So, what are YOU gonna do?

I'm just curious: I was sitting here and it occured to me that I used to celebrate occasions with food. Now, my one year surgiversary is one year away and I probably won't celebrate with food. What are your plans for a celebration? Still with a little (and I do mean that literally!!) meal or are you going to do something else? Good query, huh? I'll probably do a celebratory run. My sister will be in Africa, so I won't have her next to me. And I might have a little something something to eat to celebrate, but it certainly won't be the 3 or 4 plates at the Asian Buffet I used to have, you know?! Whatever you do to celebrate, be safe and be healthy, my friends!! Jen Halliday 332/172/170 pre-op/current/goal

Oddly enough, I have no drive to celebrate this one day for me at all. Not because I'm unhappy with the results, I don't think I'm necessarily ungrateful, I don't think that means it's not a special day for other people, buuuutttt, like my birthday, it's not a day I need to mark on the calendar to feel special about. I try and make every day special. I married a man who makes me feel treasured every day, for a bunch of reasons, none of which are about how much I weigh or the day I was born - that's part of how I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him. I don't know if I'm making any sense, maybe I *am* ungrateful. Yeah, I had surgery, and so far, yeah, I've gotten good results. But I chose to have the surgery, and I chose the path I've followed so far to good results. No, it hasn't been all that hard for me, being born wasn't either. But I own my life now, I think every day is special because I am special and my life is special and I take credit for the work I do [or don't do] to make it this way. I'm proud of us and going the extra step to acknowledge everyone's anniversary dates this year, not because I think the day should or shouldn't mean anything, but because we chose this path, we dedicated ourselves to following thru, and we're still here. If it does mean something to you, then I hope your celebration is everything you want and then some, if not, then I'm still happy you're here and I hope to be around to help you celebrate you every day and any day you want! xxoo

I did celebrate with a food choice I don't normally make. My husband and I had sushi. I had skimped on my meals all day so that I could have 800-1000 calories to use on sushi. I limited myself to 6 of my favorite pieces. It was SO GOOD! Pre-op, I would have eaten probably 3000 calories in sushi. Now, I was able to enjoy myself and didn't feel deprived. It was a treat!