I can't believe it! First of all, it was much easier than I thought it was going to be to get through the day and not be tempted to try to overeat. I put a teaspoon or so of each of the things that I really wanted and just ate that and was "Thanksgiving full" on just a few ounces of food (as always!). In fact, it almost grossed me out to see everyone eating such big portions. . .LOL!

Yesterday morning I was down another 1/2 lb and thought for sure it would appear again this morning on the scale - but it didn't and I am SO happy! It's literally the first time in my life that the scale wasn't UP the day after Thanksgiving! And for that, I am extremely thankful!

How was YOUR Turkey Day?

I worked yesteray and we all brought in food to make a feast. I felt really guilty because I has small bits of everything that I wanted to try and I also grazed a little all day which is an old habit I DON'T want to go back to. But, I never ate to the point where I felt overfull and when I got home and thought about everything that I had eaten throughout the day, it really wasn't that much. I figured the scale would be mean to me this morning, but I actually lost another pound lol. First major food holiday since my sleeve is now behind me!

Kathy

I ate too much...no weight gain though..so I will leave it at that. GRRR

Well my sleeve is pretty new Nov 9th was my date. So all I had was a very small amount of mashed potatos smoothered in gravy. After a couple spoonfuls I was done for the night and now being around alot of people I caught a cold, uuugggghh. Oh and I cheated I had a lil spoonful of pumpkin pie without the crust, omg I was in heaven, lol.

I don't have my sleeve yet, but I have to keep my weight the same until then. My family went out to dinner at a place you can have seconds. I ordered off the regular menu so that was not an option, I had a salad, and 5 raviolis. I skipped drinks and desert. I felt like a saint.... and no leftovers at home. I lost 1 lb. Hurray!

I had little amounts of ham, and turkey (gotta get my protein) and literally a bite of mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn stuffing, Beans and the tiniest sliver of pie. Perfect!

I didn't weigh this am, because of all the sales, I was up and out at 5:30. I will weigh later.

I don't have my sleeve yet, but I have to keep my weight the same until then. My family went out to dinner at a place you can have seconds. I ordered off the regular menu so that was not an option, I had a salad, and 5 raviolis. I skipped drinks and desert. I felt like a saint.... and no leftovers at home. I lost 1 lb. Hurray!

That is some SELF CONTROL! Your gonna rock your sleeve if that is your willpower.

That is some SELF CONTROL! Your gonna rock your sleeve if that is your willpower.

I hope so! I am going on vacation for three weeks in New Zealand with Christmas at the mom in laws...If I can make it through that then I think I am home free! Then 18 days till the surgery..Thanks, K

I went with my bf to visit his family for Thanksgiving and his stepmother had a "Cuban Thanksgiving." I got full so quickly and I had probably less than 2 oz of turkey, a teaspoon of black Beans and rice, and a bite of stuffing. There was so much more stuff to sample, including about a million pies, but I by the time I finished what was on my plate, I couldn't eat anymore.

Thanksgiving was awesome and I didn't once feel deprived.

To be honest I was a little depressed I get full way too quickly and wasn't able to enjoy my food...BUT I do love my sleeve, and hopefully my taste buds will come back so I can enjoy the little I eat

I ate less than 2 oz of turkey - we use Campbell's gravy (tastes great, I add a half can of Swanson's 99% FF broth to it) - an eighth cup of cornbread dressing, a few bites of jellied cranberry sauce, a few bites of jalapeno corn casserole, a half of a brown and serve roll....and that's it. Oh, an eight of a cup of greenbean casserole. I didn't feel deprived and it's the first time in my LIFE that I wasn't uncomfortable or too full. It was great!!! Later I had a sliver of pie...and sadly, it didn't taste good. Home made chocolate...home made crust - my daughter did it, and it's always good, my husband said it was wonderful...as always. I have NO idea what is wrong with me!!! Oh well.....not liking the pie....things could be worse!

Hi All, We did Thanksgiving here first time in too many years to remember we were planning on 17-19 people so I only made the turkey, stuffing, a duck rolls and a cake with a day's worth of calories in it. I started the morning with a protein shake and was feeling satisfied until our dinner. I ate a little bit of everything made sure I ate the duck meat first the veggies next so I was happy with just a taste of mashed potatoes, stuffing and cake.

To be honest I was a little depressed I get full way too quickly and wasn't able to enjoy my food...BUT I do love my sleeve, and hopefully my taste buds will come back so I can enjoy the little I eat

I am totally with you on the taste bud thing. I did not enjoy my Thanksgiving I took a small bite of a couple of things, and alot of turkey. I had a hard time getting anything down, as I'm still getting the nauseated feeling when I start to chew my food. My daughter and I went to a friends house, and most of her family ate like it was their last meal. Their plates were piled so high, it would of fed my mom, my daughter, and me before surgery, it was really gross, so that did not help matters, it made me feel even sicker watching the lady across from me, let me just say one word GROSS, I know I used to eat alot, before surgery, and I'm trying not to judge but she took so much food, and then wasted alot of it, after eatting quit a bit of it, but anyway. What ever I did eat on Thanksgiving I walked off. I was out of my house shopping at 11:00 pm Thursday night and did not get home until 3:30 pm on Friday. I parked the furthest from the door so it made me walk. I walked so much my feet are swollen and achy.

I had some turkey, a few bites of stuffing, a few bites of mashed potatoes, and 4 green beans, LOL. I put gravy on everything. It was SOOOO tasty! I wasn't stuffed or uncomfortable. I even took some home for a few more meals. I love turkey and stuffing and potatoes! It's probably not the best for me to eat right now, but I lost a pound since thursday morning. About 3 hours after dinner, I had a piece of pumpkin pie. It was pretty big, but I counted it as one of my meals. I am only 7 weeks post-op. I felt bad eating that pumpkin pie and it went down so easily. I guess its not going to ruin my week! I love my sleeve!!! And I am with everyone else.... it was kinda gross seeing everyone eat so much, even though that use to be me!

I put 2 oz. of turkey, 1 tsp. of mashed pot., 1 tsp green bean casserole, and 1 tsp. dressing on my plate. I didn't finish it all, lol. I was so paranoid about overdoing it that I ate slower than I have in my whole life.

I disappointed myself. I cooked, ate a little turkey, roast pork sweetenedd yams and a sliver of coconut custard pie. That was at 3pm I couldn't eat all of this at once so I grazed. While I was packing up food for my family to take with them I took another piece of pie. I knew i was too full and it just sat there until i was able to throw up over and over again. i have been grazing for the last two days and I'm upset about it. I need to get back to watching myself and what I eat. I don't think I lost much since my sleeve on October 18th. I don't want to get discouraged but I'm getting there.