Comfort Food...?

Hi... I don't do that. When I hurt really bad I don't eat at all. If I do try to eat, it normally comes right back out. To me if that's what you enjoy doing then by all means that's what you should do. I feel like people who suffer a lot due to pain should do what ever makes them happy.
Janet

when I hurt severely, I naturally eat less and less.

as far as comfort or junk food, I don't need CP to be my excuse. I can't be trusted around sweets, in particular chocolate. leaving me with a bag of cookies or something, is like giving a bag of heroin to an addict, and telling them to only take what they need, lol. I can't control myself with sweets, which is my big weakness.

as far as normal food, we try to eat healthy the majority of time, with lean and limited meats, lots of fresh local vegetables, etc.

by nature, I avoid fried food, spicy foods, etc.

just hide your sweets from me, I don't need to be tempted by them

david

Hi LexiRae, I usually try to watch what I eat, But on my really bad days, I really have to force myself to eat, and usually end up grabbing whatever will prepare and chew the quickest. Half the time on those days, I'll grab a microwave burrito, or something of that nature.

When it comes to junk food, I always have some kind of chocolate hidden in the pantry somewhere. I regularly stock up on the Welches fruit snacks from Costco, and I also find myself buying a box of red Zingers at least once a month... Oh how I love those red Zingers... If me living meant giving up Zingers... I'd rather die.

Anyways, I just don't have the luxury of getting to eat my real comfort food all the time, I love Italian food, specifically pasta. But it just doesn't have enough protien in it to eat on a regular basis, and with a Gastric Bypass, getting your protien is priority number one. I've personally met more than 20 people who went into renal failure from a protien defficiancy, they loaded up on carbs with no protien, a possibly deadly move with a gastric bypass. So, I try to eat my protien. Oh yeah, on those really bad days I mentioned, I also keep Dino-Nuggets around that I munch on too, or Yogurt, those are my three main ones on my bad days.

Lol!

Maybe thats my answer then. Maybe its not the pain so much as the pain meds!

Learn something new every day.

I miss sweet sixteens the most. Specifically the chocolate covered ones. Oh man I shouldnt even be talking about them because they no longer exist :(

I've tried the knockoffs and they're just not the same!

It took almost four years and everything they make to help but yes I have stopped after 36 years.

It was by far the hardest thing I have ever done!! I finally had success with the Chantix and changing my whole routine around since we get into habits of smoking after we eat,smoking with our coffee and I just had to find ways to do other things at those times. Started drinking tea instead in the mornings,immediately took my evening stroll on the beach after eating dinner and leaving the smokes at home.

Many PM Drs will not treat you if you dont at least try to stop,wasting their time as they see it since smoking has been found to increase pain and destroy bone after years of smoking and with DDD as a DX he said stop or else and knew they were not going to sustain my pain!!

I thought of something when you mentioned the sherbert, there is a drink made with sprite and orange sherbert that I love and we only have diet sprite since my 8 year old grandaughter is one of those kids who has a spoon full of any kind of sugar and she is bouncing off the walls. I can try making me one when I have a Little Debbie's moment! They are so good,like a milk shake without the ice cream calories. Bet it would work with the sorbet too!

Thanks Vickie