I am very early in this weight loss surgery process. I'm going to have my first weigh-in on Thursday after being on a required weight loss plan for the past month. Needless to say, I'm hungry! This afternoon, I needed to go to the CVS drug store that's about four miles from my house. Remember that I said I was hungry? This is a list of what I had to pass on my way to CVS: 2 fast food taco places, 5 hamburger places, 4 pizza ones, 3 Mexican restaurants, 2 donut shops, 2 Subway sandwich places, a deli restaurant, 2 Chinese restaurants (one a buffet), a steak house, a sports grill, a fried chicken place, an Italian restaurant, a Starbucks, A BBQ place and a wine bar. Behind the CVS, there is another pizza place and another Mexican restaurant. And I had to go past them all again to get home. This is just ONE street!!! It's no wonder I'm in the shape I'm in!! However, I will say that I didn't stop at any of them. I came home and had a Protein shake and a forth cup of almonds. But I really, REALLY want a Whataburger!

Our culture is so food driven by both junk food and huge portions. Starbucks is wildly successful, I think their sucess has more to do with the fact that most of their drinks are absolute sugarbombs and Americans are SO hooked on sugar!

Our culture is so food driven by both junk food and huge portions. Starbucks is wildly successful, I think their sucess has more to do with the fact that most of their drinks are absolute sugarbombs and Americans are SO hooked on sugar!

You can get healthier options at Starbucks (although i was very sad to see that even the non-fat, no whip varieties of some drinks still had too much sugar for me.) But their unsweetened ice tea has zero sugar in it. Ditto the coffees. Much as anywhere else, it is what you make of it.

at the end of my street (6 houses) is the most amazing cheesecake bakery in my city. i usually pretend its not there. la la la la.

there is also an amazing ny style deli, sushi place, coffee shop, BBQ-bar, artisan chocolate and ice cream shop, and a great sit down restaurant. all in one block. and around the block a tex mex place, italian restaurant and a bar-grill bistro place. luckily no chain restaurants... not that kind of area. but i could eat really good food in this area for two weeks straight without repeating. luckily we are broke and my H is gluten free. so we stay home 99.9% of the time.

Edited June 20, 201412 yr by moonlitestarbrite

luckily we are broke and my H is gluten free. so we stay home 99.9% of the time.

Sometimes its all i can do to not act. My husband will go to the store or fast food and he doesn't ask me if I want anything, he knows I don't. It's all I can do to just be silent and wait for the opportunity to pass. I consider that a win. Sometimes we have to take all the wins we can get.

Sometimes its all i can do to not act. My husband will go to the store or fast food and he doesn't ask me if I want anything, he knows I don't. It's all I can do to just be silent and wait for the opportunity to pass. I consider that a win. Sometimes we have to take all the wins we can get.

my H will take my son to get junk at the corner store in the evening...i dont eat that kind of chocolate or candy. i am a chocolate snob. lol. and the artisan chocolate place is stupid expensive and closes at 6. so win-win for me! i get my super dark chocolate at trade joe's and eat small pieces of that. only time in last year i actually got in my car at 8 oclock at night to drive to get chocolate... i had super bad PMS! took me four days to eat 2 bars. so i think i am doing pretty well, considering. lol

i am an impulsive person when it comes to food. that is one reason i got fat. so its good we usually dont have any extra money. what a crazy thing to say! :/

Cheesecake! Lucky for me our local cheesecake restaurant burned down last year. They replaced it with a different restaurant so I'm good.

My LA Fitness is in the same building as Mariano's, a grocery store here in Chicago. Funny thing is I go in the Mariano's all the time to get my Protein shakes because not everyone has the Premier ones. I just beeline for the shakes or Greek yogurt or cat litter and avoid all the rest of the store. Mariano's has the dessert counter with Cookies and cannolis and cupcakes that are delicious and the devil. So I turn my head the other direction because those cannolis are the my personal dessert weakness.

When I was home from surgery I realized just how many food commercials there are on tv. Forget holidays-each and everyone involves special foods...I hope Beach Lover is right and I forget about it and it won't bother me eventually.

My Dr.s office is 1 block off the main st, also a " Fast Food Boulevard !" To get to the Drs office I pass Mcdonalds , KFC, Jack in the Box, Burger King, and numerous restaurants and buffets, etc. The funny thing is ive lost all interest in those places. Other than an occasional Wendys chili ( protein) , or a small taco salad from Taco Time, I eat almost no fast food. It just does''nt appeal to me anymore. Hopefully you'll lose interest in it too, after some time. Now I crave salad with roasted chicken! Go figure !

Sometimes its all i can do to not act. My husband will go to the store or fast food and he doesn't ask me if I want anything, he knows I don't. It's all I can do to just be silent and wait for the opportunity to pass. I consider that a win. Sometimes we have to take all the wins we can get.

my H will take my son to get junk at the corner store in the evening...i dont eat that kind of chocolate or candy. i am a chocolate snob. lol. and the artisan chocolate place is stupid expensive and closes at 6. so win-win for me! i get my super dark chocolate at trade joe's and eat small pieces of that. only time in last year i actually got in my car at 8 oclock at night to drive to get chocolate... i had super bad PMS! took me four days to eat 2 bars. so i think i am doing pretty well, considering. lol

i am an impulsive person when it comes to food. that is one reason i got fat. so its good we usually dont have any extra money. what a crazy thing to say! :/

It's not crazy. Sometimes you get your will power where you can. And I remember when my kids we young and times were leaner... we still found a way to buy cigarettes and eat out at least once a week (dollar menu at McDonald's at least). Where there's a will, there's a way. And sometimes, all we need is one excuse to grab on to... and that goes both ways.

Jennifer

My surgeon's office is located in a strip mall next to a Wing Zone and a Chinese buffet! Two of my favorite things pre-op.