McDonalds Bacon Egg and Cheese Bagel UPDATE

I feel the OP. Before, and I mean for YEARS before, I was addicted to an Arby's breakfast. Ham and Swiss croissant, large potato cakes, large non diet Pepsi. I ate this **** every day for so many years that I got to know people who worked there.

When I got type 2 diabetes I went to a "regular" potato cakes and diet Pepsi. But still continued. Till the very last day before my preop diet.

I took my son there last week for breakfast. He didn't have time to finish his potato cakes. I took a bite and it was okay but the overwhelming taste in my mouth was FEAR. FEAR that if I ate this damn thing I would be right back in the bag and never get out of it again. I threw them away.

Some people can have some of their craved foods and move on. God bless them. I'm pretty sure I'm not one of them. For me it is the gospel truth: if I eat some of that dark chocolate that seems to keep showing up at work, tomorrow I'll be back for more.

I did not get to 359 pounds by having a right relationship with food. And even now the demon persists. I can and have binged postop on gummy vitamins and calcium chews.

That's what makes me wild about people saying WLS is the easy way out. We still have to fight those ******g demons every day. It's not for the faint of heart.

  Right on sister!!!  We are all food addicts, and it is a fight for life.   You are correct, and knowing this about yourself is half the battle.  WLS is by no means the easy way out. 

I just have two questions for you.

1.  Did half the sandwhich stuff you to the point of feeling really full?  Did you eat it until you absolutely could not take another bite? 

2.  What did you do with the other half of the sandwhich?  Did you throw it out?  Or did you put it in the fridge and eat it  later?

Seems to me two proteins (egg and cheese) are cancelled out by the rest. All I can think is I spent +$10k to get my health back I'm not giving it up for some junk food.

I have 'only' read a couple of pages, but enough to have noticed a few things.  Keep in mind I'm not that articulate, so bear with me.  The person who started this thread did exactly as they intended...to dump a load of cow poop and then take off.  They also drew in people who have only had their sleeve for a couple of months.  I am almost 10 months out, and I call malarkey on anyone who says they can eat half of whatever bagel thingy she 'claims' to have eaten.  I couldn't eat that now if you paid me AND if I could then my surgeon is not worth a grain of salt.  I truly believe in intuitive eating...I mean I REALLY believe in it.  Anyone who ate half of a bagel with meat and eggs or whatever that was was not using intuitive eating or moderation.  Now...do I ever eat out?  Yes...sometimes I have to.  Not because I crave it, but because I have 3 kids who take piano, basketball, and cheer leading all in the same day.  When I do have to do that, I make the best choice I can...and it sure "ain't" no bagel. 

Also when I come on this board to 'confess', I expect and want a butt whoopin'!  That's what I deserve and want to kick my tail back on track.  I got on line a couple of weeks ago to confess that I wasn't eating nearly enough protein or taking my vitamins, and I my hair and nails were telling the tale.  My hair is still falling out in groves, and I was already dealing with serious hair loss issues before surgery.  My nails were splitting and peeling, and they had never done that before.  That was only because I wasn't taking care of myself, and I needed to hear a good chewing out. 

I get a little ticked when people go overboard about the 6 months to goal bit, because I don't believe that is the only time I can lose my weight.  I'm 10 months out, still losing at a comfortable pace and I know I will meet my goal over the next several months.

Finally I want to state that I intentionally let my "southern" out.  I'm actually a teacher with a Master's degree.  I did it in honor of George Lindsey (Goober)... a fellow Tennessean *****cently passed away.  :)

Another thing to add is that I remember what it was like at 2, 3, 4, even more months out.  I wondered if I would ever feel 'normal'.  I wanted to believe that one day I would be able to eat like a 'normal' person who is able to eat bread, meat, and a dessert, with a sweet tea (southern thing).  I resisted the idea of meat first, then veggies, then IF there is room...bread.  BUT I was used to eating 3 yeast rolls with butter BEFORE I even ordered my meal.  I've tried that (1 roll before my meal) a couple of times.  That didn't work because by the time my protein arrived, I had zero room for it.  I absolutely have to eat protein first, and even then I have a hard time getting it all in without serious concentration and discipline.  If I ever eat a burger (and I have tried before), I can't eat any bread.  Otherwise I am only able to eat 3 bites which was mostly bread. 

It is what it is folks, and what it is...a serious life altering event.  This is forever.  It's not just for the 6 months for year that we are in the weight loss phase.  I keep learning that lesson every day and I will be a year out in July.  I read and read and read before surgery, and I thought I knew everything.  I was ready for surgery.  I was ready to give up food.  That didn't bother me at all.  It's not truly internalizing how permanent this is, and we can't prepare for that completely. 

I realize that I will always need to take a good vitamin.  I will always need vit D.  I will always have to focus on protein first, and it won't be easy.  It's even more difficult now in some ways than before.  In my early days, it was soooo easy to do right because I didn't want food.  I had no desire for anything with sugar and let me tell you...I was a MAJOR sugar addict.  I would have rather eaten 10 candy bars in a day than anything else.  Now I can walk past any kind of dessert whatsoever.  Do I always walk past it?  No.  Sometimes I will have a hershey's kiss or 3 or 4 chocolate covered raisins.  It satisfies whatever desire for sugar I have, but I don't want any more that that.  To me that is a miracle all by itself!  I don't ever want to completely unleash that carb monster.  It was evil and had a terrifying grip on me.  I can not let that regain control over me.

Nobody is trying to be mean.  Everyone is trying to be honest.  Please listen to everyone who has been there and done that.  A wise man learns from the mistakes of other...a foolish man learns on his own.

Just for my 2 cents...I'm almost 2 years post-op and still wouldn't be able to eat half of a bacon egg and cheese bagel. You can eat half only being 10 weeks out form surgery...girl you are in for a struggle.
Just because you CAN does NOT mean you SHOULD.
I second and third and fourth the opinions to get counseling. Eating your feelings is why you got to the point of needing 85% of your stomach removed...

Since this topic is still going, all I want to know is why I'm just now hearing about the BAGEL at McDonalds and why they don't sell it in my area?! All we have are the stupid McMuffins and McGriddles!!!! Bagels are much better than english muffins! 

Does anyone on here realize that "SeekingSlimness" never did come back to respond to any of these opinions/comments?

My biggest fear is she got scared off.

She never did respond to anyone's comments...perhaps only read them. It's not to scar her off...it's to help her learn so she can keep on rocking her sleeve.

The last thing I think anyone on here wants, is for her to not feel welcome to share her thoughts, fears, concerns. Even if sometimes you don't want to hear the answers. 

She did respond, she made a whole other thread going off. Her third thread in the series. It was a trilogy. I am currently waiting for "The Return of the Bagel" thread but I don't know if we'll be so lucky... She has since posted on other unrelated threads. She wasn't scared off.