Cold Feet ? - ThinnerTimes

nannag · 06-23-2008, 02:24 PM

Hi everyone!
I feel like I am getting cold feet or something.

I start on the liquid diet next Tuesday, July 1, so this week I have this crazy thought in my head that I need to eat all my favorite foods before then.

My surgery is scheduled for July 15. I am really excited and really scared too.

I need some advice on how to handle this.

Is life after surgery really as hard as my mind tries to make me think it is?

katzz87 · 06-23-2008, 02:42 PM

It's a life changing decision...you'll fight head-hunger and other "demons"...but somewhere along the line it gets easier! You do your very best everyday (fall off the wagon once in a while too)...that's all one can do!

I'm forever grateful for having taken my life back from the addiction of food! And yes....you feel the need to "eat everything you can NEVER, EVER eat again!!!" or so you feel...just know that down the line you can eat "bad" foods again...just not as much or as often.

BillH · 06-23-2008, 04:21 PM

I sort of had cold feet briefly, sort of...but I made it a game to find liquids I really enjoyed that were still healthy for me. And I lost 14lbs the two weeks prior to surgery when I went liquid. Now, I am just amazed that I can see my cold feet when I look down! The blubber is going away! I can bend over and tie shoes without puffing and grunting! And the two weeks went by quickly for me because I was challenging myself to do my very best. And it was so worth it-->even though it's a continual battle. And sometimes, I have still eaten too much, too quickly. Only a handful of times since my April 16th surgery, but I keep telling myself-->Don't wreck what you've worked so hard to make happen. And ya know, usually things work out pretty well if we stay motivated and don't beat up on ourselves if we aren't perfect. You seem like a pretty good person, but ya know what--> you aren't perfect! Just do the best you can and keep your "eye on the prize," right?!

boomer · 06-24-2008, 01:46 AM

My surgery is scheduled for July 2nd and I start liquids this Wednesday. I have all kinds of "fun" liquids, but of course it went through my mind that I really should have something before then that I'll miss...hmmmm - so I bought some weight watchers chocolates, sausage, hash browns, eggs...popcorn...

I ate it all yesterday and realized that was not really all that much fun

, so here I am ready to go on the liquids diet a day early!

I'm ready

Marella · 06-24-2008, 04:01 AM

Before I had my LapBand, I had the "last meal" blues and I gave into them - for a whole week, I had my dinners planned out everyday. After the surgery, the recovery was great, the transition was easy, but then again, I only had the LapBand in 2 weeks before everything went wrong and I had to have it removed.

Before I had my RNY, I didn't care about saying goodbye to anything. I just ate lightly for the whole month, lots of salad, went out occasionally. I was TOTALLLY ready for my pre-op 8 days of liquids. I think the transition was easier. I didn't even crave Birthday Cake yesterday.

What you are feeling seems to be completely normal as most WLS'ers at one time or another have gone through similar emotions.

If we're all normal, then you are too!

nannag · 06-24-2008, 02:57 PM

Thanks for the reply. Atleast I know that I am not the only one to have cold feet.

I went to a nutritional class today, and others had the same questions that I had. That helped a lot to know that others had the same concerns that I did.

I wish all staplers for the month of July the best of luck!

armywife456 · 06-24-2008, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by nannag

Hi everyone!
I feel like I am getting cold feet or something.

I start on the liquid diet next Tuesday, July 1, so this week I have this crazy thought in my head that I need to eat all my favorite foods before then.

My surgery is scheduled for July 15. I am really excited and really scared too.

I need some advice on how to handle this.

Is life after surgery really as hard as my mind tries to make me think it is?

I too was having cold feet, just a day or two ago. I also did what you are doing, I ate EVERYTHING! I had to have that "last one" in reality, it won't be my last anything, well besides soda. I think I gained five pounds the week before I was to start my protien diet. Thank goodness I lost some on this diet! I have two days left till surgery day but I didn't make it through the diet with flying colors, thats for sure! I even cheated a few times over the course of two days! Thats when I thought "is this surgery even right for me?" alot of people here on TT helped me dig my way out of that slump. I think we just scare ourselves out of it because of our addiction to food. I know I let myself "cheat" my diet because I talked myself into it, just like any addict that has a relapse.
Just ask yourself where you will be in five or ten years without the surgery and then look five to ten years down the road WITH surgery. Which is better for your health? And which is better for YOU?
Keep holding strong, it goes by alot faster than it looks, and once the first two or three days are over on the diet, its a sinch!

Take care!

Marella · 06-25-2008, 06:12 AM

What an awesome attitude... that's a successful loser talking!

Marella · 06-25-2008, 06:16 AM

May I suggest a reading of:

Question for long timers on maintenance Thread.

I found it very eye-opening of what longtimers think of themselves years post-op. It's food for thought for all newbies.

It really helped me to know that things may and probably will change for you, not to be afraid of that change... to learn about yourself, to learn to love yourself, to learn to be your new self. Things might be tough, they might not... and the most important thing is to find yourself. Perhaps? that's the journey?

Good luck everyone... you're time is close.