Anyone get amazed or even a little disgusted watching other people eat? The past couple of days I have sort of been amazed and a little grossed out at the process. It's so funny. To watch my kids eat a hamburger and intermittently take slugs of some carbonated drink gives me a wave of nausea. To watch people take huge mouthfuls of things and swallow freaks me out and kind of makes me want to puke. Am I abnormal or have you all experienced this?
On Lap Band Talk, there is a thread about getting to the point where you just don't care about food. I am definitely there. I have pretty much no interest, no desire. I don't have cravings really and I don't plan my days around food. Yesterday, besides ice coffee (with protein added in), I had a 4 ounce chicken breast for lunch and 2 ounces of beef and some green beans for dinner. That's it. Nothing exciting - just trying to meet my minimum requirements. I think about a year ago, right before I started my 2 week pre-op liquid diet, I was eating everything and obsessing about food and what my life would be like post-op. There is no way someone could have warned me about this. I no longer care at all. And besides the weight loss, this is the biggest gift of all. ;)
Happy 4th to you all ;)
I am close to this point, but not quite there yet. I'm two fills in and still plan my food for the day, but it's different now, it isn't planning with joy, it's more planning to make sure I am getting enough protein and calories (yeah, that's actually tough if I'm not shoving crap in my mouth) and I worry a bit too about my fiber and stuff. I cannot wait to get to the point where I just don't care at all about food. :) And other people's eating hasn't affected me at all yet other then sadly to notice when obese people are eating really unhealthy selections. That was me less than 4 months ago. : (
ReplyDeleteI am at where you were a year ago ... tomorrow I start my pre-op diet and I am now (and have been) obsessing about food. I am so hopeful that my life will one day NOT revolve around food and that I simply don't care and just eat the minimum instead of what I am eating now ... Your post was so timely for me so thank you!
ReplyDeleteI watch my kids, and other people eat and I laugh!! And then I kind of get nauseated, because I know I used to eat like that, and I sit there and wonder how people do it!! Crazy.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying being "the one" at the table who only orders half portions, or who can't eat what I get if a half portion isn't available. I love putting my fork down at the end of my meal and saying "damn, I can't finish that.. I tried" It makes me feel great! I call it the vanity of dieting!! I remember when I would watch someone else order a half portion of something and I'd feel both guilty, and a sense of amazement.. I mean, who orders half a salad? C'MON!! But now, I can happily, and somewhat giddily say 'ME! I DO" and the even better part of that is, half a salad completely satisfies me most of the time! It's fab!
Enjoyed your blog today ~ thanks!