Hello from South Australia

dabble

Hello there!

I am nervous and I am craving a toasted cheese sandwich.

I am being banded in 20 days. I have had to be on the Optifast diet for a month. I have lost a little weight so far which I am hoping to keep off.

I started at 151kg. Which means I have to lose half my body weight to be in the right vicinity of the right weight for my height.

I think I am starting to mourn the foods that I can no longer eat in any quantity. Like cheese and bread. I just have to be remember that I am sadder as the person that I have let myself become.

Thanks for making for interesting reading

Beck

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LisaB411

It's normal to crave food when you are on a liquid diet -- you start to feel like you will never be able to eat again. But realistically, you probably will be able to have a grilled cheese sandwich again. (I had half of one this weekend). Yes, some people have trouble with bread and/or cheese, but many don't -- especially with toasted bread and melted cheese. In reality, there are few foods you will probably have to give up forever in any quantity.

I would never tell someone to cheat on a pre-op diet, because it's important, but honestly one grilled cheese sandwich isn't going to hurt you. The big danger in cheating once though is that it kind of opens the door to more cheating.

dabble

Thank you for replying! And the encouraging words about one of my favourite food groups!!

I am going to save my 'cheat' for my birthday in a few days. Coincidentally it is after my weigh in with my surgeon. Does that make it a double cheat?

Thanks again.

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