can I ask did you have a bypass and that's why you can't eat creamy dishes or chips why I'm asking is I have a band and if I really fancied a chip or something creamy I could just not a lot of it xYes I have regrets but I would still have it done if I had to choose. I'm loving the new me lost 5 stone 11lbs since October, but I do have occasions where I wish I could reverse it just for maybe one night a month, I feel almost like I'm grieving when I can't have any of the things I used to love, especially when I go away and I can't have anything nice on the menu, just jacket spud or salad every time, what I wouldn't give to have a creamy dish or a chip, or an occasional pudding and most of all a glass of wine! I know they are the reasons I put weight on so should be elated I can no longer choose them, but the operation doesn't stop your longing for a sweet treat, or food you fancy but you know if you eat it you will be extremely ill, (in pain, sickness and diarrhoea) so yes I'm happy I had my op and have a new figure, but you don't appreciate before the op that you are never going to be able to have things you like ever again but your mind and every fibre of your being still craves these things so it's hard, very very hard. Good luck xx
what so can't you eat fatty things or creamy why I ask is I hear a lot on hear about dumping it might sound thick but what does dumping mean being sick or going toilet and do you only dump with a bypass sorry for the questions I suppose it would drive you mad knowing you can never ever eat a little bit of something you enjoy know and again like I say with the band you can have a little bit of something you enjoy xxYes sorry I had a bypass x
thanks really interesting even though I have the band it's nice to hear over stories and understand other wls to do with the sleeve / bypass but I do agree with you because I can be a bit naughty with eating habits if I was one of those who didn't control it I could go of the rails I have lost 7 stone in nine months just maintaining it good luck ladies xxDumping for me takes 2 forms and can happen on foods that ok with one day but not the next, which makes eating out very tricky, type 1 is about 20 mins after eating I begin to sweat, have heart palpitations and feel sick as a dog and you have to lay down and sleep it off, type 2 can happen upto 4 hours after eating and I'm violently sick with accompanying diarrhoea makes you feel awful, and also if I eat anything too quickly I feel like the food is instantly stuck and I froth at the mouth as though I have rabies!!! As the above person said it has different triggers for different people I can eat pasta and rice and even small amounts of well chewed steak but if I eat something like a low fat custard I'm really ill, and yogurt, and banana, and egg, and bread, and wine!!! and I haven't dared try chocolate for 6 months lol, I think my triggers are definitely sugar and although something is low fat doesn't necessarily mean low sugar. But as I said although I sometimes wish I could turn it off for an odd treat realistically idd probably go back to my old habits and put the weight back on so I guess it's a good thing. I'm hoping that my cravings for naughty foods will lessen as time goes on, but believe me once you've dumped the fear of dumping again stops you from even trying the odd treat. Good luck in whatever you decide I went private and so had no prior psychiatric or dietary advice so this new life was a bit of a learning curve.