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I will be getting my surgery in July for gastric sleeve. I am super psyched and a little scared as well. My question is you're doing so good day after day after day month after month and then you are faced with wanting a ice cream treat or somebody at work offers you it . How do you walk away from it? If you walk away what do you tell yourself? how do you remain successful?

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My thinking is do not deny yourself.. just use moderation when you have it. Make a little bowl of ice cream a weekly treat, not a every day thing.

I know though for some people this will not work and its going to be a struggle to not eat the whole half gallon so if you can constrain yourself, then have your ice cream!

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You can have something every once in a while, just not too much and not too often. And it's always okay to just politely refuse something offered to you.

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My co-workers know I had surgery and understand when I say no to the treats they bring but even if they didn’t know they wouldn’t make a fuss if I said no. That being said I agree that is it ok to have a treat every now and then. I went to my cousin’s wedding yesterday and it was pizza and donuts on the menu. I had a few bites of pizza and a few bites of a donut and I was full.

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3 hours ago, Heartnsoul60 said:

I will be getting my surgery in July for gastric sleeve. I am super psyched and a little scared as well. My question is you're doing so good day after day after day month after month and then you are faced with wanting a ice cream treat or somebody at work offers you it . How do you walk away from it? If you walk away what do you tell yourself? how do you remain successful?

We get to choose how strict or lax you want to work your plan. Find what works best for you. Be mindful and make sure food choices do not slow down or stop your weight loss.

For me, I was consistent not perfect. I stayed on plan for the most part. Some may see me as being on the stricter side. I know what my trigger foods are. I keep them out of my home. I wanted to make the most of my first year. Weight loss is harder as you progress months/years.

After surgery it was easier to make healthier choices. food no longer rules my world. My taste buds changed. I eat healthy options of sweet, salty and old favorite foods (example healthy version pizza) I don’t feel deprived. Shopping and eating healthy has become habit.

Prepare for the food holidays. Being healthy options to potlucks. Pack your own meals for work with a healthy sweet option. (It will keep you from the break room goodies) Know that Its ok to tell people no. Just say “I’m full but thanks for offering”

Remaining successful: Nothing magic. I follow my plan.

Logging my food. staying within my weight loss/maintaining calories and macros, hydrate and exercise. I’m in maintenance phase. My diet is different than weight loss mode. I can indulge within reason.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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