My good friends and I celebrate everything with food. Promotion? Dinner! Birthday? Huge dinner! Good news at work? I'll take you out to lunch! What the heck do we do to celebrate now?

You'll be able to do the same in the future, you'll just be taking leftovers home...

Still go, just portion size will be smaller. It's all about getting your mind ready to work with the new body. They should be ready to celebrate you. Your gonna do great!

I'm thinking I'll be ordering the sides or apps from now on instead of full dishes.

Great option as well! When was your surgery?

Order Soup or bisque and talk your head off!!!!

At first eating out is pretty difficult. You can only eat certain things and very little. As time passes, you will be able to eat more and ordering an entree and taking 1/2 home will become a normal occurrence.

My first time eating out I had crab soup. The second time I had chicken tortilla soup and guacamole that I ate with a fork (no chips). Now I can order chicken, beef or shrimp Entrees (without rice or pasta).

Great option as well! When was your surgery?

It will be April 19th. I'm just trying to get my head in the game. [emoji4]

Gotcha, it's gonna be here in no time at all!

I am just about three weeks since mine was done, already seeing some great results. Hope to hear about your updates!

I just had my surgery 2/11 and I was worried about celebrations as well. I've made a list of alternatives for myself that aren't food driven i.e. Pedicure, massage, a show, day trip, etc. Also plan to use these as milestone rewards since historically when something good happens we eat or drink.

I'm almost 9 weeks post op and I've been out to dinner a couple of times. Honestly it wasn't nearly as bad a I thought. I went out once when I was still on softs and just had soup. The past couple times were on a regular diet and I just had left overs to take home. I did a lot of slow eating and talking and nobody noticed or said anything. I was really scared about the change in my social life but I'm not so worried anymore. Lots of restaurants have healthy options now. I also look at the appetizers and childrens menu before I order but Ive found the entrees are better options in most cases.

Soups, baked or grilled (no fried) options, & reduce or have no carbs as much as possible. Use vegetables as a filler. You won't be able to consume much anyway so don't feel bad about taking food home. And make sure you drink non-caloric and non-carbonated beverages.


Height 5'0"
Weight for WLS consultation: 216 lbs.
Surgery date: 2/13/17
Goal: - 71 lbs for healthy BMI (about 145 lbs).
Current weight: 188 lbs
My profile picture is not me. It's my "FitSpiration" body.

I go out but I specifically tell the waiter I don't want a side. If I get a sandwich, I eat half the filling and half of one piece of bread. And if the food isn't that great, I don't take leftovers home.

I was amazed how much less I ate just by putting down my fork between bites.


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