The smell is so good. Lol!

I had watermelon with salt' date=' baked Beans with pulled pork, cheddar cheese garlic bread, key lime pie, screwdrivers.[/quote']

You go girl .. !!

6 days post op, so I Avoided...somewhat bitterly at that.

I was sleeved on 5/17. I am feeling good so I decided to invite family over for a BBQ. They were all afraid to come because they didn't want to eat in front of me. I wanted to break everyone from that' date=' so I encouraged them to come. I am perfectly fine with people eating and enjoying their food in front of me. It doesn't bother me. They all feel guilty. I don't want to be isolated. I want to be with everyone because in my opinion, it's not about the food, it's about family being together. I made a huge Pasta salad and my hubby BBQ'd burgers and dogs. I'm not gonna lie, it all looked and smelled great, but I was truly ok with it all. My way of dealing with all of this I guess. The family relaxed when it came time to eat and didn't make a huge deal about it. It was a great day. Btw, my son in law is serving in the Army. This was also to pay tribute to him, as well![/quote']

Wow! What a great, positive attitude! I struggled with the smells, but stuck to my Pre-op liquid diet plan. My family ate barbecue and I had a Protein drink (isopure) but no one acted like it was a big deal. I think it was different for me cuz I'm Pre-op. I'm going to do what you did when I'm post-op though - that was amazing :-) thanks for sharing.

Tonight I had a a bison cheeze burger on a home made whole wheat roll some baked organic black and pinto beans and about a half bottle of a fine Sierra Nevada Big Foot Ale. For dessert I had a Trader Joe's 100 cal chocolate bar. This morning I had a nice 2 mile run and was in the gym for about 90 minutes. Feel absolutely great!!

How? I think we are going to be grilling some steak tonight and have a side salad.

We ended up having grilled ranch chicken breast with roasted red pepper!

We kept ourselves very busy with the kids all weekend and then I opted to have a bbq at our house where I could control the food. Grilled chicken, salad a "health...ier" pasta salad then most (none for me) and a fresh fruit salad. It was delicious and everyone enjoyed.

7 weeks out and pretty much can eat mostly anything soft. I had a bad day. One I realized I could eat chips I kinda lost it this weekend. I ate chicken tacos for lunch 1 and 2 more for dinner. They were smaller than usual but the fact that I could eat them kinda scared me. Trying 2 get the water intake in can sometimes bea challenge

I ate two bites of bar-b-que 3 months post op and got so so sick..... One of the few things that's made me sick. I won't be trying that again anytime soon!

I had about 40 people over, and cooked a bunch of food. It was better than expected. I enjoyed the people, without worrying about the food. There were enough people that nobody noticed I had hardly eaten anything, but I did get some compliments on how I was looking good!

Ate like a normal person.. Just a lot less! And a 1/2 glass of chilled Reisling. Lost a pound.. Love when that happens

Ate like a normal person.. Just a lot less! And a 1/2 glass of chilled Reisling. Lost a pound.. Love when that happens

It surprises me all the time ..every time I drink wine that's when I lose the most

It surprises me all the time ..every time I drink wine that's when I lose the most

Oh Lord.. Don't tell me things like that!

I made a healthy green bean casserole and paired it with 1/2 a cheeseburger.

Ate like a normal person.. Just a lot less! And a 1/2 glass of chilled Reisling. Lost a pound.. Love when that happens

I'm preop and am scared that I'll never enjoy a glass of Riesling again. Thanks for showing me that it is possible!

I'm preop and am scared that I'll never enjoy a glass of Riesling again. Thanks for showing me that it is possible!

Yup, definitely possible. You just need to wait until your doctor clears you for alcohol and then be aware that you may be affected by alcohol differently now. I enjoy a nice glass from time to time as a post op. one glass is usually enough for me in a sitting.