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Why Did I Eat That?

kmbrlycool

By kmbrlycool, in Food and Nutrition

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kmbrlycool    214

kmbrlycool
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I'm at a ballpark and I ate a soft pretzel. All by myself. Over an hour.

Why did I do that? It wasn't necessarily delicious... I wasn't necessarily hungry

Five months out and still mess up. And I even know that "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels"

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barrbdoll    287

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I'm almost 5 months out and I mess up on occasion... My thought is this... Moderation is key!! I didn't have this procedure to be on a diet the rest of my life. I had it to help give me the control that I lacked when it came to food. You ate a soft pretzel... so what?? Just watch what you eat the next few days and you will get back on track... I had some Chef Boyardee Beefaroni this evening for dinner... Not the most healthy choice but I had a craving, I ate about 1/2 a cup and now I am full and good to go... 6 months ago I was eating a whole can of Beefaroni along with a grilled cheese AND Doritos!! LOL

I want and STILL enjoy some of my favorite foods..... I'm almost 90lbs down in 5 months so I must be doing something right!!! LOL

Lovin My Sleeve!!!!!

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Piplula    709

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Good heavens! You ate a pretzel?! The heavens are going to punish you!!! Not really..not any worse than you are beating yourself up right now! I would bet you probably ate much less than you normally would have...and really ballparks don't offer the healthiest selections. So ..stop beating yourself up! A trick you can try that I do at my daughter's soccer games is to have Water, Protein Shakes, and a small snack of pre-portioned nuts, PB, or other high Protein snack toted in a small lunch sized cooler. Easy, portable, & very doable! Keeps me on track! May help you stay on target too! But above all..Give yourself some credit!!!

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kmbrlycool    214

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Thanks everyone! I feel better already! Next time I'm sneaking in something healthy in my purse!

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joseph    40

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Hey, im almost 9 months post op and i eat so much :/ its ok if we have this tool only join a gym and start working your body im down 120 lbs you can do it im sure srry for my bad english.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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