Days of abstinence: 44
Days until surgery: 40 (or so – still waiting for dates from Dr. Hodge’s office)
Weight: 161.8 pounds (This pattern is so predictable – lose a couple pounds over a week or
so, then stabilize around that weight for a week or so. You’d think I’d be used to it by now, but I
still get frustrated when I go four or five days without losing any weight. *Sigh*
The good news is that this is the last time I’ll be doing this! Now that I am sugar-free for life, I am confident that I have found the answer
to maintaining at or very close to my goal weight, forever.
A few months ago, when we thought that I was
going to have the surgery in September, we bought a nice recliner for the
family room. I have read that a lot of
women spend most of the first two weeks after a mommy makeover in their
recliner. Makes sense to me! Last night I ordered some warm winter
nightgowns from Soft Surroundings. I
love their clothes. They are expensive,
so I seldom order anything from them, but I decided that this was a special
occasion. I usually wear pajamas with
pants in the wintertime, but after my surgery I won’t want anything around my
waist, so the warm nightgowns make sense.
I ordered several, I hope I like them all but if I don’t I’ll return the
ones I don’t like. I love getting new
pajamas. It’s silly, I know, but they
are just so comfy!!
I feel really comfortable with my decision to
have Dr. Hodge do my surgery. I know I
have said this before, about the other surgeons, but this feels different. I like him, as a person, and I trust him, as
a surgeon. I am moving forward with this
decision.
It’s hard to believe that I am doing this in
little over a month. I’ll be out of
commission for a couple of weeks and sailing at half-mast for quite a while
after that. I know it will be worth
it. I am looking forward to all of this
extra skin being gone!!! Forever!!!
I don’t think there is much to do except wait
for my pre-op appointment, which will be two weeks prior to surgery. At that appointment I will be given the
prescriptions that I need to pick up and any last minute prep
instructions. I am thinking about it
more and more, the closer it gets.
Yikes!! This is a big deal!
There doesn’t seem to be much to write about
anymore, with regard to food. I just don’t
think about it very much, which is awesome.
One of the changes that I have made in my weekly routine, since I have
been so busy, is that I cook all of our meals first thing Sunday morning,
rather than waiting until later in the day.
First thing Sunday morning is early for me, around 5:30 or 6:00AM. If I start cooking as soon as I get up, I am
done with all of my cooking for the week by 10:00 or 11:00, depending on how
complex the meals are that week. It’s
amazing how much easier it is for me to do my cooking early in the
morning. I am a morning person, so that
helps! I am not tired or cranky, like I
can get towards the end of the day, and cooking doesn’t feel like a chore. If I wait until early afternoon on Sunday to cook,
I can resent the fact that it takes such a chunk out of my day a little bit. But if I get up and knock it out early Sunday
morning, I have a big chunk of it done before Jack even wakes up. I’m pretty sure this is the way to go. We’ll see if I maintain that habit even when
I am not burning the candle from both ends.
This weekend I will be doing a lot of cooking,
preparing for the arrival of our family.
We have a great big cooler and it works pretty well to cook the bulk of
the meals and store them in the cooler, so that I can reheat them at meal
times. That way I don’t have to spend a
lot of time cooking when everyone is here, and I can spend more time visiting
and playing. We’re going to have a
blast!!
I’m off to work.
There is a project I want to finish this morning before everyone starts
showing up.
Have a beautiful day!
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