Fun but completely inappropriate birthday present for a RNYer

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 8/23/12 5:06 pm - OH

I am kind of in the middle of a series of 50th birthday celebrations with family, friends, coworkers, etc. Today a couple of friends gave me a birthday present that I would have LOVED 5 years ago (and actually was excited about -- at first -- when I opened it today) but is probably about the most inappropriate gift they could have given someone with a RNY: a small cotton candy machine!

Now, I have always loved cotton candy... and I have been craving it like crazy at baseball games this year and at the zoo... but I have managed to resist it (mostly becasue spending $3.50 in order to have just a few bites seemed wasteful)... and now I have my very own machine with THREE small jars of various flavors of flossing sugar. I appreciate the thought that went into the gift, especially because they thought that way I would make just a very small amount at a time. I am just not sure if I will have the willpower to eat just a bit. I thought about finding someone with kids to give it to... and may still eventually do that... But not until I have used it at least once!

Mostly, it just seems ludicrous to think that good friends gave a RNYer a cotton candy machine!

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Cherokeesage
on 8/23/12 5:14 pm

RNY on 02/24/12

Had a good laugh at reading this. I had been feeling tired so a friend brought me a big box of chocolates because she eats chocolate when she feels tired. Yes, she knows I have RNY but evidently doesn't understand the change in my digestive system. Happy Birthday and ENJOY the celebrations!

Banded Oct 2008: 290
RNY Feb 2012:        245
Dr's set goal:    170 reached Oct 11, 2012
My goal:                     160 reached Dec 1, 2012
Today :                     145-150

I am half the person I was in 2008.

Citizen Kim
on 8/23/12 5:19 pm, edited 8/22/12 10:26 pm - Castle Rock, CO

RNY on 07/27/04

That's too funny!

Because he knows I don't eat cake, my boyfriend fashioned a cake, complete with candle, out of dark chocolate squares ... I think he gets it - and me!

Enjoy your birthday celebrations - I'm still waiting to look and feel 50 and I'm sure you are the same!!!!

Proud Feminist, Atheist, LGBT friend, and Democratic Socialist

(deactivated member)
on 8/23/12 5:33 pm

Have a great 50th! Wow, I havn't had cotton candy in years! It would have been great to have had one as kids but omg we wouldn't have had any teeth left! Take care, Jane

Dcsavvy
on 8/23/12 5:34 pm

RNY on 07/19/12

My birthday was yesterday and I'm only 5 weeks out today. A friend of mine just dropped by with a gift card to a restaurant that's known for their SUPER SIZE servings. I think she realized her error when she saw the small quanty of food that I was eating when she dropped by. I told her that I would take my daughter and that I would order from the appetizer menu. Oh well, I know her heart was in the right place.

Height: 5'3"; HW 298; SW 279.5; CW 186 GW 160

~ Deb

Melyssa S.
on 8/23/12 5:40 pm - Lauderhill, FL

RNY on 06/12/12

Happy Birthday!

HW 247 SW 224 GW 140

Winners never quit and quitters never win. Vince Lombardi

Winnie_the_Pooh
on 8/23/12 5:42 pm

RNY on 06/08/11

Once in a while our church sponsors a movie night. They show a Pixor or Disney type movie and invites all the families in the neighborhood. Our church is located in a poor part of town so we sometimes get a pretty good turn out. We make hot dogs and popcorn. One young family from our church has a cotton candy machine. They bring it in and make cotton candy. It is a huge hit.

So if your church does something like this it could be a fun activity for the kids. Or a local church, YMCA, boys and girls club may love this for activities.

Winnie