I SURVIVED THE SUPERBOWL PARTY!! DID YOU?

[Godsfavoraintfair 3]

The food smelled good! But I stuck to the plan and I would like to pat myself on the back!

[creativeteach 20]

Congrats on sticking to your plan!

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,281]

Yep I did... I had a little bit of turkey chili and some wheat crackers (was enriched so not the best choice...). Didn't snack at all except for about an ounce of turkery Jerky. Normally I would go to town! Especially the Doritos... OMG I can't tell you how much victory I felt on this. I just can't tolerate chips anymore - they literally make me feel sick and nauseous. I don't eat them ever anymore... YEAHHHH!!!!!

I LOVE MY SLEEVE!!!!!!!!! :D

[MovinForward 2]

Congratulations, thats big and you do deserve a big pat on the back.. that couldnt have been easy! WTG!

[mrspetendanbury 0]

Seriously Cograts! I am one week post op and I am not the nicest person to be around. My neighbors wanted me to go to their party, but I am on liquids and I am so hungry! The sight or smell of food drives me crazy! lol Anyways Congrats that is a huge accomplishment :-)

[Kris 78]

OK ... I confess, I cheated. Deliberately. I ate some Riceworks Sweet Chili brown rice chips from costco. I had a bit over one serving over the course of the game ... about 12 chips total -- I'll call it 200 calories, nearly all carbs.

And here is the ironic thing. I had been in a mini-stall for the past 5 days ... I was getting very frustrated. And then of course, the day I cheat and do absolutely nothing but lay around the house watching TV -- voila, a 1 lb. weight loss showed on the scale this morning. Which actually is NOT A GOOD THING because now there is a little demon in the back of my head saying, "eat Snacks, baby, and you will lose weight!" No, no, no!!!!

Actually -- this is straying a little OT but I am wondering if anyone else who cheated yesterday also saw a weight loss today? Over the holidays I read this book called "The Four Hour Body" by Tim Ferriss and he did an experiment on himself where he would be very strict on his diet most days, but one day a week he would go hog wild and eat anything at all that he wanted (pizza, burgers & fries, junk food, etc.) without regard to calories or nutrients. He still lost weight consistently. He has a theory that the body gets used to a certain amount of calories and will reset the metabolism lower if calories consistently stay in the same range, so the body needs to be "confused" by uneven caloric intake so it can't reset the metabolism lower. I have seen a lot of posts here on VST about people going on vacation, visiting relatives, whatever, and eat anything/everything they wanted, and coming home to weigh and find out they had lost weight. (Of course I have seen the opposite, too!). Anyway, I did have that thought today ... maybe it was actually a good thing for my body to up the calories a bit yesterday. I ate just about 900 calories total, the most I've eaten since being sleeved, and about 100 calories over what the doctor recommends for the top end of my range. Maybe my body was saying "thank you, I am finally getting more food, so I don't have to hang on to all this fat so hard!"

Anyway, today I am back on plan. I enjoyed the heck out of those chips -- I savored each and every bite (something I would never do pre-sleeve -- before surgery I would pretty much inhale the bag and not really savor the chips) and I know it was a special treat and not something to have every day. So I don't feel too terribly bad about the cheating.

[a.walker 2]

I had to work so I was sure I'd do fine, but everyone brought food to work, and it was hard to stick with only Protein Snacks. I did okay, but I did eat a cookie. It was delicious!