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..... during family outings you order a small cup of ice cream as your meal (choices being slim) and you wind up giving half of it to a family member because there's no room...

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When faced with a choice of where to eat.. the All You Can Eat Buffets are definatly OUT!!

Oh.. and I asked for a kids meal, and they told me it would cost 2.00 more because I wasn't a kid!!! Duh.. it's the same food.. and my tummy is as small as a kids!

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You know how to use all of your friends microwaves like they are your own because you are constantly bringing over your own Soups and such

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when all your friends know when you make the face to move out of the way of the bathroom. And not ask questions till after.

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---When a 6'-2" 300 pound guy walks into a steak house and freaks everybody out by asking if they have a steak smaller than 8 oz. !!!

Got some really strange looks...

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---When a 6'-2" 300 pound guy walks into a steak house and freaks everybody out by asking if they have a steak smaller than 8 oz. !!!

Got some really strange looks...

Also, when said steak meal takes nearly an hour to enjoy!

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---When a 6'-2" 300 pound guy walks into a steak house and freaks everybody out by asking if they have a steak smaller than 8 oz. !!!

Got some really strange looks...

That's AWESOME! :) That totally made my day. Sometimes I feel so weird asking for something so small. We went to Popeye's at the airport the other day and I asked if they would sell me one chicken strip along with my hubby's meal! lol

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when--- you have an itch somewhere... back, shoulder, arm, etc. you go to itch it and your skin is not there... You have to keep moving your hand a few more inches to reach the itch!

am I the only one this has happened to???

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When the first thing you do after being seated in a restaurant is scope out where the restrooms are located "just in case".

AND

Make sure you don't sit on the inside of the booth blocked in by someone else "just in case".

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lol This is so true. lol

I always look for the bathroom.

...when you avoid going out to eat with some friends because they dont want to share off their plate. lol

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When you get excited because you have ankles again. and Think everyone should be excited too. lol

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When you get your blood pressure measured with the normal sized cuff, not the XL one.

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When your grandchildren asked you to slow down because you are walking to fast.

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    • Alisa_S

      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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    • Alisa_S

      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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      1. summerseeker

        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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