Question:
SCHEDULED FOR 11-27-07--HOW TO DEAL WITH THANKSGIVING?

   — jordan1 (posted on November 13, 2007)

November 12, 2007
Your surgery is after Thanksgiving, so I'm not sure what your question is, I'm sorry. I know I had to go on a liquid diet for 2 days prior to my surgery and if that's the case for you, you still have time to do the turkey thing. There are a lot of holiday meal options for WLS patients though. There is a book I got from bariatriceating.com that has tons of recipes and a WHOLE section dedicated to Thanksgiving & Christmas. There is also a lady on here that posts things on the main bored and she has given recipes for pumpkin & sweet potatoe pies. :) She actually has another site you can link to that has tons of dessert and appetizer recipes. There are plenty of options. Since you haven't had the surgery, I would enjoy what I can. That's what I did until 2 days before my surgery. :) Good luck with your surgery. You will do great!!
   — juliebelle0402

November 12, 2007
My opionon on this is enjoy while you can. My doctor slowly has allowed me to have things back. So if it was me that was having the surgery I would enjoy what I could while I could because after surgery it is going to take appoximately three months.....before you are back to being allowed all foods...and actually it isn't even all foods....but I am 9 weeks out and am still be allowed foods...it just all comes back in time. Good luck and enjoy!!
   — Kim82507

November 13, 2007
Not sure what your question is, but I am now 7 1/2 months out, and have resigned myself to yes, I am going to eat turkey (I have always loved it), but only a few bites of stuffing and all the other bad stuff including deserts (for deserts I am only going to have one bite as I am still scared of dumping from surgar). But I will thoroughly enjoy that one bite let me tell you! I am one of the lucky one's where one bite satisfies me for a very long time! Good luck with your surgery! God bless!
   — crystalsno

November 13, 2007
your surgery is the week after thanksgiving -- just enjoy thanksgiving like any other year -- last year my surgery was the day before thanksgiving -- which meant i didn't have to cook or stress -- good luck to you :) and enjoy your thanksgiving :)
   — RCassety

November 13, 2007
Hi Roy, thanks for writing. You have to plan to succeed, or you will plan to fail. You can choose to eat somewhere beside home, or if you are at home, you just have to get tough on yourself. If you are allowed solids, maybe your spouse or a family member can make you a small plate. Perhaps you can make a deal with yourself that you are not allowed to pick your own food? I know it is tough, but you made the decision to do this now, so I strongly encourage you to stick with your decision to follow your doctors orders. It is just food, it is just a really tough time to have a food fight with yourself. Take care. Patricia P.
   — Patricia P

November 14, 2007
I think you must be concerned because you will be on a liquid diet over Thanksgiving? I had to do a liquid diet for 2 weeks prior to my surgery - which was yesterday, by the way! I only had to worry about Halloween, which wasn't very bad because I simply didn't buy any candy. I will be on a pureed diet over Thanksgiving and I plan to maybe have pureed turkey, sweet potato and beans as a treat that day. Will probably have to eat them all a tiny bit at a time, but I'll still celebrate. For you, I say just plain stick to your liquid diet and enjoy all the other intangibles about the holiday such as time with family or football or just a day off work. I'm trying to look at this as my LIFE - and not just one day out of it. In reality, Thanksgiving is just another day and it's a day you need to take care of yourself and your body. So all the best to you. My surgery went well - I did lapband and so far have not had to take any narcotics, only tylenol. Shelley
   — shellb54