Immediately after surgery, my mom brought the kids home cheeseburgers and french fries, I think she made a pizza too. And I remember the smell of the food was so delicious. I would take a bite of the food, chew it up and spit it out in the garbage. Other times, I’d just take a dose of medication and go off to snoreville to avoid the temptation. Now that I can actually eat that food again as far as digestion goes, it’s still a temptation. But I know that once I order something that I used to eat, it’s money down the toilet because I can’t eat 1/4 of the food. Since the surgery, me and fried foods aren’t best friends anymore. Once I eat something deep fried, it seems like the grease just wipes me out. Sugar too! I instantly need a nap after I eat something I’m not supposed to. I have to settle for bites of things. Like yesterday, I had a bite of my daughter’s brownie. It was the best bite in the world, but I knew that if I ate that whole brownie, I would be sick and feeling so drained, and I didn’t have time for a nap.
Now that I’m getting better from this bug that’s roaming around, I feel like I’m actually ready to work out now. I’m seeing the results in the close that I put on and I’m ready to try and shrink up the fat, and firm up some of these rolls in my back. Of course, I say that sitting in the bed on the lap top. It’s gotta be done though, and I definitely don’t want to wait until May talking about I gotta get ready for the summer.
Food is lasting a whole lot longer too. I’ve been actually able to make a small pot of spaghetti, or a bag of wingettes last longer cause I’m cooking for the kids and I’ll make myself some fish or some chili. Now I’ve got to learn how to get creative with different spices, so that my food can have some yumminess to it. I just don’t want the same old bake fish, baked chicken every time I eat. And I’m hoping that my mind catch up with the small stomach any day now. I still prepare too much food for myself. I made 2 scrambled eggs and a piece of toast the other day and it was just too much. I really had to sit there shake my head. So from now on it will be 1 scrambled egg and 1/2 a piece of toast. I look at the food and think yeah, this is going to be great. Slow bite after slow bite it’s fulfilling but not as wonderful as I originally thought.
I’m glad I had the surgery though. I think I can help my kids eating habits and help them not be an obese, disease ridden teenager or young adult. It really does help that I have had my surgery and rude awakening that it’s time to get healthy or you’re not gonna be hear too much longer.
I got into a pair of jeans that I’ve been saving for a long time. When I put them on to see if they could fit, and they didn’t start getting snug when I pulled them over my hip, I started to get excited. I knew that I could button them up no problem. I was so happy!!!! This is only the beginning of course, but it’s good to see progress. My friend gave me some of her size 24 clothes. And I can’t wait to get in those too. I don’t have many clothes between my current size and 24′s. So it’ll be interesting to watch my clothes hang off of me. Some of my dress will look great on me. Girdle city here I come!!!!
