... I love sparkling water (and Fresca) and enjoy a glass of wine or whiskey at Happy Hour - am I facing a life without either? How has your experience been post op?
We have all been where you are. The question that is weighing in the balance is surgery versus all the foods you love.
this is something that you'll have to consider very seriously because it is very important to you. Would you forgo the surgery that might save your life and change it from the nightmare you live in 2 a normal place where you can eat normal Foods after a time of structure diet.
I drink and occasional Coke and drink wine with and without meals when I want it. I also drink through a straw, drink caffeine, and every food that I ever loved Before I had the surgery 12 years ago
however, my body decided that there were however, that my body decided that there were foods that it did not want me to eat anymore and these are generally foods that are loaded with sugar and when I see pictures of them in commercials, food in slow motion being smothered in gooey sauce, I just about want to throw up.
my rule is that before I can my rule is that before I can have anything else to eat, I need to get my 50 to 70 g of protein into my body. After that, my choices are based on calorie content. And I never suffer.
Surgery is a tool that helps you affect a lifestyle change. Once you have that change and you are no longer ruled by your eating disorder, your personality changes in the most positive way. You want to eat food that's good for you, and you want to eat protein. Your body is in charge, not your disorder.
this this return to fun food doesn't happen right away and generally people say that it starts happening for them a year or two after the surgery.
please don't let that please don't let that be the deciding factor and taking this step to save your life.