Excited to feel normal in a social situation!

Before VSG I loved hosting & spending time with friends. Like for many of us that involves food and often drinks.

A big fear for me was that these get togethers would be forever changed not in a great way.

Happy to report I took a turn hosting at my home and it went great! Bonus to hosting you pick the menu.

I am doing well and can have chicken no problem soooo, I served chicken tacos.

Hubby stripped up moist rotisserie chicken, had cheese, avacado, fresh pico, yummy salsas and corn torts (soft &fried).

I had all my guests make up their plates and as they began to enjoy, I got a small bowl that I use for my kiddos. Stuck with the items that I knew sat well with me & would be great healthy choices.

Number one my protien. Soft moist chicken, added in some cheese, small slice of avacado and a green salsa on top (to scared to try the raw ingredients in the pico yet).

My friends and family were enjoying and conversing as normal. I sat down, ate slowly, enjoyed all the convo and had no questions about my small portion or why are you not eating this or that.

At the end of the night it really felt good!

So great to see through some of my fears of pre-op. Life does go on in the same great ways but for us who have had this battle of weight it only gets better!

Really good to hear this. I'm a big entertainer too and hosting/attending parties post op is a fear of mine. I'm glad to hear that you were able to host and felt good doing so.

My foodie friends were worried they could not enjoy hanging out with me anymore... I have proven them wrong! I can still eat anything, just less of it, and not as often! I save my special foods for when we visit, make stuff from scratch and we sit down and enjoy. The next day? Back on routine. Being able to enjoy life sometimes involves food. Finding ways to make this work is part of being successful with the sleeve.