So, it's been a few weeks since my surgery now, and I am adjusting pretty well to the new lifestyle. The toughest thing for me, honestly, has been facing the reality that this is a LIFE LONG commitment to change. I was driving around town after one of my appointments with the Doctor, and was looking at all the places around town that offer food (and since I live in Las Vegas, there is a plethora of really good Foodie stuff to be had), and I realized that unlike diets I have tried in the past there is no having a Cheat-day after you've had gastric surgery. You can't go off your "diet" for a day just because your friend is visiting from out of town, you can't binge on Ben and Jerry's when you've received some bad news, and you can't order dessert even though you know you are really full.
I find myself adopting a philosophy from the wicked food critic from the movie Ratatouille, Anton Ego, "I don't like food, I love it, and if I don't love it I don't swallow." If you are only able to eat 4 ounces of food in a meal, why not make it delicious? I realize our dieticians are telling us to alter our mindsets about food as a pleasurable experience, and that we should instead look at food merely as fuel. This is a philosophy, however, that I will probably never be able to fully embrace. I love to cook, and good tasting food is simply more satisfying. While I do admit there are times when it is necessary to just get the meal in as we are on such strict eating restrictions, I really do feel that most of the time it will be possible to not only satisfy my new dietary requirements but to satisfy my tastebuds too.
Surgery date: January 20, 2012
Beginning weight: 271 lbs.
Current weight: 251 lbs
Goal weight: 150 lbs
I find myself adopting a philosophy from the wicked food critic from the movie Ratatouille, Anton Ego, "I don't like food, I love it, and if I don't love it I don't swallow." If you are only able to eat 4 ounces of food in a meal, why not make it delicious? I realize our dieticians are telling us to alter our mindsets about food as a pleasurable experience, and that we should instead look at food merely as fuel. This is a philosophy, however, that I will probably never be able to fully embrace. I love to cook, and good tasting food is simply more satisfying. While I do admit there are times when it is necessary to just get the meal in as we are on such strict eating restrictions, I really do feel that most of the time it will be possible to not only satisfy my new dietary requirements but to satisfy my tastebuds too.
Surgery date: January 20, 2012
Beginning weight: 271 lbs.
Current weight: 251 lbs
Goal weight: 150 lbs
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