Is this your 1st Christmas Post op?

 That's what happens to me too when I drink.  I drink 1/2 a drink and I am DRUNK! But only for like 15 minutes, then I feel totally sober, even thought my blood would tell different, and no matter how much more I drink I won't get that drunk or buzzed feeling again.  So I ask myself "what's the point" it's just putting empty calories into my body, which is so stupid since I have only 8 pounds to goal and would love to just get there and NOT be in a WL phase for the FIRST TIME IN MY ADULT LIFE!

I feel like I have been one a diet, or needed to lose weight since I've been 15 years old.  How nice is it going to be to NOT have any weight to lose.  I don't even know what that is going to feel like!  I just get on the scale and be like "Yeah that's the weight I want"  I've never had to maintain.

also my first. And I wasn't much a partier before the surgery, definitely no alcohol. I went to my first christmas party in YEARS last tuesday. I had what I considered to be a good choice for dinner (grilled chicken) gave away my leftovers ( my children). And had a great time. Before I knew it, it was 10:30 on a school night, and my kids had to get home to bed. I had a blast, and lost a pound

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Thanksgiving was weird for me.  Lots of food and I was usually the one bellied up to all of it eating away.  I have a good friend I spend the holidays with that is overweight and we would eat together and talk.  She did the eating this year....it was weird. I still enjoyed myself but also realized that I MUST bring some things with me.  For Christmas I am bringing an appetizer, main dish and dessert.  This way I can share with everyone what I eat and show them that it is not much different from before just modified.  I had to answer a lot of questions at Thanksgiving because it was the first family get together since surgery so at least that part will be over for Christmas!!  I do some times miss my old self..but then I put on my size 16 jeans and get over it LOL

I just notices your goal is set for 200 and you had surgery in June.  I think  you are going to get a lot lighter then 200 pounds!  

I never in my life thought I would be buying size 6, thought my bones were too big, but it's amazing what this surgery has done.  I just wanted to tell you to open you mind to a lower goal cause you really can be whatever goal you set for yourself!

Thanks for your response!  I too made some special stuff for Thanksgiving and everyone liked it, like the sugar free pumpkin pie and the roasted veggies instead of stuffing.  I have started my family on a weight loss adventure!  LOL

It is my first Christmas and I refuse to let food ruin it.  I partake in every gathering, party, pot-luck, etc!  I may try a bite here or there but I don't go overboard.  Cookies?  Hell yes, I take a bite!  Marshmallow Christmas peeps?  Oh yes, I have a nibble!  Chocolate covered cherries?  Yes I have licked them!  Alcohol?  Uh, no. When it comes to social drinking, I have turned to diet cranberry juice.  Looks like wine, isn't, and the flavor is something that I have sip so it goes a long way. 

My Christmas wish to you is that you become stronger than food!

 Aw, thanks!  That is super nice to give me a Christmas wish!  

I am stronger then the food, I turn most of it down I just WISH for maybe one night I could go back to the way it was and just indulge and enjoy.  But I also like my new size 6 skinny jeans, and my small shirts and my boots!  I could never wear boots before cause I was too big and my calves would not fit in them.  So it's a trade off and I know that.  I'm in mourning for my old habits, but they are dead and they can't come back because if they do so does the weight, and THAT I don't miss!

This is my first Christmas since surgery and I didnt have surgery too long ago. I wasn't a big drinker before surgery but definitely at holiday parties it was nice to enjoy. This year I am trying to prepare myself to cope without feeling sad and nostalgic about past holiday parties and just embrace my new life. Last night I went to my husband's work holiday party and they had so much food. Really good foot like prime rib and bbq chicken. The whole works. Everyone was going up and grabbing massive plates while I picked around for just tiny peices of food that I thought were safe to try. It was a little uncomfortable as I felt like I was holding up the line and looked high maintenance but in the end I was able to make a plate that satisified what I wanted and did not leave me sick by the end of the night. I think its just about trying to find a balance. The big thing with me is I am very open with my friends and family about this surgery so I feel like there is not a lot of added pressure to do or eat things that would compromise my new life. They pretty much all get it. I am still sort of in the honeymoon phase of this surgery though and I am curious what next year will bring me.

 Yeah I am open too about my surgery.  In fact, at this party they had stuff they bought just for me!  That was so sweet,  like cheese and little sausages.  It was nice.  It was the cookie table and the beer that got me.  One beer and 2 cookies and that's what got me.

One of my best friends is really thin, 135 pounds.  She helps to teach me how to think like a thin person.  She said "See, I see those cookies, I know they are there, but I tell myself I don't want them, I can have them but I don't want them"  I tried that but the fat girl who still lives in my head wanted them.  She had 2 and she suffered for it :(

It's my first Christmas post op. I don't find it hard at all. I usually eat candy canes this time of the year. I am still eating them but not all the time. Everything in moderation. I still plan on making cookies,but then again I live with my family and I have a child.

I'm right there with you.  I was 3 months out post op 12/09.  Thanksgiving i COOKED actually which in a weird way helped.  I was eating on the "fly" so noone really paid attention to it even myself except for DH.  He sweetly reminds me sometimes,  Honey,  eat that if you want but i dont think you were planning on the 3 hour nap that follows!!!"  I really wasnt bad. I had literally a bite of most things.   And most of thsoe bites were lef ton my plate cause i focused on the Ham (turkey i cant do) and a small piece of moms stuffing,  green beans,,,,,,and i think thats it. 

I have had a glass of wine or 2 since surgery, actually more like half glasses.  And unless i am home, with body aches, i wont do it.    It will put you OUT.  We were at the beach having steamed crab legs.  EVERYONE is ordering beer.  Well i knew better, so i thought i'll order a non-alcoholic one and sip it.  I'll get the flavor,  the look etc jus tno tthe alcohol..  Well,  after the buzz hit,  and i read the label,  sure enough even non-alcoholic beer is .05%.   I waslike shut the door i have a buzz off of an odouls.   Before you guys blast me..........I do not cheat alot just rarely........this is a life change, and a learning process.  So far my weightloss has not been impacted.  I eat correctly and prudently 98% of the time.  We ar ehuman and at some point we will push the limits. I like the cranbery juice idea.............. And the baking with splenda,  there is an official cookie war happening at work, tomorrow night i have ot help a friend bake about 500 cookies.  This should be interesting..................