Devina555

I had my surgery on May 2nd, I waited till I was able to eat whole foods till I went to a restaurant, my main reason is because I don't like to spend money on something I won't eat. When I did finally go, I asked to order from the children's menu because I had surgery, didn't say what kind, just that I had surgery. However I do feel comfortable telling people I had weight lost surgery, I feel like it's something I choose and I'm going to own it. I'm not saying everyone should be that way, I'm just saying that that's been the best way for me to deal with all of it.

I had my surgery on May 2nd, I waited till I was able to eat whole foods till I went to a restaurant, my main reason is because I don't like to spend money on something I won't eat. When I did finally go, I asked to order from the children's menu because I had surgery, didn't say what kind, just that I had surgery. However I do feel comfortable telling people I had weight lost surgery, I feel like it's something I choose and I'm going to own it. I'm not saying everyone should be that way, I'm just saying that that's been the best way for me to deal with all of it.

I had my surgery on May 2nd, I waited till I was able to eat whole foods till I went to a restaurant, my main reason is because I don't like to spend money on something I won't eat. When I did finally go, I asked to order from the children's menu because I had surgery, didn't say what kind, just that I had surgery. However I do feel comfortable telling people I had weight lost surgery, I feel like it's something I choose and I'm going to own it. I'm not saying everyone should be that way, I'm just saying that that's been the best way for me to deal with all of it.

I havent had the DS, but I just wanted to say welcome.
I think you are doing a great job. We all lose at our own pace and experience many stalls along the way so keep following your plan and I am sure you are going to do awesome. You are beautiful!

I had my surgery on May 2nd, I waited till I was able to eat whole foods till I went to a restaurant, my main reason is because I don't like to spend money on something I won't eat. When I did finally go, I asked to order from the children's menu because I had surgery, didn't say what kind, just that I had surgery. However I do feel comfortable telling people I had weight lost surgery, I feel like it's something I choose and I'm going to own it. I'm not saying everyone should be that way, I'm just saying that that's been the best way for me to deal with all of it.

I can't believe people are complaining about a waitress actually doing her job, properly. If most people are not eating their food, they are usually not happy with it. It is the servers job to make sure people are enjoying their food and it was prepared properly. It isn't the server fault that someone had surgery and can't eat. I still don't get why people insist on going out when they can't even make a dent in the food then get pissy when people notice. You choose this no one else. The rest of the world is not required to adapt to you.
The smaller you get physically the easier it gets. At the size I am now, when I 1/2 eat my food no one is surprised, lol. When I ask for a box, no one cares. Thin women don't eat a lot and people don't expect them to. Also at 2 years out, I can eat enough when I am out that no one even notices. You would never know I had surgery.
I feel like post-op a lot of us put ourselves in a lot of awkward and uncomfortable situations that are not necessary just to try and still fit into a certain mold. The problem is that mold is, it is the one that allowed you to get obese in the first place. There is nothing wrong with being a different person with different habits. Don't be afraid to change and be a difference person. Long term it makes life easier to make choices that align with a healthy lifestyle.
The one person that was semi close to me that had WLS before me. She never changed her lifestyle. She still went out to eat with her family to the same restaurant, ordered the same food and just ate less. She never got to goal, never got under 200 pounds (she started close to 400 pounds) bottoming out at 250 and then regained 50 pounds and is now sitting around 300. Now years later she is trying to adapt a healthy lifestyle and lose her regain and then some.
It is much hard years out to change your habits, it is much easier to change them early on and then stick them.

I had my surgery on May 2nd, I waited till I was able to eat whole foods till I went to a restaurant, my main reason is because I don't like to spend money on something I won't eat. When I did finally go, I asked to order from the children's menu because I had surgery, didn't say what kind, just that I had surgery. However I do feel comfortable telling people I had weight lost surgery, I feel like it's something I choose and I'm going to own it. I'm not saying everyone should be that way, I'm just saying that that's been the best way for me to deal with all of it.