As many of you know, I've lost about 120 pounds since last February, thanks to the lap-band surgery I had in March (Brief status update – I've plateaued for a little while, due mainly to my high levels of stress, but I'll start making progress again soon). The lap band prevents me from eating more than four ounces of food at a time, although if you drink liquids while you eat or eat very slippery foods (aka those with ranch/mayo/etc), you can eat a little more. Tonight, I'm at home, watching "Man v. Food" and thinking "I could do that show." Well, I could have. It would be hard to eat the largest steak in Colorado or the largest burrito in Texas now! That got me thinking . . .
The things I miss:
- Eating an appetizer, bread, a huge entree, and dessert.
- Enjoying a big bite of a burger.
- That feeling of satisfaction of cleaning a plate of food.
- Getting to actually eat Thanksgiving dinner.
- Never worrying about vomiting or having trouble swallowing
The things I don't miss:
- Not being able to sit in a booth or in a chair with restrictive arms.
- Acid reflux and heartburn.
- Difficulty doing anything strenuous like walking more than 100 yards.
- Always being hot.
- Never feeling comfortable in public.
- Worrying if a chair would hold me.
- Hating every photo taken of me.
- Only shopping at a Big and Tall store.
- Being unable to buckle my seatbelt without effort.
- Worrying about being dead by 40.
I guess it's not such a big deal after all if I can't do what he can do on Man v. Food.
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