I have been
busy, busy, busy! My yearly tradition is
to begin cleaning and decorating Thanksgiving evening. I don’t do what is traditionally called
“spring cleaning”; I fall clean! I
clean, scour, and purge the house in order to prepare for the decorating and
season. I rearranged the office,
too. Thank goodness for furniture
movers, LOL. That desk was big! Once the
house was clean, I began the decorating extravaganza. I put up the big tree with most of my Oz
ornaments, and I put the small tree that we’ve used the last two years in the
office. I used it for all of the
personal ornaments from childhood and new ones.
Then, I had to buy another smaller tree to put in the spare room (where
Oz reigns supreme) and decorated it with a few more Oz ornaments. Also, I put out one of my Dorothy nutcrackers
and my needlepoint Oz stocking. Outside
was given attention, too, with new trees, deer, pathway markers, corner trees,
bows, a wreath, and icicle lights! Tons
of other housekeeping items were scratched off of the list, too, so that last
night I watched several Christmas movies, cuddled with the kitties and Cira,
and enjoyed the scents of my candles and lights of my decorations. I did homework last night, and after making
some phone calls and doing more “paperworky” type things, I will be preparing
for a new week of assignments and doing work for school since the trimester changes
Tuesday. It was a nice, peaceful night,
and I am hoping for a similar outcome throughout the afternoon and evening. :-)
I have been
having a fabulous week as far as weight, eating, and healing. Yesterday morning I weighed 181.8!!!! YEEEEE
HAWWWWW! I am down to a size 12, too,
and bought a new pair of jeans while out Saturday morning. It feels so exhilarating to be progressing
again. I feel as if I hit a stumbling
block for a few weeks. And talk about
motivation! I don’t want to do anything to risk the success that I have been
having. On Thanksgiving, I ate very
small portions of mashed potatoes, a bit of dinner roll, creamed corn,
stuffing, and turkey. Of course, I
focused on the turkey first! About two
and a half hours after dinner, I was
able to take a few bites of my mom’s homemade pumpkin cheesecake (OMG!!! So
yummy!) and a few nibbles of pumpkin pie.
I was totally satisfied and able to go right back to my yogurt and high
protein meals without any issues.
It really is amazing how
differently I think about food now.
Prior to surgery, people would ask how I was going to cope with the
changes in what I had to eat and not being to enjoy food after surgery. I was confident in my ability to NOT make bad
choices because after surgery I would not have a choice – bad foods would make
me sick or have a not-so-good effect on my body. I’m sure that there was skepticism in many
folks’ minds as to my ability to stay on track; after all, I had not gained
weight by making good dietary choices.
However, surgery was the means to a new outlook on food. Being on a liquid diet for two weeks before
surgery and then being limited to what I could take in for so many weeks after
surgery, my body cleansed itself of the bad stuff. I no longer crave the bad stuff because my
body no longer has a taste or hunger for it.
Does this mean that I will never eat a mozzarella stick again? No. But
it does mean that mozzarella sticks are not something that I choose to eat over
other choices that are better for my body and health. I do not feel as if I am “missing out” or
unable to have a pleasant time with friends at a restaurant; the pleasant time
stems from being with friends, not food.
And with that, my friends, I will
end. Time to get back on task and tackle
that work that has been waiting for me all weekend. So, until next time. . .
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