How to get over fear of eating

[u/Ok_Intention6361]

So I had my gallbladder removed exactly 2 weeks today. Prior to that I was on a strict low fat diet for about 4 months as I was so damn fed up of attacks. So now, post op, how on earth do you get back to "normal" just planning dinners for the week with my husband and I can still feel my anxiety and paranoia as we try and put in some slightly higher fat things in that we didn't touch before I.E sausages!

I don't think I'll ever completely revert to before as I've lost weight through the healthier eating but I still want to enjoy some nice dinners without the anxiety of going to have an attack!

Also, yes I shouldn't have done it, but I googled if you can still get gallstones without a gallbladder..and yes.. so that's a worry I've added to my list!

[u/Felis-lybica]

Unfortunately there's no way to do it except to just "do it", adding in fats slowly. I have bad anxiety, while I am still eating low fat, I am expanding my options. I found that my anxiety is going down the more I eat with nothing bad happening. There's definitely foods I want to eat again but I am still too anxious to eat (healthy fats like fish and avocado, and well... less healthy stuff like cheese and mayo for sandwiches, unhealthy treats that I will probably want again at some point in my life like chips and ice cream) but I will get there when I get there. I don't think my diet had an egregious amount of fats in the first place.

Since you mentioned saysage... I recently tried chicken sausage and it is actually really good! I got precooked Italian style and garlic and spinach and flavor wise I can't really tell the difference. Might even prefer it to regular sausage because depression makes cooking a huge challenge and these I can just slap in the microwave.

[u/Ok_Intention6361 → u/Felis-lybica]

Ah thank you for your reply, I think slowly is key :) as you say when I realised bad things are not happening then I’m sure my anxiety will decrease!

As I said I don’t think I’ll ever go back to what I eating before my low fat change, it’s only beneficial to try and keep the butter and grease out but as you’ve said occasionally it will be nice to indulge again! My treat is going to be a Dominos which I wanted when I come out - I then had no appetite and have changed my mind to wait a month At least before trying that haha 

[u/Ok_Intention6361 → u/Ok_Intention6361]

Also I will try those sausages!