Ready, Set, EAT!!!

Slow down and take stock my WLS sisters and brothers. Tis the season to fatten up and you know what's waiting for you - "Awe, C;mon,,,, can't you have just one bite?" Watch what is put in front of you. AND KEEP TRACK OF IT! Beverly called me the other night. When she started there was a problem with social gathering and how they are centered around food. Here's what we came up with to take the heat off you. If you have to be seen eating something and you can mingle, then mingle. Walk around with your plate of stuff (That you can eat of course) and look like you've had a few bites. Push stuff around on the plate and make it look like it's being worked on. Don't stay in one place too long or they will be on to you. At dinner- go in moderation. You know what you can eat and what you can't. Just because it's on your plate doesn't mean you have to eat it. Move it around. Hide it under that turkey skin. Be creative. You know this is a danger spot and you want to stay on top of it. Plan your strategies now. kp

THANKYOU KP!!!!! You are such an inspiration for all of us here!!!! This will be my first major holiday dinner and I am going to be sooooo careful!!!! I am trying so hard to watch what and how I eat....this is really going to help me out!!! Thanks again!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!! HUGS JUDY

I read an article in Readers Digest, and it made me think. Why do I have to adjust my eating habits while others around me are gorging themselves? Simple. I am having people at "MY" house, so I don't feel threatened, I can eat just how I eat now. I plan to use small plates, and eat my meals just like I do ahead of time....I also think that KP is right, eating in moderation. Don't put that extra bite in just to clean your plate. Hey, and for the goodies? There are some of us who can. And I know for one thing the temptation to cookies are my weakness. I agreed to make a diversion around sweets this year and am bringing my own Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookies (thank you Pillsbury) that way I'm not taken in in the guilt trip. Betcha people won't know that they are eating sugar free when I top them off with a couple pecans. And the menu I got to pick this year, Mom is cooking and there won't be any sweet potatoes this year. Mostly I plan to enjoy the company and warm smells from my kitchen ....and I really don't have room for alot of food wearing this compression garment? there isn't stretch room here. I eat one bite too much and will happen. So listen to KP's suggestions....it's good thinking. Move that food around your plate, and go in moderation. I like the mingling thing but when you have only 2 house guests that's hard to do for me. No big family gatherings here. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and enjoy the time with family and friends and remember what we all have to be thankful for : WE ARE LOSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stacey W

i don't have that problem this year. i have no friends. my girlfriend and i have to stay home anyway so there will be no parties for us. she is having her lips liposuctioned tomorrow and that will take up most of the weekend helping her recover. it's not cosmetic mind you but medically necessary. she completes me. usta

Wow, she must have some really big lips! But at least you have a girlfriend! Glad to see that you have someone that completes you. LOL!!!! Carey

i thought that nut and bolt set completed you. or did you change your after picture?

Thanks for the reminder KP..... And also remember guys that sugar free is not always fat and calorie free. Watch it, expecially when buying sf pies, etc. at the grocery store. Most of them have TONS of fat. My new little trick is to keep an orange in my purse. When everyone is sitting down to chat and munch on dips and such I have the orange to keep my hands busy instead of constantly grabbing chips and crackers. I'm going to have to start bringing two, because as soon as I start to peel it, everyone around me asks for a piece. Happy Turkey day to everyone, even those with a dibilitating condition like elephantitis of the lips. Brenda

KP, Thanks for posting this bit of info. I especially read it carefully and plan to follow your advice since I will be going to a friend's house for dinner. She has not seen me since my surgery to revel in my weight loss. I am anxious to see how she reacts to my new way of eating. My husband and I chose not to spend the holiday with my family because of the pressure(emotionally and physically) it causes when we do eat with them. Thank You also for always being such an inspiration to myself and everyone on this board. Happy Thanksgiving, Phyllis

makes me remember a story a friend of mine told me about being a little person and not enjoying eating certain foods.so while sitting at the table when no one was looking, he would slip the food down the metal leg of the table--this went on for quite a while until a terrible smell was permeating the kitchen and the dad started to investigate..........finally the repository of the "unappreciated " food was located, the table dismantled and cleaned, and a little boy's bottom warmed by the hand of his dad..........needless to say it might have been a better idea just to hide stuff under the turkey skin!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grin..Happy Thanksgiving to all........hug rae

Very sound good advice.............Its only 3 of us here for the day so I get to cook. My doctor said to cut everything up small, take my time eating, and I will skip dessert because I have to clean up. Thanks Kevin Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.