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ThickGirl5683

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ThickGirl5683    318

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I am 8mo. Post op down 90lbs and 10lbs under my goal weight. I ate a spoonful of greens and smoked turkey, sweet potatoes and a piece of a roasted red potato and I'm full of course. I just made a banana pudding trio and bow I'm making brownies... I said when I hit 1 year I would try something sweet, but I think I want to try it today....... Decisions Decisions.....

I pray everyone is having a wonderful and Blessed day

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BDME    138

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I am 8mo. Post op down 90lbs and 10lbs under my goal weight. I ate a spoonful of greens and smoked turkey, sweet potatoes and a piece of a roasted red potato and I'm full of course. I just made a banana pudding trio and bow I'm making brownies... I said when I hit 1 year I would try something sweet, but I think I want to try it today....... Decisions Decisions.....
I pray everyone is having a wonderful and Blessed day
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You’re amazing for waiting a year for sweets. I’m a little under 2mo post and I had a piece of pie today. But back on the grind tomorrow!


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ThickGirl5683    318

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@BDME Welllll..... I didn't wait... I had a piece of brownie and a little bit of ice cream.... After today though I'm back to business... Keep up the good work.. WE can do this

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Congratulations on your progress!


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We forget the secret is the calories not the quality of food you eat. I was told that I have to stay in the 900 - 1000 calorie range. Now I could eat that with one piece of junk food or eat 3 meals throughout the day. On Thanksgiving I choose the pie along with some other crap but I stayed just over 1000 calories. Now today will be a 500 calories day of salad and such. I use software to track my caloric intake so if I have an off day I just adjust. Also, I rarely eat more than 300 calories at one time. My VGS keeps that part of my new lifestyle in check.

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I'm so mad at myself; and disappointed. 3 days post-surgery and I actually took tiny bites of food. I'm lucky I didn't hurt myself. I don't feel great today, but don't think I did any damaged and will not be testing myself again.

The reason I post this confession here is that thickgirl5683 is waiting a year to try a sweet and I couldn't make it 3 days without trying a taste of food. You are inspiring and reminding me what I should be doing.

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ThickGirl5683    318

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We forget the secret is the calories not the quality of food you eat. I was told that I have to stay in the 900 - 1000 calorie range. Now I could eat that with one piece of junk food or eat 3 meals throughout the day. On Thanksgiving I choose the pie along with some other crap but I stayed just over 1000 calories. Now today will be a 500 calories day of salad and such. I use software to track my caloric intake so if I have an off day I just adjust. Also, I rarely eat more than 300 calories at one time. My VGS keeps that part of my new lifestyle in check.



I track my food too but honestly yesterday I didn't even attempt to log anything, to me it's hard to track things with alot of different ingredients... I tried some sweets for the first time and I'm kinda disappointed they didn't make me feel sick, so now I know I can still handle most things which means I have to watch it.... Today I ate some leftovers but no sweets and I stopped when I was full or no longer hungry. I am headed to to the gym as we speak.... One day at a time

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I'm so mad at myself; and disappointed. 3 days post-surgery and I actually took tiny bites of food. I'm lucky I didn't hurt myself. I don't feel great today, but don't think I did any damaged and will not be testing myself again.

The reason I post this confession here is that thickgirl5683 is waiting a year to try a sweet and I couldn't make it 3 days without trying a taste of food. You are inspiring and reminding me what I should be doing.
@Aries331 dont be so hard yourself this new life isn't easy and you have to take it 1 day at a time... Thank you for the kind words BUT I DID NOT WAIT.... Last night I had a piece of brownie and ice cream AND I had some of my banana pudding trio I made.... So I didn't make it to my 1 year BUT I will NOT be eating anymore of it... I'm back to business.... It scared me that the sweets went down so easily with no problems so now I feel like I have to REALLLY stay away from those things... Yesterday is over, so focus on the now.. Stick to your plan one meal at a time!!! WE CAN DO THIS

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[mention=325844]Aries331[/mention] dont be so hard yourself this new life isn't easy and you have to take it 1 day at a time... Thank you for the kind words BUT I DID NOT WAIT.... Last night I had a piece of brownie and ice cream AND I had some of my banana pudding trio I made.... So I didn't make it to my 1 year BUT I will NOT be eating anymore of it... I'm back to business.... It scared me that the sweets went down so easily with no problems so now I feel like I have to REALLLY stay away from those things... Yesterday is over, so focus on the now.. Stick to your plan one meal at a time!!! WE CAN DO THIS

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Thank you. That's how I feel too, just beating myself up a little. I need to take the lesson and move on. [emoji28]

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Thank you. That's how I feel too, just beating myself up a little. I need to take the lesson and move on. [emoji28]

I have had many lessons in the past 2 months, but I learn from each one and do my best

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I have had many lessons in the past 2 months, but I learn from each one and do my best

That's what I need to hear. So thankful foe the support.

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I was so thrilled 4 mo post op to be able to make a ton of delicious thanksgiving foods, including three delicious pies, and know that Thanksgiving Day was going to be, for my food log, the same as any other day. That is the blessing of this surgery.

i don’t eat Desserts. If after a dinner I feel munch while the others eat dessert, I will have a bit or two of 85% dark chocolate. It’s perfectly satisfying. Sugar never made me feel anything but BAD after, vision messed up, mood cranky, increased carb cravings. So I am done with eating sweet things. I don’t even eat fruit, though at goal I may add in 1 serving a day possibly.

I chose the food I wanted, put it on a plate like the others, got out my scale, weighed the plate to zero it, and took away everything but 4 Oz. It was really only a few chunks of turkey and a tablespoon of every other thing. I did put a tbsp of homemade cranberry sauce on the plate, which was a rare sweet thing. And I enjoyed that food for real as much as the two plates plus 4 pieces of pie I probably had last year. Would never have believed it.

I'm thankful for my gastric sleeve.

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