So as some of you **MAY** know, I've chosen the path of telling a few people about my WLS but not everyone. (No, this is NOT another thread about that lovely topic, just setting the scene.)

One of my new "quirks" is how bizarre I'm sure I appear to both people who know and do not know about my surgery with my propensity to ALWAYS ask for a to go box. I don't think people necessarily notice how little I eat at a sitting, but they do seem to notice how little the serving I am taking home is. Yes (dammit!), it's only three or four bites. Yes, it's only one chicken strip. Yes, it's only two pieces of sushi and a few edamame pods but YES!! I want a box. That's an entire meal for me.

At home, I go through so many more sandwich bags than I used to. I put the last three bites of a wrap in the fridge, the last two shrimp, the last couple of tablespoons of refried Beans, NOTHING goes to waste. My husband no longer scrapes a bowl of anything into the trash unless it's a starch because he has finally learned.

These are my favorite Walmart purchase now:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Diamond-Multi-Purpose-Mini-Cups-With-Lids-2-oz-50ct/17056809

My other weird quirk? Asking my kids if I'm THAT lady's size. How about her? Her? HER! Look at her butt, is mine bigger? Smaller? Look at hers and look at mine. How about if I go stand next to her so you can compare better? My husband likes the game, my kids barely humor me. HA!

Edited November 21, 201411 yr by LipstickLady

You didn't make those sound delicious at all.

But I like vegetables. I like simple things like garlicky braised spinach with navy beans. My grandmother used to make a kale/collard/white cabbage mix with green apples and onions that I still love to make. Lemme gather some recipes and start a thread.

******DID NO ONE GET THE MY HUMPS REFERENCE!?!?!?!??!?!******

Y'all suck!!!

I got it. But acknowledging it would get the song wedged into my head and I just can't have that. :-)

As it is, I am picturing the video for that song right now.