Anyone Grieve the Loss of Eating a Poor Diet/Large portions?

[Cattitude]

When I typed out that title I thought to myself "ugh how pathetic does that sound?". But every once in a while I get a twinge of sadness that I no longer can eat a full plate of pasta & garlic! Then I snap back to reality as I would NEVER go back.

It's just those occasional moments, you know? Anyone else?

[Busybee]

Me too. We are having boiled crawfish tonight. Having some friends over. When we were placing the order for the crawfish my hubby said, "How many pounds do you want?" I thought for a second and said I'll just eat from yours. Kinda sad, I used to order 10 pounds for myself. Love rockin my sleeve!

[grammargirl0309]

You know, it doesn't happen as often as I thought it would, but it does happen. Sometimes things just taste so good and I want to eat more, but I feel so full and know if I eat another bite I'll be sick. I've learned to slow down to stretch the moment, to sit with fullness. I think because I'm approaching this from a much more moderate perspective (I'm not dieting; I am living a lifestyle; I've cut nothing out of my diet - I just eat very carefully 80 percent of the time and have small portions of what I want), I don't have these thoughts of grief very often.

[curvymummy]

yea i feel the same sometimes, especially when my man is eating a mahoosive plate of spicy noodles and i just wanna join him, or a chinese meal, but i defo wudnt look bak. i love just how the weight is cumming off x

[Jerome]

yeah - friends and I are heading to a new restaurant opening here in london Tuesday night - I know the food will be excellent and the champagne will be flowing. I think more than the food, not drinking the bubbly will be hard. But I wouldn't have it any other way. And when I am thin(ish) I want to remember that this wasn't easy, to keep me on track.

[EricV]

Yep for sure. It's like losing a life long best friend that really turned out not to be good for us. I'm third day in and I can think of a few things I'd rather have than the soup I'm having but I like what the scale is telling me.

[louisianagirl55]

Having crawfish tonight and had to tell my husband wed have to share! Felt sad for a minute! but this is the first time ive totally felt this way!! I still look like I could eat 10;lbs so I guess I want to!!

[Slimgin]

4/24/12 Sleeve. Im 4 days into my new life and I do miss the food, especially when my family eats or i have to cook for them. Because i see the results already i know I can do this

[Theresa]

occasionally I think... 'this is ridiculous' but it passes really quickly

[kinlow]

Absolutely. I was embarrassed to admit that, so I'm glad you posted this so I can finally admit it. LOL! It's not all the time, and it's short living, but yes, sometimes I do grieve it. I've even said if only I could have ONE more big huge meal. Then I'm like "NO WAY!" I'm so happy with my Sleeve, I don't want to do anything to ruin it.

[DollHouseKiera]

I think every one of us goes through moments of food mourning. I'm almost a year out from my first surgery and I still have the occasional moment of grieving for my past food intake. I don't know if those moments will ever go away completely, but now all I can do is recognize how I'm feeling and just deal with my current restrictions. Luckily, the sleeve allows for a little more satisfying bites and tastes than the RNY does, so you can eat a little bit of almost anything you wish.

[Jolie]

My sleeve is less than 40 days away. This was a very good post! I have been concerned what living without my comfort foods would be like. You all have given me some hope: that having the sleeve is by far better than the foods I will miss! Thank you for posting!

[chelsiez1968]

I wondered the same thing ,,,,,

[Sunflower]

yes, I miss it at times. I have figured now that I can eat just a little less than one full egg sizes portion in a sitting, so about 1/4 cup. More than that and up it comes. That doesn't make for a very extensive meal. But when I see the scale move almost every day, it's all worth it. I know I'll hit a stall again but because it is phyically impossible for me to get fed-up and cheat, I am feeling confidence that I will actually get down to a normal weight for the first time in decades!

[scgal21]

My hubby and I went out for lunch yesterday to Applebee's. I had that moment you described as I was sitting there watching him eat this beautiful plate of pasta while I sipped my tomato basil soup. It only lasted for a second and I snapped myself out of it.....but those ugly thoughts raise their head oevery once in a while.