What got me to this point...

So, I was having a conversation with a friend the other day about what got me to the point that I needed weight loss surgery. And honestly, it's EMBARASSING! But, I need to be honest about it. I don't think that I'd say I have a food addiction. I was able to literally stop carbs and sweets cold turkey when I started the pre-op diet, so, food addiction, not so much. It's more of a lack of caring/control about what I was eating. So, here are some of the more embarassing things that I would eat pre the new me... in one sitting.

-An entire box of garlic bread, or an entire loaf of bread (mainly french baguettes, with Greek vinaigrette dressing).
-An entire tube of biscuits and a TON of butter on them.
-A tub of frosting. No, seriously, a tub of frosting.
-Half a cake.
-An entire tub of ice cream (not a pint... think like a Breyer's tub), or, an entire tub of sherbet.
-An entire bag of chocolate chips.
-When I was in high school, I used to eat a whole large Pan Meat Lover's pizza by myself.
-A whole chocolate chip cookie from Pizza Hut.
-Also in high school, I used to order two XXL Grilled Stuffed Burritos from taco bell... and several tacos.
-A double quarter pounder and a large fry, and a hot fudge sundae or two apple pies.
-A half pound of spaghetti noodles, a half pound of ground beef/half jar of spaghetti sauce, and a half a box of garlic bread.
-An entire box of Shells and Cheese, and sides along with it.

The list could really go on and on. I ate like crap. I really did. Which is how I got to be 393# before I knew it. But now, I'm sitting here post-op... 97# down since April... 12# down since surgery, and I'm wondering how I did it. How could I eat all that? And honestly, I'm never going back. I really don't miss carbs. I don't. At all. The only substitute I haven't been able to come up with for the carbs I used to eat so far is a baked potato. I really don't think there's any substitute for a baked potato. So, I'm not going to lie. I might have a baked sweet potato in the future. Maybe once a year. And that's it. Or not. I might not even let myself go down that road. We'll see. But those 97#? They're gone. Forever.

~♥~
Lady D