Guest guest Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 Hello, all! I just wanted to post about how my head hunger is doing. I'm almost 3 months post-op, and for the first month or month and a half I was just going crazy!! I kept posting and asking for recipes that would go down my pouch, for anything at all that I could eat!! It WAS worse when I was on liquids, but really now that I'm on solids I just don't eat many solids at all. My head hunger was really an expression of my withdrawl from overeating, eating for the ravenous need inside my head. I was angry, frustrated, tearful, and generally miserable because I couldn't eat what I wanted to! Yet, I knew it was what I wanted on a higher concious level. Now I've settled in a bit. I fear and avoid food, and part of that is that I also avoid water. Anything in my pouch makes me uncomfortable except in the tiniest amounts, so I just give up and don't eat most of the time. Even water feels awful in my pouch, pressure and sometimes nausea (even with small amounts). I can tolerate protein drinks, and so drink those just fine. I also tolerate mild cheeses, which go down well if I nibble. Occasionally I experiment and eat foods, and in fact I recently asked for ideas on foods that would be good and not hurt, and got lots of great input!! Thanks, all!! It will get better. I know the first year is the hardest, my body adjusting and settling in. I guess I've survived my forced weaning from food as a comfort and escape, for the most part. I occasionally still eat til I'm stuffed (doesn't take much!), but it's rare because it's just not worth the pain. I say, on the one hand, YAY!! I'm over the food addiction!! On the other hand, I still crave at times. As I said, I know it will get better, and I look forward to a good, comfortable routine! Take care, y'all! -Becky O. in FL Open RNY 10/30/02 278/239/240 ------------------------------------------------------------- " A little child born yesterday, a thing on mother's milk and kisses fed. " -- Homer, Hymn to Hermes, 1:406 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 Becky the beginning is hard and things don't feel good on the pouch and we just have to keep trying and make sure to get all our vitamins and protein down as well as water Head hunger > Hello, all! I just wanted to post about how my head hunger is doing. I'm > almost 3 months post-op, and for the first month or month and a half I was > just going crazy!! I kept posting and asking for recipes that would go down > my pouch, for anything at all that I could eat!! It WAS worse when I was on > liquids, but really now that I'm on solids I just don't eat many solids at > all. > My head hunger was really an expression of my withdrawl from overeating, > eating for the ravenous need inside my head. I was angry, frustrated, > tearful, and generally miserable because I couldn't eat what I wanted to! > Yet, I knew it was what I wanted on a higher concious level. Now I've > settled in a bit. I fear and avoid food, and part of that is that I also > avoid water. Anything in my pouch makes me uncomfortable except in the > tiniest amounts, so I just give up and don't eat most of the time. Even > water feels awful in my pouch, pressure and sometimes nausea (even with > small amounts). I can tolerate protein drinks, and so drink those just fine. > I also tolerate mild cheeses, which go down well if I nibble. Occasionally I > experiment and eat foods, and in fact I recently asked for ideas on foods > that would be good and not hurt, and got lots of great input!! Thanks, all!! > It will get better. I know the first year is the hardest, my body adjusting > and settling in. I guess I've survived my forced weaning from food as a > comfort and escape, for the most part. I occasionally still eat til I'm > stuffed (doesn't take much!), but it's rare because it's just not worth the > pain. I say, on the one hand, YAY!! I'm over the food addiction!! On the > other hand, I still crave at times. As I said, I know it will get better, > and I look forward to a good, comfortable routine! > Take care, y'all! > -Becky O. in FL > Open RNY 10/30/02 > 278/239/240 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > " A little child born yesterday, a thing > on mother's milk and kisses fed. " > -- Homer, Hymn to Hermes, 1:406 > > > > To Subscribe to 's monthly FREE Newsletter send an email to GBCookbook-subscribe@... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 Becky the beginning is hard and things don't feel good on the pouch and we just have to keep trying and make sure to get all our vitamins and protein down as well as water Head hunger > Hello, all! I just wanted to post about how my head hunger is doing. I'm > almost 3 months post-op, and for the first month or month and a half I was > just going crazy!! I kept posting and asking for recipes that would go down > my pouch, for anything at all that I could eat!! It WAS worse when I was on > liquids, but really now that I'm on solids I just don't eat many solids at > all. > My head hunger was really an expression of my withdrawl from overeating, > eating for the ravenous need inside my head. I was angry, frustrated, > tearful, and generally miserable because I couldn't eat what I wanted to! > Yet, I knew it was what I wanted on a higher concious level. Now I've > settled in a bit. I fear and avoid food, and part of that is that I also > avoid water. Anything in my pouch makes me uncomfortable except in the > tiniest amounts, so I just give up and don't eat most of the time. Even > water feels awful in my pouch, pressure and sometimes nausea (even with > small amounts). I can tolerate protein drinks, and so drink those just fine. > I also tolerate mild cheeses, which go down well if I nibble. Occasionally I > experiment and eat foods, and in fact I recently asked for ideas on foods > that would be good and not hurt, and got lots of great input!! Thanks, all!! > It will get better. I know the first year is the hardest, my body adjusting > and settling in. I guess I've survived my forced weaning from food as a > comfort and escape, for the most part. I occasionally still eat til I'm > stuffed (doesn't take much!), but it's rare because it's just not worth the > pain. I say, on the one hand, YAY!! I'm over the food addiction!! On the > other hand, I still crave at times. As I said, I know it will get better, > and I look forward to a good, comfortable routine! > Take care, y'all! > -Becky O. in FL > Open RNY 10/30/02 > 278/239/240 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > " A little child born yesterday, a thing > on mother's milk and kisses fed. " > -- Homer, Hymn to Hermes, 1:406 > > > > To Subscribe to 's monthly FREE Newsletter send an email to GBCookbook-subscribe@... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 Becky the beginning is hard and things don't feel good on the pouch and we just have to keep trying and make sure to get all our vitamins and protein down as well as water Head hunger > Hello, all! I just wanted to post about how my head hunger is doing. I'm > almost 3 months post-op, and for the first month or month and a half I was > just going crazy!! I kept posting and asking for recipes that would go down > my pouch, for anything at all that I could eat!! It WAS worse when I was on > liquids, but really now that I'm on solids I just don't eat many solids at > all. > My head hunger was really an expression of my withdrawl from overeating, > eating for the ravenous need inside my head. I was angry, frustrated, > tearful, and generally miserable because I couldn't eat what I wanted to! > Yet, I knew it was what I wanted on a higher concious level. Now I've > settled in a bit. I fear and avoid food, and part of that is that I also > avoid water. Anything in my pouch makes me uncomfortable except in the > tiniest amounts, so I just give up and don't eat most of the time. Even > water feels awful in my pouch, pressure and sometimes nausea (even with > small amounts). I can tolerate protein drinks, and so drink those just fine. > I also tolerate mild cheeses, which go down well if I nibble. Occasionally I > experiment and eat foods, and in fact I recently asked for ideas on foods > that would be good and not hurt, and got lots of great input!! Thanks, all!! > It will get better. I know the first year is the hardest, my body adjusting > and settling in. I guess I've survived my forced weaning from food as a > comfort and escape, for the most part. I occasionally still eat til I'm > stuffed (doesn't take much!), but it's rare because it's just not worth the > pain. I say, on the one hand, YAY!! I'm over the food addiction!! On the > other hand, I still crave at times. As I said, I know it will get better, > and I look forward to a good, comfortable routine! > Take care, y'all! > -Becky O. in FL > Open RNY 10/30/02 > 278/239/240 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > " A little child born yesterday, a thing > on mother's milk and kisses fed. " > -- Homer, Hymn to Hermes, 1:406 > > > > To Subscribe to 's monthly FREE Newsletter send an email to GBCookbook-subscribe@... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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