrown up, and when climbing those stairs, you'd feel your arteries clogging! Hang in there! Dawn -----Original Message-----From: Pickford Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 11:07 AMTo: OSSG-NewEnglandegroupsSubject: HELP!!! OK I need some help here guys! I will be 5 weeks out tomorrow and I am totally obsessing about "bad" foods. Last night my dh came home from work and had a huge chicken salad sandwich and fries and I about died! I just went into the other room and found myself so bummed that I won't be able to eat that stuff anymore. I have started to eat regular food and that feels great....don't get me wrong but I guess I just wonder if anyone else has this problem. I know that it takes time to get over the connection from food that we all used to have and a little over a month is so short an amount of time but I feel myself really wishing that I could just have those tastes I guess. My problem had always been that I just really loved the way that food tastes. If I have to see that damn Burger King commercial about the spicy chicken sandwich I feel like I will just about kill someone! LOL Other than that everything else is going well. I feel really good. I will get weighed in on Friday this week and find out how much I have lost. I walk a mile a day. Haven't thrown up. No naseau. My asthma has gone, I don't snore anymore, I can walk up a flight of stairs without feeling like I will die so over all I do feel great!!! It's just the fries that got me down last night! (PS My dh knows that he shouldn't have sat there and eaten the fries in front of me quite yet. He felt so bad all night and I felt bad because I don't want to make him worry about what he eats...He can eat and eat and eat and not gain any weight! UGH! ) Thanks for listening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2000 Report Share Posted June 13, 2000 Alice, I know what you mean about fried foods. I know that I cannot tolerate them. When I told Dr. Reines, he told me that I shouldn't be eating them anyway! Oh well, I told him the waters had to be tested. Funny thing is, I can eat fries, not a lot of them. I think the breading on fried foods holds more of the grease than a potato, that must be why I can only eat them. As a rule, I just don't go near anything fried. I was out to the Groud Round once, order chicken tenders, they were friend, the menu didn't say they were. Learned my lesson, always ask. I sent the whole plate back to the kitchen and recommended that they change their menu to reflect the fact that the dish was fried. ===== Diane Tanner Dr Reines 11/15/99 Newton-Wellesley Hospital 230/162/130 __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2000 Report Share Posted September 12, 2000 I'm so glad that Adalaine is feeling better. I know what you mean about worrying each time they get sick. You always wonder if they will ever get better again. Janelle McGuire Burlington, Iowa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2000 Report Share Posted September 12, 2000 Thanks to all you offered input and information about Adelaine's heart rate. I spoke with her dr. and we decided to just keep an eye on her. Her heart rate calmed down after a couple hours and although she still has cold symptoms, she has been much more comfortable. Whenever she gets sick I'm always worried that we will lose her. Somehow, she manages to do pretty well and bounces back (thank goodness). Thank you all for your support!!! -- Kailing Mom of Adelaine (4 years) and Cecilia (6 months) Ann Arbor, MI j-cooper@... http://www.mich.com/~jaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2000 Report Share Posted September 12, 2000 When we were kids, my brother was hospitalized 22 times in a 24-month period for pneumonia.... I'm sure my mom would have appreciated support from this group! Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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