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Its a question of size

Today I found myself having lunch with Marla. As usual we were in a hurry and I couldn't find really anywhere good to eat so we ended up at a shopping mall Japanese Restaurant – Edo Japan. Edo was one of my fav presurgery restaurants. It was fairly easy to knock off a large plate of teriyaki chicken, side of sushi, and a large coke. I was fairly confident that I could fool myself into eating healthy.
So here I am six weeks after my surgery, down 25 pounds, and feeling pretty good. So now it is a question of choices. I am now looking at this small plate that Marla and I are sharing thing "Wow, this isn't very much." Really it was more than enough. I was able to have some of the chicken – it was better with just a little sauce on it as opposed to smothered in sugary good the way I liked it before – and I enjoyed a few mushrooms. Rice, bad idea. But this time I could anticipate full and stopped before I got into trouble.

So what's the difference in six weeks? Here is a pair of pics a month a part. Not much difference for now but I can sure feel better.

Not a lot of difference yet, but at six weeks I am at the start of my journey not the end.

For me it is now learning that the amount I eat is smaller and its noticeable. I am getting smaller – barely noticeable. I keep reminding myself that I am at a point my choices are important. When I started eating smaller I used to get my servings on a salad plate instead of a dinner plate, now I have down graded that to a saucer. I know I am just a newbie at this, and who knows what changes will happen, but for now I am happy and grateful that things are going the way they are.

Your face is really showing the difference  Yeah You.

Wow, Blake, you look fantastic……and yes there is a huge difference, even though you don't think so, but really it is very very noticeable…..

I think that the most important thing is that you are learning about portion control and you are also learning about how to listen to your pouch, which can be a HUGE learning curve in itself…..Almost 2 years post op (which is so hard to believe, how fast time flies right on by us) and I still to this day measure out my portions and I also use small small dishes and a baby spoon as well, think this is what helps me stay within my pouches limit, even when we go out to eat which we do quite often (but I tend to bring my own food) I ask for either a salad plate or a saucer…..as a matter of fact my family wanted to go for chineese last night and I thought to myself, I don't want to as there really isn't anything I can eat and I won't justify ordering a plate of stirfry as I can only eat about 1/8 of it so I just brought my own fish, quinoa and I had a few veggies from my son's combination plate…..but when I asked for a plate so I could share they brought me a dinner plate, well did it ever look BARE with only 3 veggies and 2 small shrimp on it….lol….the waitress probably thought there was something wrong with the food….lollots of times I feel that I don't need to explain why I am eating so little to justify my situaiton (maybe you could say I get tired of explaining all the time)

I just want to say keep up the fantastic work Blake, you are doing awesome!!!!!

Next time I am in Victoria I will be sure to give you a call and maybe you and your wife and I could get together for a coffee or a walk along the harbour again!!!

Lizzette

Awesome……congrats. I am almost three months post op and I catch the occassional glimpse of myself in the window and love what I see. That in and of itself is worth a million bucks!

Keep up the good work.