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Truth? It was just ok. Not sure if its worth the calories. Now, the sweet potato one, on the other hand IS worth the calories! (They were sold out of this flavour that day, boo)

Ever tried Korean Hot Dogs? Think: corn dog on steroids. Picked these up for the fam this afternoon and i had about 1/3 of the furthest one on left for dinner-ish. Its a “Volcano” (spicy) beef hot dog, battered and covered with Frosted Flakes (and I’m assuming deep fried), lol. It usually comes covered with a bunch of tasty sauces and seasonings, but i ordered the sauces on the side so the dogs didn’t get soggy in transit. Im guessing 290 cals for what i ate? P.S. i also had a more-approved restaurant-made greek salad for lunch-ish that I shared with Mr. that I didn’t take a pic of (it was meh, i like my salads better).

Ok, the way i see it, given your current situation, you have two choices: 1) eat to uncomfortable so you can postpone the feelings of hunger a little longer; OR 2) eat to comfort and then have to eat again a little sooner to address the hunger. Which is worse? Feeling uncomfortable due to fullness, or feeling hungry? Which lasts longer? Which makes you feel worse about yourself? Now pick the lesser of the two evils. For now . (cuz nothing is forever!) It may sound simplistic and an over-generalization, but i think the source of many of our angsts is the constant quest to get back to feeling or being how we were pre-op. Just a thought. P.S. If meat and cheese are the only things that are agreeable, so be it (at least its not chips and chocolate!…small victories, i guess!). You’ll find a groove eventually, i’m willing to bet. If its any consolation, i’ve read many of your posts and you seem to have a good enough handle on things that I don’t doubt it. Good Luck! ❤️

+1000 EXACTLY.

Oh, don’t get me wrong. I will feel pain if i overeat (which I rarely do now). I guess im just saying i’ve been on auto-pilot for so long that it just feels like normal every day living. Kinda like when I hurt my shoulder, I stopped using it a certain way, and now it just how i use my shoulder, and no longer “i don’t do this or that because i have an injured shoulder”. Does that make sense? Its just a state or mind or how i look at things I guess. Essentially its the same situation, i just employ a different perspective. Which makes a difference.

All the time. But honestly, i forgot about having “the surgery” not much after i stopped feeling the surgery recovery pains. After losing a bunch or weight and no longer hating food (around 3 months post), it just sort of became a new normal, you know? But at the same time, I will always identify as a WLS patient, its just not forefront in the mind. Time (and repetition) changes what is normal. Im not sure if i made any sense with all that, but it’s the best i can do and it makes sense to me, lol.

I have a love/hate relationship with these types of tight (elastic or no) waisted bottoms. While i love how it makes the waist look tiny, im not a fan of the muffin top it creates! I thought i would be saying goodbye forever to “torso-ooze” when i lost weight, but realized that unless i kept up with ultra-low carbing and constant core exercises, it just wasn’t gonna happen. *sigh*. …so i try to avoid tight waisted stuff and i can eat carbs and skip ab day. Win-win! 😂

I made seafood fried rice and miso soup for dinner for the fam tonight, but i dont really eat rice so just the soup for me: 168 calories.

Personally i am not partial to fake meat. I’d rather have the real thing. Or not at all! Lol. But did u try any? Did it taste real? Texture?

Not everyone can manage, but i was able to go to parties and events and dinners with no issue. Yeah, I wasn’t eating what everyone else was, but it was always more about the company for me than the food anyway. I’m 3.5 years out now and i still go to parties and events, etc., and i STILL dont eat like the others around me. But take on what YOU think you can take on at any given moment. You don’t have to what others want, nor do others have to do what you want. Making peace with this early may save you alot of angst in the future.

Sorry you ended up with a sucky mother’s day meal. It will be challenging to make people understand. Especially those with drastically different outlooks and so used to “the way things are”. It is actually easier to just say NO than to keep attempting to explain. Do what u need to do to achieve your goals. Next time, don’t relent. Good Luck! ❤️

…and these are for nighttime/dinners The shorter dress is actually red (dunno why it looks so orange-y in the pic). I realized today when i was deciding on buying it that I have never owned/wore a fully red dress before! Go figure.

Finally, some new clothes to show! Picked up a few dresses for upcoming island vacay. These are for daytime/the beach. The polka dot one is a little big, but i think i like it this way. Too many of my clothes are tight/slim fit and i need to expand my horizons.

Went to brunch this morning (happy mother’s day to all mothers past, present, and future, btw) and i was none too impressed with the eggs benny I ordered, so brunch ended up being 4 mimosas (the glasses were small!) and a couple forkfuls of my mom’s side garden salad. Anyhoo, on the way home I was all, “I want pie”, so Mr. kindly stopped at a bakery and picked me up one of my faves: Strawberry Rhubarb! I prefer pastry top crust over the crumble crust of this one, but oh my it was delicious, crumble or no. I drank a sh*t tonne of water beforehand just in case my tum revolts as it was relatively empty. The Kid ate the stuff left.

I was able to meet my fluid goals (2 litres/day) around 2 months post op. I was hitting protein goals (70g/day) consistently by around 4 months post. Where “consistently” == 75-85% of the time. Some days i had way more, so I figure it al evened out. 😉

During the early months it did take some effort to eat for ME. Food aversion and limited stomach capacity were often at odd with nutritional quotas. I needed to set a timer to remind myself to eat. As time went by, as well as the increased ability to just eat more and more often, it started to become less of a chore. I’m 3.5 years out now and i basically just eat when im hungry or when i feel like it. No set times nor amounts or “rules” to adhere to other than to aim to stay below 2000 cals a day more or less (yep, i’m one of those trackers) , and not make myself sick. I have long ago learned what my limits are, eating-wise, and am pretty good at staying within these limits without thinking too much. P.S. I too am a 50-yr old Canadian with (three) kids. Im also 5’2” so it can be argued that I’m a little old lady already! Lol. …and i’m doing just fine.

Happy Birthday BF!! 🎉🎂🥳 Re: mini cupcakes (and donuts too for that matter): AGREED on the standardization of the miniture-ality for multi-flavoured desserts. (YUM to ur pic btw) whenever i buy cupcakes or donuts, i end up cutting out a mini pie-like slice out or ALL of them so i can taste it. I mean, i can’t realistically commit to just one…they are way too big, and there are so many flavours! (Plus..dumping) …then they become “leftovers” and become triggers for all the people who im setting up that support group for you 😇 lololzzz ❤️❤️❤️

So i had issues with my horse pill sized Calcium pill (that i had to take 3 times a day!) I would make me nauseous and/or barf. Cutting it up smaller or crushing it somehow made the ickiness worse. Then i stared burying that effing pill in a tablespoon of greek yogurt and swallowing the spoonful and that did trick. Took me almost 2 months to figure this out though. But then I discovered those chocolate calcium soft chews and Calcium Vitamin Time became a good time of day lol

Yep. Too much sugar will get me every time (esp if its on an empty stomach). My first dump was about 2-2.5 months post op with like a couple sips of a sugary soju/sake drink. It might have been like 1/8 cup in total. Kicked in about 20 mins later and it felt like death (heart palpitations, nausea, extreme lethargy, over-heating and eventually barfing). Oh it was not pleasant. …..but my WORST dumping episode ever was about a month later when i had maybe 1/8 - 1/4 cup of a dairy-based fruit salad my mom made. That time i think i may have actually died. I had the same symptoms as the drink from earlier, but much more intense and long lasting. And i was spewing “stuff” from BOTH ends. Yikes. Mr. had to pick me up off the bathroom floor and carry me upstairs to bed, where I promptly fell asleep (passed out?) for a couple hours. Ugh. Not Pretty. P.S. The bright side of the story here is that this was the first time in forever that Mr. was able to pick me up without struggling nor breaking his back! 😂

Me too. (your boobs, i mean 🥹)

Um….No. Not. At. All. (unbiased third party opinion)

Yayay! You’re baaaaaaaack Looking super cool as always. I cant see much of the shirt under the fab jacket, but i like the frill (im into frills/ruffles myself lately!) But um, are your shoes big on you? Or is it the angle? Or are u blessed with bigger feet?

“A majority” only??? What about the rest?? 😂😂😂😂😂😂