Ugh....the temptations!

So today is Professional Administrative Day. I work in the office at a middle school. I love my job and I love my teachers. I came in this morning to find cards, gifts and goodies  on my desk.  Most of them don't know I am having surgery yet. One of my goodies was a giant cupcake covered in thick beautiful icing................

I gave mine to my co-worker.  Day 3 of my pre-op diet and I don't need that temptation!

Good for you! Great attitude about all of it. This is when all of the planning/research begins the "rubber meets road" stage. It is only as hard as we perceive it be.

If you approach everything that awaits you with the same recoil impulse, you'll find it easy actually. I do.

Good luck.

What a smart choice. I wish they could do surgery on my nose to make sweets smell terrible so they wouldn't be such a temptation! Almost four years out and they still look and smell amazing to me,but at least I dump so there is no real temptation to eat them! Once you start to lose weight it becomes easier because you see progress and know that the smart choices you make are helping you get to your goal. Then once you get to goal you set about reminding yourself where you came from so you don't head back that way. That's why I have a before picture on my frig! Here's a before and after to share with you too! Dare to dream big (or in this case small)! My goal was originally 160 which didn't seem attainable at 272,then 145 and today I weigh 120 to 123. Been here for about 3 years too.

Good Job!  Unfortunately - this doesn't go away.. There is always going to be a "special day" - birthday, holiday, special outing, anniversary, wedding reception, etc.  And our society dictates that there will be unhealthy foods & sweets at ALL OF THEM!  

I'm a month out from surgery and have had to watch my family enjoy my birthday cake (my daughter brought me a birthday "shake"), and colleagues enjoying amazing food & drinks while I ate protein in small bites.

Its a journey - but it will get easier!  Stick with it - its worth it (that's what I tell myself every day). :)

Great job on resisting the evil cupcake!!!  It is SO HARD sometimes, but you are practicing good post op behavior!  I am proud of you!   There is your Gold Star for the day 

I'm a teacher, so I TOTALLY get it!!!! 

I wanted to tell you, though, that I knew when I saw the title of your thread that you must be pre-op. Not that there won't be temptations, but (for me, at least) post-op it's SOOOOO much easier to give all that stuff away (or even THROW IT AWAY!!! ***GASP***). I'm not sure if it's a physical thing because I know I will feel like poo if I eat those things, or if it's emotional/mental and I'm just so focused on this journey, or what, but I smile and thank people that offer me treats. Depending on the situation, I just decline them. If it's a gift and would be rude to return it to them, I quietly and politely accept then  just re-gift it to another teacher or take it home for friends and family. If it's something no one would really want, it goes in the trash because I know I won't be eating it. 

It gets easier, is my point. It will always smell good. It will always look good, and of course, it will always be around, but it gets easier to change your lifestyle choices after surgery. Hang in there!!!! :) 

Yes!  Throwing stuff away used to be unheard of for me, I am still learning that it's ok to be a food snob.  One of the hardest things to tackle (for me)...

I try to think of things like I did loving gifts from my kiddos when they were little.  If my kiddo toddled up and gave me their half eaten lollipop...that was a sign of love and affection.  That did not require that I ate the sticky gooey thing. Smile and thank them, give it away or toss it and move on. The compliment is just as sweet without actually eating it. 

Happy Professional Admin Day! I would be lost without my admin.  Need to go buy her a cupcake or something.

~Elizabeth

Good job resisting!  When I got home from my surgery, my boss had sent me the biggest edible arrangements bouquet I have ever seen.  Chocolate covered everything   It was fine because I had no appetite, but if I was on a pre-op diet I probably would have devoured it.  My family thoroughly enjoyed it on my behalf. 

Good for you! Sugar is my total weakness. I went to the grocery store yesterday and ended up getting sweets. Well I succumbed to it last night and gained weight from it. Well needless to say It is all gone now. I threw it away. Thank goodness for willpower and OH. Good luck.

Robin