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  1. azladyrider's Avatar
    I make my own in the Betty Crocker pizza maker https://www.walmart.com/ip/Betty-Cro...r-Red/37222718 Best 30 something dollars I ever spent. Also makes the fluffiest scrambled eggs and omelettes too - 3 - 4 minutes from start to finish

    But I do keep a stash of the individual small pizzas by Red Baron too - 1/2 of one of those and I'm stuffed
  2. AnnieG's Avatar
    Agreed - we're traveling this week, to family and then next leg of trip to friends. At family's I chose to cook ahead and bring ice chest and my "staples" -- because none of them cook. So that's helped.

    I to indulged -- a thin traditional slice(about 3/4) with fresh mortadella -- slowly savored, heaven! Weight is maintaining, toad froth at bay. Life is good! Healthy is so much better!
  3. Dutchie's Avatar
    Thanks Brenda.
    Yes, it feels like my sleeve and I are in sync!
  4. Bleeve's Avatar
    Hi Dutchie! Thanks for the inspiration! It looks like you've got a well tuned sense of your body and your needs and are working it with ease! awesome!! xo

    Brenda
  5. nlee's Avatar
    I'm about 6 weeks from surgery and it's nice to know that there will be some food normalcy way down the road. I've been having thoughts of being this outcast freak of a friend by my social circle, the only one unable to ever have a slice of pizza or French fry. Lol. I'm SO looking forward to getting healthier though.
  6. TheSassWay's Avatar
    They say it takes 21 days to break a habit! However, after breaking our bad habits and devouring those food we use to eat, it no longer has the same appeal as it once did!!
  7. Dutchie's Avatar
    Thank you!
    That is very reassuring!
  8. azladyrider's Avatar
    Over 6 years out - biscuits and gravy for breakfast (1/4th of what a normal serving is). Pizza, tacos, cookies whatever all in moderation. 108 weight during my twice monthly scale check in
  9. Ann2's Avatar
    Yup, pizza (occasionally) is nice. But, like you, it's the good food that I crave anymore.

    Still.

    Four years post-op.
  10. Dutchie's Avatar
    *chuckle*
  11. Katrina's Avatar
    I have pizza at least once a week, and it certainly is not tuna pizza. Ahhh! I'd strangle someone if they put a fish on my pizza ;-) but really. Pizza is life. I live for it. There is no such thing as bad pizza. Unfortunately, it is the one food where I'm going to get up the next day a good pound or two heavier. No big deal though, I have 6 more days to get rid of the extra pounds until PIZZA DAY again...unless we have two or three pizza days.
  12. Meme6's Avatar
    That is so motivational for me as i think of the future and how it will be for me when i go places with family. i am not quite 2 weeks post-op but i am so thankful for this site.
  13. KiwiGal's Avatar
    I am certainly not above having a slice of pizza or a cookie but I'm with you that it just doesn't have the same appeal anymore. I prefer the healthy eating habit that I have now.
    It's great isn't it?!
  14. sraebaer's Avatar
    Pizza! Go you! I SO enjoy a piece now and then.

    But after crap like pizza all week with grandkids, we are having a delicious hunk of salmon tonight with veggies. I am so looking forward to getting back to healthy eating. I doubt I will want pizza for a long time.
  15. Dutchie's Avatar
    I'm sorry to hear you are struggling.
    What are you going to do to about it?
    Any plans?
  16. Debrajo's Avatar
    Thank you for the post. Its nice to hear someone is doing well. Myself not so well. I cant eat much. No meat! No eggs! It all comes right up i cook dinner for my husband and get full or nauseated just by the smell. It is getting depressing. I think i will go to a support group tonight for the first time! This has been a hard 7 months! I have lost weight, but i feel if i dont start getting food in i wont survive. Im a nurse that. Works 12 to 13 hr shift. This is becoming impossible. I have no energy. Something has to change soon !!! Best of wishes to you!
  17. Stacey03's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by DutchSleeve
    Thanks Edie!
    Isn't this fun?
    Sooooo fun :-)
  18. Dutchie's Avatar
    North Sleeve: thank you, you're welcome
    I learn something new here every day.
    Great forum!
  19. Dutchie's Avatar
    Dear Christie: thank you!
    Your presence here on this forum is zo inspirational for me!
  20. Dutchie's Avatar
    KiwiGal: thank you!
    Yes, you are right, I did embrace my sleeve.
    I am still so grateful for its existence!
  21. Dutchie's Avatar
    Thank you Tenloris!
    I am glad you liked it.
  22. The North Sleeve's Avatar
    Great post and great advice. Makes coming to this site worth it each and every day!! Thank you!!
  23. Christie13's Avatar
    Congrats Dutchie!! You are doing fabulously!! Very good advice! You are much stronger than me. I eat all foods occasionally...pizza included.
  24. KiwiGal's Avatar
    Congratulations! Such a great post. Love that you have embraced this tool and are making it work for you. Totally inspiring.
  25. Tenloris's Avatar
    Wow thank you that sleeve this is a great post
  26. Dutchie's Avatar
    Thank you Elllie!
    *blush*
  27. elllie's Avatar
    Dutchsleeve, well done on your fantastic achievement and good advice that comes with it.
  28. Dutchie's Avatar
    Thanks Annie!
    Ooohhh, Canadian bacon...
    I do not eat meat, but bacon...
    And being a Canadian by birth, I did eat a lot of it...

    Isn't this a wondererous and interesting journey?
    I still can't get it, why some days you can eat all kinds of things without any trouble and the next day you just can't.
    Life and sleeves are full of surprises!
  29. Dutchie's Avatar
    Thanks Edie!
    Isn't this fun?
  30. AnnieG's Avatar
    Oh this was wonderful this morning! I found lots of helpful tips, and de-stressed about some things.

    I confess to pizza - we order a thin crust (from HungryHowies), and I get light cheese & mushrooms on half - let my husband go wild on his half. I eat it s l o w l y. It is fabulous, and if I feel wild, I add some of my own Canadian bacon.

    I've been concerned about my maintenance,but your experience truly was heartening. I don't feel hungry any more, but can tell if my blood sugar is low (or I check it since I had Type II diabetes). I do, once in a while, a homemade 1/4 waffle -- a special treat.

    I find protein easy, vegetables not quite as easy. And salad is a mystery to me these days!
    Yes, you are a veteran, and generous encourager as well.
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