Ok everyone. Today is Thanksgiving day. For me I can honestly say that today will be the first Thanksgiving of my life where I wont be concentrating on all of the food. Instead I will be visiting with my family, catching up with them, and truely paying attention to them instead of my mind wandering about food. Before the sleeve I was obsessed with food, what I was going to eat next, when I was going to eat next, how I would sneek away to eat so no one would know.

I am so thankful this Thansgiving for my sleeve! It has truely freed me from myself!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING fello sleevers!!!!!

I agree 100%. This is the first year I wasn't scared of Thanksgiving - scared that I would eat myself sick. I just returned from my first of two THanksgiving feasts (today and tomorrow). I did fine. I am full - won't eat again for hours. Had two bites of buttermilk pie at the end of the meal. Sugar overload - made me kind of queasy.

Hope everyone here on th forum had a great celebration.

Our celebration is tonight and I am still on full liquids, but I will be ok. I have some yummy homemade broth that I will sip while we chat and eat. I am glad I didn't wait until after the holidays. I'm on the "other side" and I'm thrilled!

In regards to VSG, I am thankful I had insurance that covers it.

I am thankful I found a wonderful surgeon.

I am thankful to have family support.

I am thankful for a lot more, but I won't bore you. :tongue2:

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am more thankful for this surgery and the ways it has changed my life than I can even articulate. I finally feel like I am living life as I was meant to- I am no longer a fraud. I love that.

Today, my husband and I woke up and ran a 5K pushing our four-year old in her jogging stroller. We ran the entire time and came in at 37 minutes (while pushing a 40 pounder!). It was awesome and so far removed from our life last year. Last year, we were carrying 175 extra pounds between the two of us and I'm not convinced we could've even walked the course. This year, healthy eating and exercise are normal in our life. I love that our little girl is going to know this lifestyle and hopefully not encounter her Mommy's struggle.

I am happy. So damn happy.

Amanda

I'm most thankful for what I don't have this year that I had last year--I'm down 74 pounds since June 15th and I don't have as much physical pain as I had last year.

such wonderful comments

Awesome post

I am more thankful for this surgery and the ways it has changed my life than I can even articulate. I finally feel like I am living life as I was meant to- I am no longer a fraud. I love that.

Today, my husband and I woke up and ran a 5K pushing our four-year old in her jogging stroller. We ran the entire time and came in at 37 minutes (while pushing a 40 pounder!). It was awesome and so far removed from our life last year. Last year, we were carrying 175 extra pounds between the two of us and I'm not convinced we could've even walked the course. This year, healthy eating and exercise are normal in our life. I love that our little girl is going to know this lifestyle and hopefully not encounter her Mommy's struggle.

I am happy. So damn happy.

Amanda

hi amanda - your last sentence says it all - "I am happy. So damn happy" :Banane57: - continue doing terrific and be happy with your little girl and smaller guy :wof: kathy dos 12/6/11 can't wait