This morning I was at the grocery store in the check out line, I began to unload my groceries onto the conveyor belt and the lady in front of me kept glancing at the items that I was putting on there. I was a bit self conscience at first because it was normal occurrence in the past for people to take a second look at the full buggy of food that I was purchasing. It was "normal" for me to be piling up the conveyor belt with things that aren't good for me and that helped to get me into the position I was 9 months ago right before I had my surgery. It was normal for me to have Cookies, chips, prepackaged foods like chicken nuggets, pizzas, lasagnas, then ice cream, candy, hamburger helper meals and a TON of sodas.

But now, I am one of THOSE people that I felt self conscience around (although they didn't do anything to make me feel this way except for to make better choices in the food that they purchased) Today, my purchases consisted of fresh fish and chicken, lots of fresh veggies and yogurts. I chose to skip the chip, cookie and soda aisles and I am not missing a thing! (And as an added bonus, my grocery bill has gone down!)

Woo-hoo!!!!

Congrats on your success! I think the financial aspect of WLS is overlooked. I figure that the lowered food costs will pay for my surgery over the course of the next 3 to 4 years. :-)

THAT IS A PRETTY COOL POINT SLEEVE MASTER

I love that!! It's funny bc normally I think there is a belief that healthier food is more expensive (and honestly, where I live in NYC, that is often true), BUT us sleevers have the advantage of buying significantly less due to the fact that we eat so little at a time. Since we're buying fresh, we can't buy too too much because it will spoil (whatever you cannot freeze, I suppose, if you do). I just came to the same conclusion a few days ago realizing I spent about $40 less on healthy food than junk, partly because I can buy much less (even though I am shopping to feed my husband and daughter, my portion is smaller and that is adding up). Thanks for posting, it is a great feeling!

Lower food cost is definately a plus. I have already started adjusting my grocery buying habits and I am still about 7 weeks out from my sleeve.

I know that just by not buying sodas ALONE, that has saved me a ton of money!!!! Not to mention the empty calories that I was stuffing my face with when I wasnt even hungry!

I agree with joatsaint when she says that in the long run that the sleeve will pay for itself in saved money!!!

Happy Happy!