My food best friend could be gone.

[ohhappydays]

I went to the informational meeting this past Saturday and at the end they were setting up appointments with the surgeons. Ummmm...I was the first in line and have my appointment today. TODAY! I'm scared. Like, rethinking myself, freaking out scared. This thing could really happen and as much as I want it, I'm scared of it too. Mostly I'm scared to end my friendship with food. I want to end it but the thought of not being able to indulge or ruining everything, makes me scared! UGH!! Did anyone else feel this?

[akbutt]

I didn't before surgery but after surgery I would get a little bummed at times and felt like I didn't enjoy eating anymore. Just the other day I told my husband, "it's times like these I wish I could eat more but glad I can't". I was eating pizza so that's why I was glad I couldn't.

The thought of knowing that I won't be able to over indulge, be hungry all the time, and not be controlled by food anymore is what goes through my mind more often than missing food. It is quite freeing!

You will not regret it, you just have to savor the portions you are able to eat.

[Little Verbena]

You bring up a good point, we are impacting a relationship with food that we have always had. But in my case, the relationship is not a healthy one. Sure, food has always been there for me, but it hasn't always been good for me. I am sure that we have all had friends that we had to stop hanging around because they were not good influences on us. I know I have. I have to change this food relationship because it is hurting my health. I will not be ending it, I plan on eating good food again. Maybe not fast food and potatoes but I will be eating good food and learning how to have a healthy relationship with it that won't end up killing slowly.

[ohhappydays]

I love that thought, food is my toxic friend that I have to let go of!!! That's the way I will look at it from now on, not that food is my bff that I love hanging out with but a toxic one that is taking me down a bad path. thank you!

[sonya139]

It's like a bad break up! I had a number of food funerals but had to stop as I was picking up weight.

[ximmia]

I think that's a reasonable thing to think about. Our relationship with food HAS to change. But it's not dead. I've found that I'm cooking more, and reuiniting with different food friends along the way. For me it's seafood. I have cooked more of it in the past week and a half than I have in the previous ten years. Balance the risks of your health vs your food friends and see which side you come down on.