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@sideeye I am so sorry about your friend and her family, and the struggles you are having along with it. I can't imagine how hard this must be on you emotionally and I can see how it's become extra challenging to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It sounds like you've recognized that you've veered off the track on healthy eating and are now making a more conscious effort to course correct. Good for you. Be kind to yourself.

I like it!

When slim, I’ve heard Diane Lane the most, or young Jessica Lange.

I remember someone once told me that I look like the young Lynda Carter

Mackenzie Phillips (when I was much leaner), and my younger sister looked like Valerie Bertanelli. For those of you youngsters, the TV show reference is "One Day at a Time" (70's version)

the milk man...

Adele. All the time. My students, cashiers, strangers. I say thank you! She's a doll!

I played that game of "who would play you in the movie of your life" and a friend suggested Kelly Clarkson for me. I loved it!

Back in the day when I was thin, and when Terminator was still new, complete strangers would come up to and tell me I looked just like Linda Hamilton.

I was told once I showed a resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor or maybe it was a pick up line lol

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I don't really think so...but a very sexy guy once told me I looked like Kate Winslet, and I was flattered. (way back during Titanic before she was blond)

Very pretty!
I could never commit to a tattoo. A week later, I'd wish it was a green dragon instead of a red one, or Tweety instead of Sylvester, or whatever. Commitment issues! Amazing I've been married nearly 29 years

@sideeye I am so sorry about your friend and her family, and the struggles you are having along with it. I can't imagine how hard this must be on you emotionally and I can see how it's become extra challenging to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It sounds like you've recognized that you've veered off the track on healthy eating and are now making a more conscious effort to course correct. Good for you. Be kind to yourself.

I've gone out to eat and learned quickly to share an order.
As for work, I'm not missing anything. Today someone brought in fresh Panera Bagels (used to be a weakness of mine) and today I saw them (looked great) but the smell of them made me want to get sick. Post surgery I am noticing a lot of foods I previously loved, I can no longer tolerate the smell of.
I really thought I'd be "suffering" more, but as each week progresses, I find it easier and I don't miss those things that were once bad for me. But in my defense as well, I've lived a very low carb lifestyle for the last 9 months so that too has helped in my WLS recovery.
Yesterday I went to the dentist and she commented on how well my teeth looked compared to 6 months ago - I attribute it to living a healthy lifestyle. Less crap buildup on your teeth. The benefits to healthy eating out number the benefits to my lifestyle a year ago.

3.5 weeks post surgery. Went to our state fair tonight and was really sad that I couldn't eat any of the food I love having at fairs. I really wanted a corn dog, and cotton candy, and funnel cake, and alcohol, and, and, and.... We didn't stay long because I was sad plus I still haven't returned to full energy levels since the surgery. Just feeling down and wanted to share.

My surgery was 08/17, I miss eating so much, sometimes I tell myself what have I done, I was happy before, I feel like I'll never be able to eat again. my main problem is water/liquid intake, sometimes I go a whole day without drinking Water, I've always hated water, only thing I can consume without any issues is milk with a couple of scoops of Cereal.

Sleeved 8/13 5 weeks I am with ya'll missing foods but lost 24lbs and 4in in pant size so it's well worth it!!!!

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Baywatch - on Amazon Prime. Zac Efron is a nice distraction from food. And surprisingly I actually thought it was a pretty good movie overall.

3.5 weeks post surgery. Went to our state fair tonight and was really sad that I couldn't eat any of the food I love having at fairs. I really wanted a corn dog, and cotton candy, and funnel cake, and alcohol, and, and, and.... We didn't stay long because I was sad plus I still haven't returned to full energy levels since the surgery. Just feeling down and wanted to share.

@tiab thank you.

I am 4 weeks post surgery. Only my immediate family and 3 close friends know. I did not tell anyone at work. They knew I was going out for surgery and would be out two weeks but I never said what kind of surgery. Only person asked me what surgery. I just said I didn't feel comfortable talking about it but thanks for asking. Seemed to be received ok. I ended up having issues during my first week after surgery so I let my managers and some of my teammates know that I'd be out an extra week. I said the surgery went well but I was having issues with dehydration and malnutrition and had to be given extra IV fluids. I wanted to turn the attention to the recovery and away from the surgery. A couple of them texted me a few days later to see how I was doing and I said the upside to my recovery issues was that I lost some weight [emoji4], and that my Dr has me seeing a nutritionist. So from here on I'll play the nutritionist card, saying I'm eating more Protein, smaller portions etc.

Thank you@sosewsue61 for the reminders

Thank you@Metgirl256. Way to get in the Doctor's have about that magazine. But I guess his response was also valid. I thought I was mentally prepared before surgery but it now seems that I really wasn't fully prepared after all.

Thank you@smg. I was kinda proud of myself for not succumbing to the temptation. I kept telling my husband I was going to get a funnel cake, take a couple bites, then spit it out. But I managed to leave the fair without even spending a dime on one.

3.5 weeks post surgery. Went to our state fair tonight and was really sad that I couldn't eat any of the food I love having at fairs. I really wanted a corn dog, and cotton candy, and funnel cake, and alcohol, and, and, and.... We didn't stay long because I was sad plus I still haven't returned to full energy levels since the surgery. Just feeling down and wanted to share.