I'm eating like a normal person

[leag78 469]

I remember a time I could eat a whole plate of food, finish my daughter's food, and still have room for desert. But since the surgery I take a few bites and I'm done. I used to get frustrated but now I enjoy it because I feel like a normal person that knows their limits. I know that this isn't a NSV but to me it seems like it. Just wanted to share. Oh, and now my daughter finishes my plate...NICE!!!????

[Babbs 14,680]

Isn't it GREAT??

Sometimes when I look around at the amounts that other people are eating, I am astounded that I used to eat that much and then some. It just goes to show how little food we need to actually survive and thrive on!

[Djmohr 6,965]

This is such an interesting topic and it still shocks me everyday. Normally I would never do this but I just had surgery and am having a difficult time swallowing any food right now.

I wanted something other than pudding or cottage cheese so I had my husband warm me up a can of Campbell's home style chicken noodle Soup. (You know, the little red and white can).

He warmed it up and put the whole can of Soup in a mug for me and then handed it to me. I laughed and said you know this is actually 2 servings of soup and I will be lucky if I can eat 1/3. He went and poured out 1/3,of the soup into a new mug for me. It took me 15 minutes to eat and I still had half of what was originally in the mug. I told him to cover it with Saran Wrap so I could have it for dinner later.

He is still shocked by how little I can actually eat.

I swear every time I get a meal at a restaurant I could just scream. They serve you enough food for 4 whole meals.

When will restaurants start to realize they really are half the problem.

[B-52 7,113]

If someone showed me just how little food I would eating per day, everyday, and foods I will never eat again, and still be healthy and full of energy, I would have dismissed this entire WLS project altogether because the red flags would have gone up telling me this was just another gimmick......but yet, here I am. And if I add up what I ate today in total, it really is astounding....

[Corridor72 518]

The difference is really amazing. I love it though! The worst part- all the idiots who look at me and say "You need to eat more! You don't eat enough to keep a bird alive!" Umm yes, obviously I'm eating enough to keep an entire human alive because I've been eating like this for a year and a half now and I'm still living!

[VDB 800]

My skinny wife of 35+ years and I are now splitting meals when we have to eat out. We avoid eating out, but sometimes on the road it is unavoidable. So, she gets 2/3 of the plate and I get the rest. Saves money, too!

[ShrinkingPeach 1,291]

Just a month out from surgery here and on soft foods. When I finish my 4 ounces and sit back, my husband says with humor, "Full already? Wish I was." lol

Yes I am also astounded when I see what people around me re eating just from the viewpoint of how much food there is and how I was just like them and cleaned my plate. I am certainly not judging them but shocked and agree with @@B-52 that if you had showed me how much the difference was on a plate I would have called you crazy.

That being said I am very thankful for this opportunity and grateful to be losing the weight I am.

[jeanniereenie 177]

i find it hard to not look at the food at restaurants and make that face..you know the one that says why in the world (or HOW) did I ever eat that much!

its hard to not say something to my husband when he says he is so full he feels sick, I tell him to learn his signals, I don't want him to go down this road that got out of control for me!

plus side, he says im a cheap date now

[leag78 469]

Yes, I was talking to my brother yesterday, he had the sleeve, and we were discussing how we used to could eat a whole pizza by ourselves, and then feel guilty and miserable after we ate it. Like, "I can't believe I just sat here and ate a whole pizza like that!" And it really made me feel really lousy about it and depressing, and now even though I can't have pizza at my early stage I don't even think I'd finish one slice and that is really a blessing for me.

[goodnuff 239]

It is an NSV! Celebrate!!

Went out to eat last night to a BBQ joint. I ordered the sliders appetizer, no Buns. When the plate arrived with three "dollops" of meat I thought maybe I should have ordered a side too. Nope, half of it was left on my plate and I was full. Funny thing was when my friend apologized for eating her bun in front of me. It's the second time that has happened. Oddly enough I don't feel deprived like I have in the past so I hadn't even thought about it. Weird how these surgeries work on your brain just a little.

[missheidi47 127]

I'm surprised that I haven't missed bread. And I loved my sandwiches before surgery. I haven't had a bite of bread since I started pre-op diet, and I haven't had a craving at all. I also love that a bite of something yummy satisfies instead of being the first of many. I have a bag of Hershey's special dark kisses at work, and I have maybe 1 or 2 a week.

[insideout629 7]

@@leag78 what operation did you have?

[leag78 469]

I had the bypass

[jane13 2,256]

it's a NSV in my opinion

[drmeow 323]

I LOVE reading stuff like this! and yes, I think it's a huge NSV. Really, isn't it the real goal, to be able to eat like "normal" people?

All my life, even before I got fat, I have not understood how others could look at a plate of chocolate chip Cookies and just have 1 or 2 and then walk away. Even as a child I wanted it all!

I am really looking forward to this - hope I feel the same way!