lesson # 375: no deep fried mozarella sticks!
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For myself, if I was able to stop at one cheese stick, I wouldn't have needed surgery in the first place. I think as long as you have great restriction, being "good" is an easy decision. Later, when we have considerably more room (many people do, some don't), it might become a problem.
For people that have learned how to eat in moderation, finally, after surgery, and carry that over into maintenance, where they need to stop losing and have been able to incorporate some temptation foods into their diets without a) gaining weight again and b) still being able to have a take-it-or-leave-it attitude over food, more power to you,
I think many of us, though are fooling ourselves if we think that we finally taught ourselves how to eat right forever. If I didn't have this amount of restriction and lack of head hunger, it would be hello, pizza! immediately.
On the one hand, we want to feel normal and feel like we can do this the way people do who don't have food issues. For myself, I think I'm like a junkie. More capacity and less restriction would let me get into all sorts of trouble. Always having a food or hunger issue that relates to "Can I really have a cheeseburger?" says less to me about feeling normal than being able to walk away from a loaded table. That makes me feel I'm more like I'm a "regular" person around food. Not thinking about what I can eat all the time also helps me feel nor nornal. Ironic, since now that I don't want to eat very much, I have to shovel food in all day to get my protein, lol! But now isn't what I'm worried about. Now is easy. Later on, it might not be. I am thinking for my future and about what it will be like when I have more capacity and less restriction, or if ghrelin really does come back, somehow.
My 2 cents. I'm learning that are definitely different ways to view eating after this procedure.
For people that have learned how to eat in moderation, finally, after surgery, and carry that over into maintenance, where they need to stop losing and have been able to incorporate some temptation foods into their diets without a) gaining weight again and b) still being able to have a take-it-or-leave-it attitude over food, more power to you,
I think many of us, though are fooling ourselves if we think that we finally taught ourselves how to eat right forever. If I didn't have this amount of restriction and lack of head hunger, it would be hello, pizza! immediately.
On the one hand, we want to feel normal and feel like we can do this the way people do who don't have food issues. For myself, I think I'm like a junkie. More capacity and less restriction would let me get into all sorts of trouble. Always having a food or hunger issue that relates to "Can I really have a cheeseburger?" says less to me about feeling normal than being able to walk away from a loaded table. That makes me feel I'm more like I'm a "regular" person around food. Not thinking about what I can eat all the time also helps me feel nor nornal. Ironic, since now that I don't want to eat very much, I have to shovel food in all day to get my protein, lol! But now isn't what I'm worried about. Now is easy. Later on, it might not be. I am thinking for my future and about what it will be like when I have more capacity and less restriction, or if ghrelin really does come back, somehow.
My 2 cents. I'm learning that are definitely different ways to view eating after this procedure.
It's funny you should mention this. My daughters had mozz cheese sticks when we went out last week and I sat there and picked off the entire 'breading' before eating one. My kids were laughing because it took me FOREVER to get the breading off. It just wasn't worth all the effort :)
On the plus side I love that I can order a 'side' when out to eat and it costs less than a kids meal. At applebees I got a side of their grilled shrimp. It was 2 skewers, 10 shrimp total and I could eat 3 at a meal so it was 3 meals for me!
~Jen
On the plus side I love that I can order a 'side' when out to eat and it costs less than a kids meal. At applebees I got a side of their grilled shrimp. It was 2 skewers, 10 shrimp total and I could eat 3 at a meal so it was 3 meals for me!
~Jen
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