How do you cope with celebrations, holidays etc?

Hi. I am still pre-op but I am concerned about how post-ops deal with all of life's opportunities to celebrate. What do you do when it's your birthday (or your kids) and there is cake and all kinds of tempting foods? How about Thanksgiving? After all, sitting down to that huge turkey with all it's trimmings, and pumpkin pie to finish is such a tradition. There are just so many reasons we are bombarded with food and encouraged to eat lavishly ---- Easter, Christmas, birthdays, Fourth of July, Anniversaries, graduations ----the list goes on. So how do you deal with the temptations? Do you feel like you are missing out? Or that it's not fair that you can't eat those foods anymore? I'm being honest with myself here... I love food and enjoying it with family and friends in a feel-good life situation will be hard to change. I'm curious about how others have coped.

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