Slider Foods Will Make Me Fat
I struggle on an almost daily basis over what to put in my mouth. I know there are gastric bypass patients who pretty much eat whatever they want at some point after surgery, and some are fortunate enough to have learned a lesson and can do it without gaining weight back. There are two things that frighten me about food. The first thing is I will eat something and it will make me sick. The second thing is I will eat something and it will NOT make me sick. So I have come up with a list of “safe” foods that I feel comfortable eating, that fill me up, that make me feel like I’m not depriving myself. I do veer off of the safe foods when I go out to eat, although I admit that since soup is typically a safe food for me, I usually look at the soups on a menu first. But my one daily staple, no matter what, is pretzels. I eat a LOT of pretzels. I probably eat more calories in the form of pretzels than all the other foods I eat in a day - easily. And then I got this emailed to me through my support group: (more…)