My insurance company changed their rules for pre op in March, and now the counselors are required to do 6 behavior interventions for surgical approval. I had my first 2 yesterday. The first was talking about the 3 types of hunger: physical, emotional, and sensory. It was really a learning experience for me even though I know about physical and emotional hunger. I hadn’t even considered sensory hunger which is just when you smell something, like fries cooking, see someone eating something on TV, for me it’s ice cream, or hear someone crunching, mmmm chips lol. And it’s all about reacting rationally, I guess is the best word I can find, to those sense. The other was making a goal for myself, which was being more mindful when eating. It’s not that I don’t realize I am eating, but I, personally, need to pay more attention to how I am eating. Smaller bites, chewing better, spending more time on eating. I said I would accomplish this goal by setting a stop watch to see how long it takes me to eat, and I need to buy smaller utensils. A goal that I talked to with counselor about, not part of the insurance requirements, is that even though I love food, I need to focus on flavors. I know I’ll miss textures during the liquid and soft food stages, but they’ll be back, and I have to remember that. Also, your weight loss so far is amazing. You’re pretty awesome.
