Do you know what a 10" south shore bar pizza is? They are served bars south of Boston for the most part and are delicious. Today, the Cape Cod Cafe (not on Cape Cod and not a cafe either) serves $6 cheese pizzas. Absolutely delicious.

I bought one figuring that I'd eat half for lunch. I had it in the car and couldn't wait to get home. Started eating , and kept eat slowly over the course of 45 min until it was all gone. Oh no! What have I done?!

I'm scaring myself a bit because I'm only 4 months out and don't want a big stomach. How come some foods allow me to eat normal portions or even over-eat, and other foods, like eggs, keep me line?. In addition to pizza, I can eat a lot of salmon too (2 fillets).

Anyway, looking for explanations, encouragement and support. Many thanks.

I started at 386, and after about 4 months ( in a week) I'm down 72 lbs. That's the good news. But I'm not even half way to my goal, hence the worrying.

Take a deep breath, it’s not the end of the world but please follow the food guidelines that your doctor gave you!
Start again on your next meal.

Do not beat yourself up for eating it, take it as a learning experience and understand that it may be a trigger food for you. What works for me is eating after I served myself what would be my portion, sometimes even less and then waiting a few minutes to see if I want more. I time my meals to be 30min, if I do not eat my portion within that time, I just stop and leave it for later as a snack.

Follow your guidelines as that can vary and speak to your team if you feel you need more direct help.

I have a sleeve so this might not be directly relevant but do you know, of all the food types I can eat most pizza. Volume wise, calorie wise, protein wise, whatever. I can PACK that stuff in, whereas I have to budget for sushi, burgers, fries, whatever.

Please do not worry unless you plan to do what you did today every day. In that case all might be lost. As a one-off it's totally doable. Welcome to your new life OP. ?

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It’s okay. Everyone slips at some point. As long as you don’t keep doing it you’ll be okay.

Look at it as a learning opportunity. We all have to work out why, how much, often often or when we’ll eat certain foods. Why did you keep eating the pizza? Craving, emotions (happy, sad, angry, frustrated.), boredom, habit, diet fatigue, testing your limits, etc.? What can you do the next time you’re in this situation or mental place? Portion out a slice & put the rest in the fridge, only have it when you can share with a friend so they eat most of it, mange when you choose to have it so as not to compromise your weight loss, make a more nutritionally beneficial low cal version (cauliflower base, etc.)

I saw “bar pizza” and I thought Mass!

All is not lost as others have said. I plan my pizza into my intake. I see a special holiday or super birthday or a difficult week time wise for cooking. Then I buy a large pizza and purposefully share it so with teenage boys I’m lucky to get 1-2 slices and I’m done. I make sure the size is obvious to share and not a single serving like a bar pizza is! I also eat in front of people. No more secretive eating habits! That’s why this surgery is a lot of work and not the easy way!

You probably also weren’t full because there’s no way even a fully loaded meat pizza has enough protein to keep you in check? Every day is a learning opportunity, we’ve all made our learning mistakes too!

I appreciate the support. I'll recover. Ended up having a salad for dinner

And that is EXACTLY how to do it! You've got this.

18 hours ago, Jonathan Carlson said:

I appreciate the support. I'll recover. Ended up having a salad for dinner

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