Day two has
been great, really. I cleaned the house;
put the first coat of primer on the front door, bathroom door, bedroom doors,
and closet; and did laundry. And, I went
to see The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee at Apple Hill Playhouse in Delmont, PA, with my friend
Greg. If you live close-by, go see
it. Very good show. Then, I sat at the desk paying bills and doing
some “real” work, LOL. Granted, I played
around on the new Google Drive and looked at some apps for a long time, but I
did manage to be somewhat productive after awhile. :-P
As for the full-liquid
diet, I really do feel good today. Am I
hungry? Of course. Am I miserable? No. I have had my protein shakes, water, Jello, and
decaf coffee. I do have that dull ache
in my stomach that one feels when she is hungry -- you know, when it feels like
your stomach is eating itself. However,
I know that it is all for the best reason and I am truly okay with it. In a few months I will be eating food again;
for now I need to do what is best for my health. Small sacrifice to make, I think.
I will tell
you what REALLY frustrated me today, though.
I was watching House Hunters International and a commercial came on for tummy
control underwear by Soma. That isn’t
the problem. The problem was that the
model in the commercial could have weighed 100 pounds ONLY if drenched and holding
two very large cinder blocks.
SERIOUSLY!!! Soma, why don't you use
someone in the commercial who actually has a tummy to control? How in the
H-E-Double Hockey Sticks does that ad convince me that the underwear will
control MY tummy? If I looked like that
model, I would run around naked! I
certainly wouldn’t need to wear control top gutchies. Good Lord.
Honestly, it was the most ridiculous thing that I have seen in awhile as
far as an advertisement. I am actually
angry, but the issues that I have with the way that women and men are portrayed
unrealistically in the media is a topic for a different blog - and not one that
I will be writing anytime soon.
At any
rate, I have been doing everything that I am supposed to be doing for the
preparation for surgery, except exercising regularly. I am still a haphazard worker-outer. I have everything ready to go in the basement
-- treadmill, free weights, weight machine, ab machine. I have a bike and a dog that needs to be
walked. I do a bit here and a bit there,
but I have just not made the commitment that I must make in order to be ready
to keep up my new beginning after surgery.
Therefore, I am planning to start small tomorrow; I promise to do 50 ab
crunches and walk Cira at least once. I
have said it, and my readers are my witnesses.
There’s no going back now!
Cira, on vacation in Oak Island, NC
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