Made it thru my 1st banded Thanksgiving!!!

[mbanja 1]

Yeah me, I did well. Couldn't get the turkey down but I got the ham down ok, had a bite or two of sweet potatoes, and 3 small Cookies and that was it!!! I am so proud of myself! I guess I should have gotten some more veggies in but I think I did pretty good. I even treated myself to the cookies and still didn't consume the normal overload of holiday calories. Plus to top it all off, I finally hit my prepregnancy weight. I am now on my way to getting fine!

Banded 9/9/07 down 26lbs!!!!:whoo::clap2:

[stacy73 2]

I did good too-i put one teaspoon of everything on my plate-about 6 things and didn't even eat half... was actually kinda disappointing-but wasn't disappointing on the scale this morning:)

[bandpal 7]

Mbanja and Stacy73, congrats to you both. No Thanksgiving here in Israel, and I'm glad I didn't have to deal with it. I have a big family wedding up in Tel Aviv on 3.12 and I swear I am staying on my Doctor's instructions. I didn't go through all this to mess it up.

[Longhorn 1]

I'm on full liquids/pureed foods so I had butternut squash Soup and a tablespoon of pureed turkey and other similar foods. I couldn't eat all of it but I felt like I had eaten a huge plate full! Well, actually, I felt even better than that because I didn't feel stuffed but I felt very satisfied. After we went for a walk, I had a couple of bites of dessert and enjoyed that, too. I even had a little wine.

If my holiday meals are all like that, I'll be very happy! Even with the wonderful aromas and seeing everyone else with plates of food, I didn't feel the list bit deprived. It truly felt like magic!

[mbanja 1]

Congrats to everyone!! Bandpal, good luck holding out on wedding food!! But, hey, if you find something that will go down ok, don't deprive yourself, unless you are still in the liquid/mushie phase. Weddings are a time for celebration and being banded doesn't mean you can't enjoy special things from time to time. You never know one bite may satisfy but abstaining could lead to a full on bing. I have learned not to deprive myself cause the results are far worse than a small indulgence here and there.

[maryrose 2]

Mbanja,

Great thread.

I made it yest. too. Was really nervous, as I have not told my in-laws. I feel really, really good about it because a few hours after the dinner I realized I did not miss dessert at all! I think the fear of getting sick when I got out really helps me limit my food intake.

A strange thing though...My daughter told me I looked nice (of course she knows), but NOTHING..I mean NOTHING...from my inlaws regarding my 50+ lb. weight loss.

Wouldn't you think someone would notice? Could that much of a weight loss go unnoticed????

[Sdaviscs 0]

If your family is like my family, they won't comment on how good I look, they would talk about when are your going to loose the rest. I realized they are the ones with the problem, not me.

50lbs is FANTASTIC. Can't wait until I have my surgery and can say such a thing, especially at holiday time.

[jfran 0]

I ate two thanksgiving dinners and actually did pretty good. I didn't overeat and didn't have any pbing episodes at all (actually I never have, knock on wood). I just stuck to veggies and meat and had a couple of bites of dessert. The scale stayed the same so I call that a victory.

[bandpal 7]

Thank you Mbanja - thoughtful, solid advice. It'll come to the wedding with me.

[becky42 0]

Me too. I was kind of disappointed though. I spent all day cooking and kind of wanted to pig out, but was glad I couldn't.

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