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We're having our kitchen remodeled and new flooring put in throughout the house, so we're packing up things and moving a lot to storage. A friend and her teenaged daughter came over to help me this morning, as Huz was working. We worked like fiends, and got three big loads over to the storage room.

I knew teenager was going to help another friend this afternoon, so I treated them both to lunch (in addition to paying teenager). We went to our favorite local burger joint. They use premium beef and everything there is super yummy - even the lettuce and tomatoes they use are great.

I ordered a burger in a lettuce wrap, extra pickles. I ate about a third of it, and took the rest home. Teenager ate half her burger and took the rest home. Mom and teenager ate half an order of fries, and I had two, count them, two fries.

This is the kind of place where formerly, I would have polished off a buger with the bun, and made a fair stab at a double handful of fries (they make super good ones). The basket of fries (and a pile of pickles) was sitting right in front of me - and I was not the least tempted to take even one more bite.

This. This is what I was most wanting out of my surgery. I wanted my "enough" button set to a much more sensitive level. I enjoyed the burger (and the company) enormously. But I I didn't need "more". Just because the food was sitting in front of me didn't mean I wanted a single bite more than my body needed.

The rest of the burger was split between an afternoon snack and dinner. The lettuce is a limp loss, but the pickles are waiting for me in the fridge. I'm meeting my macros for the day, too. Score all around!

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We're having our kitchen remodeled and new flooring put in throughout the house, so we're packing up things and moving a lot to storage. A friend and her teenaged daughter came over to help me this morning, as Huz was working. We worked like fiends, and got three big loads over to the storage room.

I knew teenager was going to help another friend this afternoon, so I treated them both to lunch (in addition to paying teenager). We went to our favorite local burger joint. They use premium beef and everything there is super yummy - even the lettuce and tomatoes they use are great.

I ordered a burger in a lettuce wrap, extra pickles. I ate about a third of it, and took the rest home. Teenager ate half her burger and took the rest home. Mom and teenager ate half an order of fries, and I had two, count them, two fries.

This is the kind of place where formerly, I would have polished off a buger with the bun, and made a fair stab at a double handful of fries (they make super good ones). The basket of fries (and a pile of pickles) was sitting right in front of me - and I was not the least tempted to take even one more bite.

This. This is what I was most wanting out of my surgery. I wanted my "enough" button set to a much more sensitive level. I enjoyed the burger (and the company) enormously. But I I didn't need "more". Just because the food was sitting in front of me didn't mean I wanted a single bite more than my body needed.

The rest of the burger was split between an afternoon snack and dinner. The lettuce is a limp loss, but the pickles are waiting for me in the fridge. I'm meeting my macros for the day, too. Score all around!

Awesome!

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yes! those are some of the best moments! and it sounds like you've had plenty of energy to accomplish the work you needed to do beforehand!

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What a lovely post.... this is truly what i envision my future to be like, Being able to enjoy most things in moderation and having the "im satisfied" feeling without feeling guilt for not finishing it

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@, it was SO amazing, I felt like dancing on air.

However, after coming home and spending more time packing, my feet don't feel like dancing at all ;-)

Huz had me call in an order for him to pick up at the same place on his way home from work. There is a half-bag of those fries out in the kitchen that preop would have called me like a siren.

No interest at all. Thrilling!

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Great job... keep up the good work... your tool is working! Yay!

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So encouraging! Thank you!!

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It is a good feeling. Sometimes I will eat less than half a plate when I am eating out with friends and think, "Oh no I ate too much!", but when I look at what my friend ate or remember how I would overeat at must meals it calms my nerves.

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What a wonderful post! Good for you 2goldengirl. This was one of my primary goals from the surgery as well. I'm only 17 days out and so far I feel just the same. I just keep hoping it will last long term... You give me hope!

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