So I exercise for half an hour a day...Monday through Friday...I hate it...I spend every second for the half hour thinking how it will help me be healthy but a louder internal voice keeps repeating louder than all the others "this SUCKS!"...but on Saturday and Sunday the schedule is loosen...no planned exercising (i do garden but I like that!) I usually go out to breakfast one of the days...instead of getting up for work at 4AM..I sleep in until 7AM...I take leisurely walks...long baths, and can actually say...I love it! I wish every day was a weekend day...but...well...it's okay because the other 5 weekdays allow my weekend to be what it is...leisure, fun, non-stressful...

I didn't realize how much my life evolved around food until I had WLS. Every social occassion with friends and family seemed to center around food. Now I spend more time substituding other activities like movie viewing, games, gardening, and excerise instead of just meals.

It's been hard because I've had a life long love affair with food...never having found a food I didn't like! Now-a-days, I try to think more healthy and local for food (locally grown, organic) and even try biking to the store rather than driving through the fast food drive up!  It's a totally different mind set but it doesn't come easy...Slowly my old affair with food is being replaced with a sensible, healthy and better new affair with myself!