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Congratulations...I recently got there too (about two weeks ago I hit the 100 lbs mark off peak weight). Parties are definitely a different animal nowadays...so I guess really high-Protein hors d'oeuvres. Sadly, this is where many people's efforts all come tumbling down...a carb escapade to Celebrate a benchmark. The story of Mike Hebranko is the most harrowing of all...it's amazing the cascade that a single Nathan's hot dog can set off. So let's both be smart...I'm starting to plan my Onederland party as well.

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Sounds fun! I'm interested to hear how it turns out. I'd make bariatric friendly foods like cheese crisps with salsa, hummus and veggies, shrimp cocktail, etc.

Please keep us posted!

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Try partying without food .... Bowling, movies, skating, anything that doesn't revolve around eating but where you can still have a good time.

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Congradulations

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Cos lettuce cups filled with minced turkeygarliclemongrasscapsicumonionand any veggies you want with some soy sauce and sweet chilli so good!

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At this point I can say that food just isn't enough of a priority to be considering it in party planning

There are other things that matter more.

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Now is the time to learn how to Celebrate without food. That's a slippery slope that lead many of us to needing surgery in the first place.

Why not celebrate by pampering yourself? Get a mani/pedi or treat yourself to a massage? I did a spa day with girlfriends this summer. We bought them off groupon.

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