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I'm at a conference where our meals are reimbursed. I've ordered appetizers both meals but still have got two big left over boxes full of food that no one wants and I feel extremely wasteful. How do I get that out of my head? That portions are too big anymore and that I'm not going to be able to eat a full plate of anything, even an appetizer size. I refuse to eat more than my stomach will hold..but it's really bothering me to waste food and I'm not sure why.
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Lol are you in a city you could offer it to a Homeless person sometimes it's presumptive to think they will want it I once bought a homeless lady sleeping in the snow in the ally behind my apt Starbucks Breakfast and hot chocolate and she yelled at me :/ but I never I give up I give fruit and spare change and sweaters or old blankets to people with signs on corners when I see them most are very thankful for anything you can offer or tell you if they don't want it... Sent from my XT1635-02 using the BariatricPal App

It is better to waste food than to waist food.

It's hard to change that way of thinking when you heard it so much growing up.
Here's the way I look at it:
Eating food I don't want/need is just as wasteful as throwing it away. The difference? One goes in the garbage, the other ends up on my body.

I still wrestle with this but I know why. For me, it is because my dad grew up poor and work so hard for all of us to have an easy life. As a kid, he didn't know when he was going to get his next meal. After I had gained quite a bit of weight, my dad told me "You don't have to eat that all if you're full. All the poor, starving people in the world won't be helped by you being overweight." That was a key turning point for me to let it go. He's right. To combat it, I only order a very small amount or share my food if I go out.

I'm at a conference where our meals are reimbursed. I've ordered appetizers both meals but still have got two big left over boxes full of food that no one wants and I feel extremely wasteful. How do I get that out of my head? That portions are too big anymore and that I'm not going to be able to eat a full plate of anything, even an appetizer size. I refuse to eat more than my stomach will hold..but it's really bothering me to waste food and I'm not sure why.
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I have cried like a big fat baby every time I have had to put a dog to sleep. Heck, I do that for cats too. I am a big softy. I feel for your loss.

Exactly. I grew up having to clean my plate. It is a terrible habit for kids. It was okay when eating at home with my WWII grandparents, they served normal servings. It is terrible when you are eating at restaurants where one entree is a days worth of calories, not even including the sides.

Thank you..I think from early on like many people I was told not to waste..starving kids and all. You are absolutely correct. I need something in my head to just say..it's ok..and the real waste would be for me to overeat..get sick or worse..back track on my successes so far.
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I'm a little over 2 weeks out from gastric sleeve surgery. The only complaint I have is I feel like I need to burp a lot..after drinking..after eating..I just that constant feeling..does this get better with time?
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I am also about 2 weeks out and do have burp / gurgle noises after sipping anything. I was told this happens to most gastric patients.
VSG date: 11/22/16
HW: 225. SW:222. CW: 209

Oh I did..I had the gastric sleeve a couple of weeks ago. It was my first major surgery, but my excitement overshadowed my fear. Good luck!
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Congrats!!! You go!!
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Oh I did..I had the gastric sleeve a couple of weeks ago. It was my first major surgery, but my excitement overshadowed my fear. Good luck!
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You go girl!! You look fabulous!!
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You look fabulous! Way to go!!
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Feeling pretty successful so far. I have 53 lbs to go to meet goal, but have lost 45!
HW: 240 (pictured in blue top 9/15/16, size 1x, 20
SW: 219 10/3/16
CW: 192. (Pictured In black 12/5/16), size L-xL, 14
Now time to keep focused and on track through holiday/cookie season!

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Sometimes you have to drop a certain amount from your frame before people take notice. I wouldn't get paranoid about thinking people are talking about you and that you must have got surgery. You're losing weight and feeling great..that's what counts..let the haters hate..Good luck!
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We were told at our 2 week that we can try it..but I'm not able to yet..
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Very few people outside my family know about my surgery. However, one of the few that does was making a comment about how much weight I've lost and how she needs to take off a few pounds but no matter what she tries she can't get any weight off.
I told her about the plan I had been following before surgery and how effective it was, etc. And she says (as if she wasn't listening at all) "well, you had medical help! It's different for me".
Then I reminded her that I lost 50lbs in 6 weeks PRIOR to surgery, so there must be some merit to the plan I was following.
So, I hear you. People like to attribute everything to the surgery and nothing to the individual. Honestly, I think part of that's a coping mechanism. If you've had surgery, then you didn't do anything to lose weight, therefore they don't have to feel bad about you losing weight and them not.
Meh. This is why I didn't tell anyone. This is my health, my journey, my results. And I couldn't be happier. And they are right about one thing. I couldn't have done it without the surgery. Lord knows I tried.

Thanks so much
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Just speaking for myself, the only times I lost significant weight (40 lbs on WW a decade ago, and now 45 lbs since surgery 9/19,) no one noticed until I hit 40 lbs for me!

I'm a little miffed in one aspect that I'm not getting complimented, LOL, but then I see how far I have to go still to get out of the 200s and closer to just an "overweight" BMI, etc., etc., that I get it -- 40-45 lbs is a LOT of weight, but when you are close to 300 and a girl -- well, it's a drop in the bucket.

I expect you probably didn't change clothes too much on the pre-op, but now that you are close to -100 lbs, you must be dressing differently, in new, maybe more fitted clothes? 100 lbs is going to show now.

I have no words of advice, but be proud of what you've done for yourself. The accolades (and gossip) will come later. You did this for you, not the audience down the line.
Congratulations on kicking butt!

Sometimes you have to drop a certain amount from your frame before people take notice. I wouldn't get paranoid about thinking people are talking about you and that you must have got surgery. You're losing weight and feeling great..that's what counts..let the haters hate..Good luck!
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Again, thanks......feel so much better now. I still have some leftover guilt from eating that small.amount of solids on thanksgiving. We should totally keep in touch since we were sleeved on the same day. Sent from my SM-G530T using the BariatricPal App