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AJW    18

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I know what you mean about food: the flavors are missing; nothing takes really GOOD to me. I just eat to live, not for pleasure. I suppose that's not a bad thing when you still have 60 more pounds to lose, but it does sort of take all the fun out of a social dining experience, know what I mean? I think it's just part of the sleeve experience. Your tastes go flat.

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WhiteRice    0

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I haven't had the experience of food tasting any different, but I do have far fewer cravings. And when I do have cravings, I will have a little bit of whatever it is...and that's enough. It's really pretty awesome that a little bite of something is enough. I no longer feel the need to keep eating something that tastes really good. I do struggle still with finishing what I dish out sometimes, but I'm working on it. I haven't ever eaten to the point of making myself sick like I've heard from some people, so I guess I must have a pretty good handle on it now.

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Kelly65    0

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That is just so weird though! It is good for me because I am losing weight but I really do not like to eat out at restaurants anymore. They give you such big portions, it looks like I did not even touch my food and the waitress is like you did not like your food? I do not want to tell her I had surgery and go through the whole ordeal with someone I do not even know.

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Tiffykins    672

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That is just so weird though! It is good for me because I am losing weight but I really do not like to eat out at restaurants anymore. They give you such big portions, it looks like I did not even touch my food and the waitress is like you did not like your food? I do not want to tell her I had surgery and go through the whole ordeal with someone I do not even know.

I go to lunch with a bunch of other Air Force spouse's on Wednesdays after we go bowling. They all know about my surgery, but I get those kinds of questions asked by the servers as well.

The one thing I've done to help combat any comments from anyone is, I order an appetizer, or Soup. I've also learned to kind of "move" food around to the edge of my plate to make it appear that I've eaten more than I really have consumed. My husband, son and I go out to dinner once a week, and what we've started doing we order 2 regular meals, and I share one of them with my 11 yr old son.

I also get a to-go box at the beginning of a meal and put half of my food in there. That way I don't have to look at it, and the servers don't know how much I've eaten.

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AJW    18

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Wow, Tiffy, you're getting really close to your goal weight. Congrats to you!!

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Kelly65    0

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Tiffy, Thanks for the good ideas for when I go out to dinner again. I will ask for the to go box first that is a good idea. Wow! AJW is right you are almost down to your goal weight. CONGRATS! I am following in your footstep. Love my sleeve!!

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Tiffykins    672

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Wow, Tiffy, you're getting really close to your goal weight. Congrats to you!!

Thanks a bunch. It's finally starting to slow down this last week. I was happy to see the scale only move about 1.5lb.

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DownInSocal    12

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Just checking in with my fellow August 2009 Sleevers.

How are all of you doing? I see a lot of tickers that I don't think have been updated.

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AJW    18

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Mine is accurate. Doing fine weight-wise. Almost at goal, but the last 14 are gonna be a bugger!

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ADNK    0

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Hey there DownInSocal! I've been doing pretty well. I'm down 100 since last August and down 146 from my heaviest. All I have jto do is "eat the Protein first" and I'm full before I get to the starch.:blush:

Just checking in with my fellow August 2009 Sleevers.

How are all of you doing? I see a lot of tickers that I don't think have been updated.

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WhiteRice    0

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Mine is accurate. Keep hitting plateaus about every 10 lbs, which is very frustrating. Down from Size 28 to size 18-20 depending on the brand, so I can't complain.

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ADNK    0

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Welcome to "the other side". The first few weeks can be tough, but hang in there. I have not regetted my choice for a minute.:frown1:

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