Dreaming about food?

lapbandgirl4life · 10-30-2008, 09:00 PM

Does anyone else dream about food, or am I just plain nuts? I have not been banded yet, but I am on a six month supervised diet which has me on a 1200 calorie diet (and I have been strictly adhering too).

Just today I had a dream that I was gorging down cheesecake lol. It was crazy and so vivid that I woke up thinking I had sabotaged my entire diet! I wish I could say this was the first time I've had these sorts of dreams, but it's not. Since starting my diet, I've been having at least 3 a week. I guess I shouldnt be all that surprised though. When I quit smoking I dreamt of cigarettes too and woke up thinking I had smoked lol.

Anyway, I hope I'm not the only one here that does this sort of crap.

RestlessMonkey · 10-30-2008, 09:15 PM

I haven't with the band, but I have in the past on "diets"...and I dreamed about smoking when I was quitting back in 1995. I think it's just our psyche's way of handling the change, grieving and moving on! :)

loriisback · 10-30-2008, 11:01 PM

I dream about food alot... i had a dream the night before surgury that i ate an entire freanch loaf!!! lol... then after sugury i had a dream that i ate half a Pizza, and then woke up in a panic!!! I dont think its strange to dream about food while going through this whole process... we need to think about food alot to figure out how to live with the band.

LisaFromCali · 10-30-2008, 11:07 PM

I start my liquid diet next week, so this week I am on the 2 shakes and 1 real meal a day, and girl...I am dreaming of buffets, pizza, donuts...it's a NIGHTMARE, because I can TASTE the food in my dream...it's super weird...I asked some co-workers the other day if they have ever dreamt about food and they said no...I said...um...me neither.

Jachut · 10-30-2008, 11:41 PM

Nope, sorry, but you're just nuts, lol.

Oh, yes, I *do* dream about food sometimes. I have a recurring one, I always have it when I go to bed a little drunk. Anything past that 3 glasses of wine, when you got to bed holding on to the bedside table because the bed keeps spinning and tipping, ergh, I must be really dehydrated because I *ALWAYS* dream of gorging myself on watery iceberg lettuce.

Weird, I know.

cobrien78 · 10-31-2008, 08:57 PM

I don't think I had ever dreamed about food until the night after my first day of pre-op!! I had a bbq sandwich in my dream and I woke up thinking I had a bbq sandwich and ruined my pre-op diet! hahaha! Haven't had one since but I'm sure there will be more to come!