Sunday

Jan 04, 2014

Today is day five of my pre-op diet.  It's been a beautiful five days.  My biggest fear of this entire process was the pre-op diet and in my mind I believe I gave in to way to much fear. 

We went to Chicago yesterday to take my step-daughter to the airport to fly back home and had the biggest challenge of my five days.  Her plane got delayed so my mother-in-law (who has alzheimers) wanted to go out to dinner.  She doesn't eat a whole lot of the time so I wanted to make sure she got a good meal.  We went to Applebees and it was a very big challenge to find something I could eat.  I read through every item word for word on the menu and probably took 20 minutes to order.  I think I did very well in my decision and ended up having the Shrimp Spinach salad, no bacon and no dressing.  It has 7 shrimp, red onions, red peppers, slivered almonds and the spinach.  It wasn't nearly enough (or so I thought) however when I got home I wasn't hungry at all.  It's amazing to me how difficult it is to find something decent on a menu.  Only the beginning of a long journey.   

I'm now down 12 pounds total and it's amazing how much different I feel already.  6 days until we leave for Dallas and 9 days until surgery.  So excited and looking forward to surgery and the beginning of my new adventure. 

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