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MiladyB · 06-30-2007, 06:18 PM

Ryker, like Dyann said what you are feeling is totally normal. Most of us go through a time that we mourn food. That isn't abnormal or even unhealthy. Food has played a huge part in our lives and we need to go through a time when we mourn it so that we can develop a more healthy relationship with it. The other thing going on here is that initially post-op our emotions are all over the place. When our bodies break down fat it releases a lot of hormones into our blood stream. Think of it as major PMS. You know I remember a day when I was one week post-op that I just broke down and started crying. I don't even remember what set it off but I do remember it was something pretty insignificant. My family looked at me so strange. I just told them through the tears it wasn't them or anything in particular. I just felt a need to cry. So go ahead and cry away if you need to my dear. It's okay...you know what? It's even healthy. Things will eventually level out but in the mean time just realize that all of those emotions are totally normal.