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I love thrift/second hand shopping- you can find some great deals and you are almost guaranteed not to see yourself coming and going. My daughter loves it too, and we have fun shopping for little hidden gems.

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15 hours ago, Sigh said:

I love thrift/second hand shopping- you can find some great deals and you are almost guaranteed not to see yourself coming and going. My daughter loves it too, and we have fun shopping for little hidden gems.

I volunteer in a charity shop one day a week. Its great because I can always find something to take with me to gift and always leave with a 'bargain'. Its a win win for everyone

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Summerseeker- that does sound lovely!

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7 hours ago, Sigh said:

Summerseeker- that does sound lovely!

It is. We have so much fun. Its a highlight of my week

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On 5/28/2023 at 5:23 PM, summerseeker said:

I volunteer in a charity shop one day a week. Its great because I can always find something to take with me to gift and always leave with a 'bargain'. Its a win win for everyone

Indeed!

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My surgery is not until the 12th but I have plenty of bad habits before.

1. Boredom eating is my biggest issue.

2. Using food to show love. My family has never been the "I love you" type so I grew up on food celebration and over endulgence to make up for the lack of affection. My mom would give me entire banana cream pies as my Breakfast when I was little. Now I do the same. When anyone comes over I make a huge dinner with enough to eat on for 2 days.

3. Making jokes about me being fat before anyone else can. It's my super shield.

4. Going through depressive states where I won't eat for days but then also going thru them where its all I want to do.

5. Having a fear that after surgery I will gain my weight back.

6. Wearing sweatpants and black shirts everyday (literally wearing that right now).

7. Blaming my farts on the dog.

8. Having to not carry cash so I can't sneak thru the drive thru without my wife knowing.

I could do this all night but I think this list will do.

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11 minutes ago, Jjohnson1971 said:

My surgery is not until the 12th but I have plenty of bad habits before.

1. Boredom eating is my biggest issue.

2. Using food to show love. My family has never been the "I love you" type so I grew up on food celebration and over endulgence to make up for the lack of affection. My mom would give me entire banana cream pies as my Breakfast when I was little. Now I do the same. When anyone comes over I make a huge dinner with enough to eat on for 2 days.

3. Making jokes about me being fat before anyone else can. It's my super shield.

4. Going through depressive states where I won't eat for days but then also going thru them where its all I want to do.

5. Having a fear that after surgery I will gain my weight back.

6. Wearing sweatpants and black shirts everyday (literally wearing that right now).

7. Blaming my farts on the dog.

8. Having to not carry cash so I can't sneak thru the drive thru without my wife knowing.

I could do this all night but I think this list will do.

I hope all goes well with the surgery. I can relate to a lot of items on your list. Hopefully these will soon be replaced with healthy and good habits after WLS. You got this!

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13 minutes ago, Jjohnson1971 said:

7. Blaming my farts on the dog.

I think you'll find that the surgery will resolve most of these habits... except #7. Now, I produce more gas than a refinery.

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13 minutes ago, losinglosinglosing said:

I think you'll find that the surgery will resolve most of these habits... except #7. Now, I produce more gas than a refinery.

I used to have this issue as well but thankfully it is gone now. I'm 18 months post WLS.

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On 5/24/2023 at 9:34 PM, omrhsn said:

2. I hate looking at old photos of me and I really don't like the way I looked in those. I didn't have this feeling before.

im with u for ur entire list of post-wls habits, with the exception of this one above 👆🏼.

I actually LOVE looking at old photos of big me now that im not big anymore. It was when i was still big that i didn't like looking at them.

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Bad habits

Before... holding in burps and gas because it wasn't ladylike. To my discomfort.

After... letting it loose to ease my discomfort.

Before...wearing all black to disguise my size.

After...wearing all black because I think it's chic.

Before... picking up fast food every Friday night.

After....picking up fast food every Friday night. (Bariatric friendly)

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