It is finally Sat and I was able to sleep in! It is MUCH easier to get through this initial phase of the liquid diet if I get a later start to the day. Getting up at 6 am during the week makes for LONG days and LOTS of hunger so far. With my chronic pain, I'm used to laying in bed in denial on mornings that I don't have to get up to attend to kids or work or various other responsibilities. I can just stay stretched out for a bit and think. Sometimes my body hurts too bad to move. Sometimes I may actually be comfortable...although this is rare. I've never quite gotten along with sleep.
Anyway. I haven't needed any pain meds for surgery related pain and I haven't been taking pain meds for my back/muscle pain. I don't like relying on meds for anything. After 17 years of medications and doctors and treatments and physical therapies etc....nothing has ever helped with pain so I figure why take it? Gonna be in pain anyway....and then have whatever side effect the meds cause.
I have decided to take one day at a time. It is really all I can handle. I have GOALS. I'm motivated. I'm driven. I want to be better...feel better...do better. Anything that I can do...to improve myself...will only benefit my loved ones.
My oldest son is 6 and so full of energy and go go go! It is hard to keep up with him! My youngest is 3 and very calm, happy, peaceful. I have many blessings!
Yesterday...I did break the rules a bit. I have been absolutely stomach roaring starving for a few days on the liquid diet. I decided to add some fat free cottage cheese for lunch...3 ounces. That held me for maybe 2 hours. An hour after eating I did drink 48 ounces of water..I've had no problems getting the water in. Then I went out for the first time since surgery and went to the drive in movies. I was starving and trying to figure out the best choice. So I asked for side of the chili topping that they put on the hot dogs...it was like the hormel canned chili...and also a side of the cheese. They came in little 2 ounce plastic containers. I ate maybe 3 ounces of that and it was AMAZING to eat real food. Then I walked 2 laps around the field before the movies started.
The weight has still been coming off every day...bit by bit...which is all I can ask for. =)
I can't wait to eat some chicken!!!!!!
I like adding pictures...so meet my dog... Dobby the House Elf. He's a Papillion...he's been with us 5 years already...wow.
real food tastes amazing after the liquid diet. it stinks you have to be on yours for so long. :( your dog really is dobby???? thats cute!!!! lol
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