Pizza Day & The Down Side to Eating Carbs

Congrats and welcome back. That really is an accomplishment you should be proud of. I know how difficult it is.

Thanks, Keith!

I have learned from experience to stay away from pizza because I can eat two pieces or maybe more because it is all carbs. I have learned that my sleeve, allows me to eat carbs with no restriction! So, not only can I eat too much of it, I pay for it for the next few days when my body is having a carb detox! 

Don't get too excited, but I am going to get out the whips here.  :)  I can see two problems, one you have addressed already and that is the high carb content causes more hunger and the hunger often stays for a few days.  The second issue has to do with your mind set about being a team player.  Soon, much sooner than you think, you will be able to eat more pizza and really be part of the team.  :)  Think about it, or not, but I can tell you that is where the beast is really buried.

Nope, Pizza is out! It is a trigger food for me. I love pizza and this could easily become an issue for me, so it is off the list. Next time I will be a pain in the ass. No whipping necessary. I can see what you are saying though. I did feel a nice amount of restriction before I was able to finish the whole piece so I stopped eating as soon as I was there. It wasn't a particularly big piece so that was good. Pizza was definitely food for the beast. Beast needs to get back in his cage.

I got a little something different from what Elina said. I thought she was addressing the need you felt to be a team player and using that as an excuse to eat a piece of pizza was secondary. I know that you aren't going to like that I said "you using it as an excuse," but if not that then what was behind the choice you made? You said you could have brought your own food. You said you could have asked them to get you a salad. But you used "being a team player" as your reason.

At what point are you going to decide that YOU are more important than people's perception of you. When are you going to put yourself first? So what if some of the co-workers give you **** for eating your own food.

Why did you pick "team player" today? Who are you going to pick tomorrow?

No hate or harshness here, Keith. I just think you need to start putting you first, again. It gets harder to do that the farther out you get.

I'm 17 months out and I can tell you that people start forgetting that you have this thing you have to deal with for the rest of your life. Even my kids forget sometimes.

If you want the pizza because you want an effing piece of pizza. Fine. IMO, that kind of thinking will just make you one of the people who come back on here in a year or two crying because they feel lost and they've gained 40 lbs and they don't know how it happened and ... well, you've read the threads. I think you are better than that.

So prove me right, because **** if I love to be right.

 

Yup, that's exactly what I meant.  :)

The pizza is not good, but the thinking behind the action is the real possible problem.

I am always a team player, I did not chose to be a team player today I chose to eat a piece of pizza and I fit it into my plan, carbs and all. I am not looking for an excuse, nor do I need one. I am not looking for approval or someone to pat me on the head to say it is ok. I worked it into my plan and it had an effect that I wasn't expecting. One that I chose to share with those who may get the idea to try the same thing. The net effect of that pizza was raging hunger when I was full, that was the only point of the article. 

I did something that I was comfortable with and it didn't work out as I expected. Just like everything else I have learned in life the hard way it is experience. 

As for other people's perception of me, that was not an issue at all. I am perfectly comfortable talking about what/how I eat, the surgery I have, the struggles I have. I chose today to make this about my team. Its that simple.

As to whether I am here in 2 years whining about being lost, time will tell. I am not much of a whiner though I would probably just go and have DS and then I could start all over in a new forum.

 

Oh I get it. we're just supposed to look at the bow and wrapping paper and not at what's inside.

Well, maybe some others will see Elina's point and learn from it.

I see Elinas point. But I wasn't making an excuse for eating the pizza. I made a plan for the day that included a piece of pizza. I am not falling off the wagon.