Guest guest Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 I asked this same question in my mind a while back (I never got an answer!) hahahahaha Seriously, I think we will be able to have our "Thanksgiving Dinner" but MUCH LESS of it! Hey, remember, turkey is Protein! Try to stay positive until you are on the other side! I'll take your surgery date if you don't want it!!! Love, Jenn ADARONE53@... wrote: Is anyone sorry that they had the surgery? I feel like I will never enjoy food again. I'm going to miss my Thanksgivings Dinner. I'm having 2nd thoughts. I don't know what to do. I haven't slept, since I got my surgery date. Thank You, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Speaking for myself, I am not sorry, it was the best thing I did. We all think of the holidays and parties, whatever. I just prepare for them, so I don't feel left out. I will have Turkey with gravy, a small bit of mashed potatoes, a small bit of stuffing, then later a bit or 2 of SF chocolate pudding ( I always loved chocolate pie so this works for me). Then I don't feel left out and I don't over eat, I eat my protein first, so I only have room for a very small bit of mashed potatoes and stuffing. Then the next day I will have turkey, green beans, green salad, the greens I didn't eat and not eating anything wrong, back on track and always staying at the right protein and then you feel good, don't gain weight and don't feel left out. I have only eaten a couple bits of carbs at Easter, before that I had not even touched them, but without them I really don't even miss them. I did want a taste of mash potatoes at Easter, and all I took was a bit and I was fine, since then I haven't had carbs. You will learn how to eat, and what is a trigger food for you, and how to make each event work for you if you listen to people on hear, go to support groups, these will help. Food has to be for us to live, not to live for. It doesn't mean you can't ever eat anything your not suppose to, and that food shouldn't taste good, but learning what you need, how much, how often and we all learn these things to fit us best as we go along. You are just having a natural fear. It will be okay. Take care. Donna J.ADARONE53@... wrote: Is anyone sorry that they had the surgery? I feel like I will never enjoy food again. I'm going to miss my Thanksgivings Dinner. I'm having 2nd thoughts. I don't know what to do. I haven't slept, since I got my surgery date. Thank You, Donna JordonDSJordon@... Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Hi , I had my surgery on sept 21.After surgery I lost my taste for many things. Sometimes things sound real good but when it comes right done to it after a few bites the taste is just ok. Does that make since?. I think all of us wish we could eat anything we want whenever we want but that is what got us to where we are.Do I miss eating? Sometimes. Do I miss being fat.NOOOOO. Do I miss 3x 4x.Double NOOOO.Am I sorry I had the operation. Triple NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.I have had a great time giving my clothes away. Thank God for family and friends all smaller than me. I am just now having to buy clothes.I feel so healthy.I feel so good about myself. I am getting involved in a club at work who gives back to the community. I am doing better at work. Their are so many things that people limit themselves to because we are uncomfortable with ourself.Once you pass the first couple of months you can try many things. You just get full so fast.Oh buy the way,Thanksgiving time you won't have a problem, you have your bite of turkey, a teaspoon of dressing,tea of potatoe and you will be full.Use the packet gravy mix.That worked great. Also check out the surgar free receipes.sorry this is so long but you will do great and you won't regret it. Barbara C --- ADARONE53@... wrote: > Is anyone sorry that they had the surgery? > > I feel like I will never enjoy food again. > I'm going to miss my Thanksgivings Dinner. > I'm having 2nd thoughts. > > I don't know what to do. I haven't slept, since I > got my surgery date. > > Thank You, > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 ! I am so proud you got your surgery date, do your remember the few times we instant messaged and you were so far from reaching the goal to get the ten percent off ? I am so stoked for you I am not sorry and i do not regret the surgery. At Thanksgiving Christmas, Valentines Day a birthday here or there, i eat what i want to, i never eat alot and i do focus on the protein, but i still have a little of everything i want to try. It is not the end of the world and I dont even want much stuff a lot of the time I think you will be happy with the choice, I will pray for you that you can come to terms with feeling happy and that you are making the right choice, i firmly believe to make it all work you have to be honest and true to yourself going into this to make it all work in the end If you ever would like to meet sometime to talk about it let me know and i can give you my phone number. Colleen Vacaville 283 starting 251 day of surgery presently I am at 139.................I am just gettting over a severe stomach virus and lost 4 pounds in 4 days.....normally i have been at 143ADARONE53@... wrote: Is anyone sorry that they had the surgery? I feel like I will never enjoy food again. I'm going to miss my Thanksgivings Dinner. I'm having 2nd thoughts. I don't know what to do. I haven't slept, since I got my surgery date. Thank You, Colleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 : Right after my surgery, my then-partner brought a pizza home, and I sat there and cried. I wondered, what have I done? I'll be able to fit in any booth, but what's the point? I'll never be able eat anything again. Then I got online, and everyone here told me to take a deep breath. And that it would be OK. Do I regret having the surgery? NO WAY! Am I able to enjoy food in a restaurant? YES! Do I miss Thanksgiving food? No because I can have tiny little tastes of most things, and I'm satisfied. Nothing, and I mean NO FOOD, has ever satisfied me the way my life does now. Having my gastric bypass was the best gift I gave myself. I am healthy, happy and more alive than I've ever been. Best of luck with your choice. Francisco > > Is anyone sorry that they had the surgery? > > I feel like I will never enjoy food again. > I'm going to miss my Thanksgivings Dinner. > I'm having 2nd thoughts. > > I don't know what to do. I haven't slept, since I got my surgery date. > > Thank You, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Dear ,I know how you feel. The hardest thing we have to do is face our loss: the food.It is like a death and we need to take the time to mourn and feel sad. It is so sad. I know that during the 10% I had to face that I could no longer live to eat but had to eat to live. After surgery, it seems to be the same but I have gotten used to it, somehow. Some people eat everything, just as you read here. Some people find they can be satisfied with bites. But it is OK because we are learning to find other ways of keeping ourselves satisfied without this crutch. But it is sad. No doubt. For myself, it is so worth it. It is not the loss of food that makes me cry but the miracle of my new life that I can live so fully now. That is what you do not know yet but you will soon after surgery and you will no longer doubt. With understanding, Lilka > > Is anyone sorry that they had the surgery? > > I feel like I will never enjoy food again. > I'm going to miss my Thanksgivings Dinner. > I'm having 2nd thoughts. > > I don't know what to do. I haven't slept, since I got my surgery date. > > Thank You, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Ditto Francisco I feel the same way. Rosemanisodream wrote: :Right after my surgery, my then-partner brought a pizza home, and I sat there and cried. I wondered, what have I done? I'll be able to fit in any booth, but what's the point? I'll never be able eat anything again.Then I got online, and everyone here told me to take a deep breath. And that it would be OK.Do I regret having the surgery? NO WAY!Am I able to enjoy food in a restaurant? YES!Do I miss Thanksgiving food? No because I can have tiny little tastes of most things, and I'm satisfied.Nothing, and I mean NO FOOD, has ever satisfied me the way my life does now.Having my gastric bypass was the best gift I gave myself. I am healthy, happy and more alive than I've ever been.Best of luck with your choice.Francisco>> Is anyone sorry that they had the surgery?> > I feel like I will never enjoy food again.> I'm going to miss my Thanksgivings Dinner.> I'm having 2nd thoughts.> > I don't know what to do. I haven't slept, since I got my surgery date.> > Thank You,> > How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 NOT ME!!! Deciding to have my weight loss surgery was the second best decision I ever made, second only to marrying . It has given me a whole new life. For the first time I can remember, I feel like I'm actually a participant in my own life, instead of just a spectator. It is NORMAL to be scared before surgery! You are on the verge of a whole new life, and that can be very scary. I compare it to any other new beginning. Have you ever gotten married, or left your childhood home to go to college in a distant city, or left a job you've been at for years? You know it's the right thing to do, but OH MY GOSH! What am I doing?!? Same sort of thing. If it helps, I ended up on anti-anxiety medication for the last couple of weeks before my own surgery, just so I could sleep at night. At 18:59 05/12/2006, you wrote: >Is anyone sorry that they had the surgery? > >I feel like I will never enjoy food again. >I'm going to miss my Thanksgivings Dinner. >I'm having 2nd thoughts. > >I don't know what to do. I haven't slept, since I got my surgery date. > >Thank You, > Eleanor Oster eleanor@... (personal address) www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm San , CA Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003 P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA) ~5'9 " tall 05/09/2003 319 Orientation 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery Current 157±2 Goal until plastics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 To tell you the truth I was scared out of my witts. I new what I was about to do was for the better. I new it was going to help out in the long run. Then I had the surgery and I thinking oh my what have I done. Did I really do the right thing? Apparently most people say this to themselves after they have the surgery. Well I had my surgery in December I was 257 pounds when I started I am now 157 pounds and thrilled to death that I had the surgery. You will still be able to enjoy food it just takes you a little while to get use to your new pouch. I am now 5 1/2 months out and I enjoy most foods. There are days certain foods don't agree but try them again because the next time your pouch will be fine with them. > > Is anyone sorry that they had the surgery? > > I feel like I will never enjoy food again. > I'm going to miss my Thanksgivings Dinner. > I'm having 2nd thoughts. > > I don't know what to do. I haven't slept, since I got my surgery date. > > Thank You, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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