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Holidays And Cultural Food Traditions

By FibroDiva

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Heeeelllllp!!!!

 

This is my first holiday post op. My family is from New Orleans so we start cooking the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

 

My daughter lives in Peoria, IL in the area hit by last week's tornado. The family is traveling to her to support her, her fiance and their 1 year old daughter. They were not hurt physically and did not suffer any damage to their home but the work at the local news station and have been under a lot of emotional stress.

 

I am nervous because all my life the only way my family has celebrated the good times, and shown strength thru the bad times is by eating. My family actually is insulted when one does not partake with large bowls of gumbo and plates of turducken, etc. etc.

 

I have stopped testing the food as i cook it but what do I do when it is time to sit down and pass the plate?

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    dylanmiles23

    LAP-BAND Patients

    If your family knows about your WLS then they should understand. If they don't know just mess the food on your plate or tell them.

    At the Jewish New Year dinner this year the woman sitting next to me asked where all my food was because I had just a small amount on my plate. My husband told her I had plenty of food. It is no one's business. You can say I am trying to control my eating and intake.

    Have wonderful holiday and I am happy your family is safe.

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    FibroDiva

    Pre Op

    just mess the food on your plate.

    You can say I am trying to control my eating and intake.

    Have wonderful holiday and I am happy your family is safe.

    Thanks dylanmiles23. As I was reading your response a picture of my 21 month old granddaughter popped into my head. When she is finished eating she begins playing with her food :-)

    Thanks for the sentiment about my family. As I move forward through the holiday season I will concentrate on the fact that they are safe and not on the temptation of food.

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    FibroDiva

    Pre Op

    it was hard but this is what I ate: the tur part of turducken, honey baked ham, sweet potatoes, homemade mac n cheese, green beans, gumbo and some of nephew Darren's peach crack [i mean cobbler]. Actually, I think I manged to get one bite of each item for Thanksgiving dinner and the other bite for Black Friday lunch.

    first post op holiday meal

    I spent the weekend with my daughter and her family and my son. There was no pressure to eat. Everyone was so grateful and thankful to have been spared the destruction of the tornado. I did all the cooking and was so tired afterwards that I didn't even want to think about eating.
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