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That moment where you had your first “oh wow life really is different now? “

Yeah I had that this weekend. I’m on day 10/11 in the post op liquid phase (and struggling but that’s a different post).

I had to go buy belts for my pants because they were getting droopy. First time for that.

First time hanging out with friends and while it’s not unusual for us to bring our own foods because of what ever diet/ gastric thing one of us is dealing with. I literally smelled food and that while that smells good I really don’t want any (grilled burgers). Like literally didn’t have the feed me now response I was so used to. I was content with my blended Soup and Jello I brought. First time for that. One of my friends commented on how much brighter/upbeat I seemed too.

Next first: The Mr and I went out for errands and are finished the night up with a show. I put on a shirt and it just felt weird and baggy. This was a shirt I have like two or three of and a month ago wore regularly. I actually went and changed to into something less baggy.

While out and about we had time to kill and went to one of our favorite restaurants. I knew I could get an awesome soup that the broth would be tasty and would blend up nicely once I got home. I ate really slow and barely made a dent. I think I was full (still figuring that part out) and stopped to get the rest to go. I also laughed when they gave me this big ole soup spoon that I knew was bigger than I should have per bite and instead used the teaspoon. A couple more firsts there.

I know I’m going to lean on these NSV for the eventual plateau.

What were some of your firsts?

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Wow!!! That sounds soo awesome!! So, glad to hear someone is having positive reactions and ah ha moments. I hope I'm as lucky. You gooo!!! [emoji123][emoji123][emoji106][emoji106]🖐

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Yesterday was the first time I went to the Original pancake House and didn’t order pancakes!

Then that night, I went to a book reading with my brother (not overweight) and my brother-in-law (overweight) and it was me on the left, my brother in the middle, and my brother-in-law on the right, and I thought I was encroaching on my brother’s space, but he was leaning over into me because my brother-in-law was encroaching on HIS space!

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Grabbed a shirt the was so tight I could no longer wear it without my stomach hanging out and it was baggy and long. Such a weird feeling

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Awesome!!

I can't wait for my shirts and pants to grow longer!

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On Saturday I went to put on a pair of shorts I’d bought in February because the shorts I owned then were too big, only to discover the new shorts are now too big. That was the first time I was annoyed that clothes were too big.

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May You have many more "too big for me" clothes victories😛

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8 hours ago, Sleeved36 said:

Awesome!!

I can't wait for my shirts and pants to grow longer!

Not so great with pyjama pants! I'm starting to trip over these ones now and only started wearing them a month ago.... Gotta be careful I don't do myself an injury!

Thankfully in another week or two I'll fit properly into the next smaller pairs I bought for winter (size 18-20) and can donate these barely worn ones for someone else.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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