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I'm in the middle of my 7th week post-op and back on solid food. I've gone to Jason's Deli a couple of times to have a cup of Soup for lunch.< /p>

Just looking at all the food on everyone's plate makes me feel sick. It's really strange. I just can't stop wondering how they can eat so much at one time. :( I don't know how my mind has changed the way it sees food so quickly.

Anyone else have this problem? I live alone so I really don't see others eating unless I go out for a meal.

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Yeah, it's like changed my whole outlook on food and portions. I'm at about six weeks out from surgery and after I healed and started cooking for my family again I have started dishing them smaller portions cause even normal ones just seem like too much.

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I wish I had this problem. Those images entice me just as before. You were meant to succeed.

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Went to Chicago last weekend (never been) with my sons hockey team. We went to Portillo's where I saw char grilled polish sausages and dipped italian beef sandwiches... also went to Giorodano's for some Chicago pizza. I was good, I ate 1/2 cup of chili at Portillo's and one meatball at Giorodano's... but the entire time I'm thinking of how good the other food looks. I too wish I had your problem, lol.

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Yeah, I had that same feeling as well a couple of weeks ago when I went out of town to be with friends for Halloween. I live alone as well and pretty much cook my own meals now all portion sized for me. While I was with my friends we went out to eat every night, and the portion size of a "normal" plate just boggled my mind. My friends were used to sharing their leftovers with me off their plate, but this time I could barely even finish what was on my plate.

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Doesn't bother me.

What other folks eat is of no concern to me.

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It actually makes me crazy how much food restaurants put on our plates. We wonder why/how we got here.

I do not understand why they don't make the portions smaller and charge a little less. Yes, I get that they are worried about turning enough tables to make their businesses profitable but I have to believe this somehow needs to be regulated.

My husband finds it necessary to finish what is on his plate and then because I can only eat a very small amount he sometimes goes after mine. I have had to get very on purpose about getting to go containers when I am served my meal so he doesn't eat two meals. We share when it makes sense but most of the time we do not make the same choices. I make healthy choices and he does not.

I am very worried for his health and usually refrain from eating out because of it but of course you cannot always do that. I guess the good news is, we never ever ever eat at fast food dumps any longer at least not if I am with him.

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Early on post op I would get grossed out and nauseated if a lot of food was on my plate. This would happen at restaurants. In the beginning I would order my own entree so I would have leftovers or my husband could eat it later. However, the sight of all that food on my plate would take away my appetite. So I began just nibbling off my husbands plate so I wouldn't have a huge portion sitting in front of me.

It didn't last forever. I am 17 months post op and large amounts of food does not gross me out. Of course I can eat more now than at the beginning.

Hopefully it will pass for you.

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I am 9 months post op and it still freaks me out to see how much food people can eat at one time. I think to myself: I once ate even more than that.

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Doesn't bother me.

What other folks eat is of no concern to me.

It's not that I care about how much anyone else is eating. It physically makes me feel sick to look at it. It's a minor problem and I'm sure it will pass. Just seems strange to me.

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My husband had RNY 9 years ago. I remember him saying one time while we were out to dinner how he couldn't believe how much people could eat, including me. It wasn't a derogatory statement by any means, and I didn't take it that way at all. He was just surprised by the sheer PORTIONS of food us "normals" could eat in a sitting.

Now that I've had surgery, I can totally relate. It really is amazing how little food we actually need to survive and thrive!

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I am with you. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

I hated being judged when I ate too much, i don't like being questioned about the way I eat now and so I really have the attitude that it is not my business.

Restaurant portions are ridiculous. I always get either a small appetizer or share a meal.

Doesn't bother me.

What other folks eat is of no concern to me.

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I don't care about other people at all, ever really.

I really don't want to be one of those former fat people that is a raging asshole. Former fat people are the meanest people to fat people and I want to avoid that at all costs.

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I just want to say once again to be clear that I am not judging what other are eating. I was just shocked that it actually makes me feel ill to look at that much food. I used to love to eat sandwiches from Jason's deli but now, the sight of them repulses me.

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Seeing other people's portions doesn't make me physically sick, but it does fascinate me that I used to be able to eat that much in a sitting and more an hour later. I mean, it utterly FASCINATES me.

I love Jason's Deli. My kids and I go every other week or so and I really try not to be an assh*le, but internally, I guess I am just wired that way. HA! I definitely don't *JUDGE* anyone for their choices, but I can't help but look on in wonderment at what some people can consume.

Their baked potatoes are easily the size of a football and then topped with mounds of stuff. The sandwiches are at least a pound of meat plus cheese, fixings and a side. When I see someone finishing off both, I can't help but be grateful that I made this choice because there is no way my body was meant to consume that much food in a sitting but I was well on my way.

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