Successfully navigated a dinner party

[The Dora Milaje 69]

I'm barely two weeks out from surgery and still on liquids only. A friend threw a party for another friend of ours and I had assumed it was going to be the open house sort of situation she normally hosts, but it turns out it was a small group and a sit down dinner. Neither of these friends know about my surgery and I wasn't ready to share so I had decided to say my stomach was a little upset so I wouldn't be drinking and prolly wouldn't eat much. Well turns out my stomach WAS upset and I had diarrhea (it cleared up before I left for the party, but I was worried it would resurface!!), so I guess I talked it up. In any case, that excuse worked and I put a few things on my plate moved them around, fed some to the dog, sipped Water and nobody cared. But I was determined not to be "niced" into eating something (you know what I mean "have a small bite, it's OK!" or "Just taste this" or "a sip of champagne shouldn't upset your tummy anymore") before I left home and I was glad it turned out to not be needed. Just made me feel good about going forward and my commitment to lifestyle change.

[FluffyChix 17,415]

Yay girl!!! WTG!!! It was still fun being with everyone, wasn't it?!!! Cudos!

[abefroman329 704]

The good thing about WW is that they spend a lot of time talking about food pushers and how to deal with them, which prepares you to be like “no, I can’t eat that, it literally could kill me.” Once you’re ready to tell people, I finally told coworkers on Thursday night when we went bowling and I had to explain why I couldn’t drink beer, and the response was “oh, THAT’S what happened!”

[Mattymatt 491]

11 hours ago, The Dora Milaje said:

I'm barely two weeks out from surgery and still on liquids only. A friend threw a party for another friend of ours and I had assumed it was going to be the open house sort of situation she normally hosts, but it turns out it was a small group and a sit down dinner. Neither of these friends know about my surgery and I wasn't ready to share so I had decided to say my stomach was a little upset so I wouldn't be drinking and prolly wouldn't eat much. Well turns out my stomach WAS upset and I had diarrhea (it cleared up before I left for the party, but I was worried it would resurface!!), so I guess I talked it up. In any case, that excuse worked and I put a few things on my plate moved them around, fed some to the dog, sipped Water and nobody cared. But I was determined not to be "niced" into eating something (you know what I mean "have a small bite, it's OK!" or "Just taste this" or "a sip of champagne shouldn't upset your tummy anymore") before I left home and I was glad it turned out to not be needed. Just made me feel good about going forward and my commitment to lifestyle change.

Good for you for sticking to it! Sorry about the upset stomach though. Upset stomach and diarrhea are just another day in my life. I don't have a gall bladder so this comes and goes.