First Bariatric Christmas

[Bypass2Freedom 617]

Now I know a lot of people will probably tell me off here, in that Halloween hasn't even happened, and I am talking about Christmas 🤣

BUT, I adore Christmas, and I realised that this will be my first Xmas post-surgery.

Has anyone got any advice as to how to still feel included in all the festivities when so much revolves around food etc?

I still feel excited for it, I just know it is going to be SO different to all the other years! 🎄

[NeonRaven8919 270]

As an British-American, I'm going back to the US for Thanksgiving in one month and I pretty much have the same concerns. food, Food, Food is all it is. Come to find out my stepmother had the sleeve two years ago (she kept it real quiet but judged my mother for having a bypass 15 years ago, but I digress) so having one other bariatric patient at the table could be helpful for portion size recommendations.

But Christmas, I'm with Italian friends. Italians (not to generalise, but something I've observed) love to feed people so I'm going to have to practice stern "no thank you".

[Chatterboxdea 40]

I have the same concerns going into the holiday season; all 3 holidays in a row always feel hard and gluttonous. I'm going to avoid candy on Halloween and for Thanksgiving and Christmas, I'm going to ask for a salad plate instead of a big on and just take small scoops of what I really like; planning on starting with my Protein first.

[GreenTealael 25,210]

6 hours ago, Bypass2Freedom said:

Now I know a lot of people will probably tell me off here, in that Halloween hasn't even happened, and I am talking about Christmas 🤣

BUT, I adore Christmas, and I realised that this will be my first Xmas post-surgery.

Has anyone got any advice as to how to still feel included in all the festivities when so much revolves around food etc?

I still feel excited for it, I just know it is going to be SO different to all the other years! 🎄

Now I want to know what you’ll do about Halloween first!

But at every food based event, I try to hydrate as much as possible then focus in only the foods I really want (even if it is dessert). In the early days I would bring Protein Shakes along because there’s almost no Protein in pies. 🤣