I survived my first family event today. The nice thing about Covid is I haven't had to worry about gatherings. But today was a special birthday for a relative so we had a BBQ with about 20 people.

I was asked to bring an Angel Food Cake, so I made that....and I didn't eat the part I cut off like I normally would. I had one small bite, the rest went in the compost.

I'm only 3 months out. Not everyone there knows I had the surgery, but no one commented about the fact that all I ate was a chicken burger (that I brought) and some pickles. I used a dessert sized plate like I do at home. Timed my bites, and as expected could not eat it all. I didn't have any of the other food there. There was no desire, I was full.

A little later I had dessert. I was still "full", so just had a small bite of cheesecake (no crust or topping) and a sliver of the angel food cake with 3 fresh strawberries that I brought for myself. There is no way I could have ate more than that.

Sounds like a great success.

That is really awesome! Congratulations on your success! You should be proud of yourself

I now find that most people don't pay as much attention to what we're eating as we thought they did! They only notice if you don't eat at all. I just put a little bit of everything on my plate, eat what I want and throw the rest away. Nobody really cares if you clean your plate or not! They aren't paying attention!

4 hours ago, Lynnlovesthebeach said:

I now find that most people don't pay as much attention to what we're eating as we thought they did! They only notice if you don't eat at all. I just put a little bit of everything on my plate, eat what I want and throw the rest away. Nobody really cares if you clean your plate or not! They aren't paying attention!

Came to say the same thing. People don't notice or care. I do the same thing, take a bit of everything, eat what I want and toss the rest. Luckily I also have a toddler to share with so truly no one notices.