Eating pizza - before and after
311 / 290 / 162! / 160 / 162 
Start * Surgery * Current * surgeons goal *My goal
150 Pounds Gone Forever!
Agreed then. I know that even in the beginning I ate things that I ate before and it did not doom me to failure. It did, however, make me not feel like a space alien.
I do agree with you with respect to the fact that if you feel like pizza is a trigger, you should treat it that way but neither of us knows if it is (and to say that she ate a lot of it before makes it a trigger wouldn't be necessarily true. I used to eat a pack of Oreo cookies in a sitting and now I could care less if I ever see the ruddy things again whereas I wasn't the biggest peanut butter fan and now feel like I'll die if I don't get at least a tbsp a day...).
I'm speaking from a place of seeing folks NOT torture themselves as much as I did and ending up losing more weight and were more mentally stable than I am in the process. Just sayin.
RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!
Everything in moderation is the key to our long-term success.
Laura
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Yeah. I gotta disagree with you on this one. I am 2 years out and maintaining a 155 lb. loss. I too can only eat about a slice of pizza and I do. Lifestyle change means different things to different folks. To ME it means I eat the things I like in reasonable portions and in moderation when necessary (and I have to force moderation with some stuff but it works for me).
Denying oneself is one of the quickest routes to FAILURE. Why? Because it's a set up!
You tell yourself to stay away from the "bad" pizza and all of a sudden the pizza becomes a damn deity. You worship the pizza. You revere the pizza. All you can think about IS the pizza. Then when you "cave" and have a slice you are a failure.
I don't choose that narrative. My narrative is that I have an overall daily food budget that allows a certain number of calories, carbs, fat, and protein. IF, and only if, I can fit my slice of pizza in with what else I have going on that day, I have it. If there is something I want more than the pizza that makes it impossible to work, I have that. But I don't deny. I never deny. And I journal my food everyday and my calories are still 40% protein, 35% carbs, 25% fat.
So while I respect your disdain for pizza eating...I would encourage you not to project that onto other folks who have a system that works for them. If her system is she has a slice when she wants one, plans for it, accommodates it with activity and goes on about her life, I think that's fine. The surgery is not meant to address everyone's head issues the same way.
http://theincredibleshrinkingfattie.wordpress.com/ H/W: 375, S/W: 300, C/W: 285
I had weight loss surgery so I could eat like a normal person. Normal people sometimes have pizza, they just don't eat it in the quantities that an obese person would. Even my surgeon shares my attitude. He tells me that in a year's time, when I go out to eat Mexican food with my friends, they will ordering huge platters of food, and I will be eating something off of the entree menu.
A whole wheat tortilla (yuck) with low fat mozzarella (double yuck!) will not fix the craving. If works for you, right on! But me, once in a while I'm going to enjoy a slice of real pizza. I've lost 85 pounds in less than 6 months, so what I am doing seems to be working.
You don't have to be a martyr to be a successful RNY patient.
~My story on my revision to RNY from the lap-band is in my profile~
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
Then it's THIN crust (miss that regular crust---but talk about "carb crashing) with "The Works" and extra veggies.
That way I get meat and cheese, but lots of veggies on there too.
ONE piece and I am SO done!!!
There will be people that say OMG you are eating pizza???(trust me--i didn't eat it for about 6 months at all, and then only the toppings.)
Well yes, why not?
We had surgery to help us, not punish us.
EVERYTHING in moderation.
It's about choices.
If you can't control it----and it controls you, then stay away.
Fried chicken is the devil to me. I've had fried chicken 6 times in 2 yrs--and just about died.... it does control me... so we are now life enemies.
RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!
