I DONE WELL FOR MY FIRST POST OP TURKEY DAY!!! I ACTUALLY FOUND OUT TODAY THAT I HAVE LOST 70LBS, WHAT A GREAT FEELING!!! I ATE A SMALL BITE OF EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE DESERT'S, I STOP THE MINUTE I FEEL FULL OR I WILL GET SICK. I CAN'T BELEIVE HOW EASY THIS HAS BEEN FOR ME, I'D DO IT AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT!!!

HUG'S APRIL

Did pretty well, a little of this--a little of that. But no more than 1 cup of food. No dessert, either, other than some scrumptious watermelon that my mama so lovingly cut up for me since she knew there was to be no pie for me! Anyways, did really really good. Felt good--didn't get sick at all. Mmm, stuffing! Haha!

i haven't had my surgery so, OMG.. i pigged out! LOL.. i know better.. i shouldn't have.. but i figured this is my last 'normal' Thanksgiving! hahah.. i'm glad you did good! that'll be me next year! ;) [[keep your fingers crossed that i get my phone call SOOOOON!! i did everything that needs to be done.. i'm only waiting on my insurance to call and approve.. UGH! it feels like forever!! =]

I did okay - considering I am still getting sick almost everyday - I am learning that it takes me a really long time to eat and to be able to keep it down. I did get to eat a little turkey and keep it down, I am still having trouble getting my protein and calories in for the day. Tonight I felt so nauseated and I wanted something dry and salty - ate a handful of salty chips and it took me about 45 minutes to not get sick on those. Overall thanksgiving was good, this is harder than what I thought it would be, but with some of the input from everyone here it is helping.

My Turkey day is today, we waited a day because our relatives were in all directions. They are meeting here and we are making the traditional thanksgiving meal. I am excited because I am 30 pounds lighter than when my father-in-law was here just last month...

I ate little on T'giving. Just some stuffing and mashed potatoes. I did NOT eat any Turkey, since my surgery Poultry, beef, and some pork make me sick. about the only meat that doesn't bother me is fish and shrimp. Jason

Easy as pie-- had some pureed turkey with turkey gravy, and a baby bite of just about everything else that was pureed/smushable-- took as long to eat my meal as everyone else took to eat theirs and it didn't seem like any different!

I had 2 tablespoons Garlic hummus, 1 laughing cow cheese wedge and some turkey with a small amount of gravy to soften it. 1/2 baby spoon cranberry, 1/2 baby spoon stuffing, and a while later 1/3 baby spoon key lime pie. Good conversation and cheer made for a fulfilling awesome thanksgiving!

Hello,
This is my first post ever so I figured why not make it about food huh! Well I am 2 and a half weeks post op so I was able to eat 1tsp stuffing and 1tsp mashed potatoes. It was very strange looking at everyone else eating. I was trying to make good conversation and not let it bother me but I found myself staring at the food for most of the day. This whole experience has been much harder than I would have ever imagined!

There were only three of us for Thanksgiving, but I made the dinner and tailored it to things I could eat. I had a roast chicken (we all prefer chicken to turkey), tossed salad with light dressing, fancy mashed sweet potatoesmade with I Can't Believe Its Not Butter (light), brown Splenda, and pecans, and stuffing (that I didn't eat). I even made a butternut squash pie using Splenda and ...Not Butter. Everything was delicious. I made myself a saucer-sized plate of everything except the stuffing and had absolutely no problems. After dinner I had a tiny wedge of pie with a dollop of sugarfree Cool Whip on it.

It made me very happy that I proved to myself that I can make a meal that people will rave about and I can also partake in and feel good about.

I forgot the cranberries. I found a recipe that called for Granny Smith apples, cranberries, a lemon and Splenda. It was fabulous!

I think that I am one of the few that does not really like alot of the Thnksgiving foods. So I ate a slice of pumpkin pie with light whipped cream, a little piece of turkey with gravy. It worked for me. The pumpkin pie was so good. I am down 2 more pounds since Thanksgiving, that is a total of 76 pounds in 14 weeks. 20 more to go (hopefully). I hope everyone else out there had an easy time.

I was busy serving everyone and came back to my plate being full of food. I said out loud I don't know who loaded up my plate but there is no way I can even eat half of this. Dan said "I'm sorry I did I wasn't even thinking." I wasn't even really hungry. Anyhow I took a small bite of just about everything and that was it. I put saran wrap over the plate and set it back on the counter. Everyone just looked at me. Concerned as to the fact that I didn't eat hardly anything. But my Aunt Charlotte said That she knew that I wasn't going to eat very much. Of course everyone knew but see it and having been told is another story. I'm so glad that I have great love and support of my family and friends. Thank You all. HUGS

I had some scalloped oysters, stuffing and turkey (all very small amounts) and I was done. For dessert I just asked for a sliver of pumpkin & apple and shared it with my honey. I had a couple of bites of each and he finished rest. It really was a good feeling not to have that overly stuffed feeling that everyone else was experiencing.