Eating pizza - before and after

I love fried chicken, but it scares me to death! I think I'll stay away from it for awhile!

You know...side note.

I work with a guy who's wife is a bariatric coordinator for a doctor here in SA.  She has had gastric bypass as well.

Apparently, they discuss my eating habits because one day he busted out with "my wife is very upset with the things that you eat".

Pardon me?

(Please don't get me wrong, the guy is one of my best buds at work, and his wife has been NOTHING but nice to me)

She has been EXTREMELY successful in working her tool.  I think it only helps that she works in the field, and sees it from all sides.

That being said, I believe she is one of the "I will never eat sugar, fat, etc...EVER again" type of personality.

I told my friend "If I told myself that I would NEVER again taste cake, or eat pizza, or have a nacho, I would be setting myself up for failure. I refuse to do that".

So, yes.  I have a thin smidge of pizza.  (It's tiny, thats all I can get in.  But I want that bite).  I take a piece of cake at work, have a bite and then throw it away.

I just know that I am NOT the personality that can say I will NEVER eat that again..because I guarantee you that it will be on my mind forever, and I will end up gorging.  

I don't dump (and unfortunately I found this out early).  So I do taste. 

This has been a huge lifestyle change.  I made the change gladly, and I would do it again and again if necessary to have the success that I have.  That being said, a life without being able to take a bite of pizza, or a smidge of cake...screw THAT! 

:)

And of course, I am not agreeing or disagreeing with anyone, just stating my situation and outlook.

Happy Wednesday y'all! 

I you!  "That is all!"

Kudo's to you Pam, you have the right attitude!!

It's all about lifestyle change, moderation and exercise.

Fresh post ops: one day down the road you can have pizza once again. Because this is a lifestyle change and you will learn moderation and a different relationship with food you will hopefully not freak out about food. It's all a learning process.

The word diet should be taken out of our minds and exchange that word with lifestyle change.
Diets don't work for any of us. That's why we have chosen WLS. Post op we learn we MUST reach for our protein first then the fresh veggies and fruits.

For people that have the "I'm a food addict and this will never pass my lips" I understand you too. Afraid that you will lose total control is very scary. But if you do, just start right back over that very minute, no more waiting..."The I totally blown my diet today, I'll start tomorrow"...well TOMORROW never comes.

We will always have to embrace this lifestyle change for the rest of our lives. One way is just acceptance that we will be ever watchful of what we put in our mouths...forever.
You all have to admit, what works for one person might not for the other.

 I have tried pizza a couple of times since my surgery. I can't get through a slice without dumping coming on. I don't know if it is sugar in the sauce or what it is. I am glad you were able to handle it. I don't know what is happening that I can't handle it.

Apparently I hit a sore spot with the pizza thing. my gosh by all means have your pizza and eat it too.

I think it was more the preachy tone (keeping in mind that tone is hard to manage on a message board so that may not have been your intent). But I speak only for myself.

Not preachy at all just concerned. I can barely pull down a slice of pizza and could not even touch the crust so my main concern for her is that at only 6 months out that she "think" each time she makes food choice. Of course I have pizza. Once in a while but pizza is not a healthy food by any set of standards, so if you go back and read my original post, it ONLY says in once in a blue moon which to me means in moderation as a life style change. My gosh I ate a sausage biscuit for breakfast but I'm at goal so I can make choices like that now. When I was 6 months out I would not have touched it! To each his own though...

You say: "once in a blue moon which to me means in moderation as a life style change."

Umm, yeah, isn't that what I was saying? One slice of pizza in six months is moderation and a lifestyle change. Pre-surgery, I sometimes had pizza several times a week, and in much greater quantities. So see, we agree!

Coincidentally, I had a therapy appointment tonight. I see a therapist who specializes in eating disorders and body image problems. She worked for 7 years at the Rader Institute, a treatment facility for those with eating disorders. I discussed this very topic with her tonight, and she said I handled it perfectly. I told her that most on this thread were supportive, but I did get a couple of negative "scolding" posts that I shouldn't eat pizza. Her response? "No, they're wrong. That is why people fail, when they deprive themselves." My doctor has the same philosophy - learning how to eat food in normal quantities and not depriving ourselves. I can't eat anywhere near the portions I ate before even if I wanted to.

I think I'll stick with the advice of my therapist and my surgeon. One measly slice of pizza in six months hardly makes me a failure at this surgery. I'm not even six months out and I have only 35 pounds to go to get to 150, a weight that might be too low for me. I must be doing something right!

So my gosh, by all means enjoy your whole wheat tortilla with low fat cheese. I think I'll pass.