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Giving Thanksgiving
Nov 29, 2009
Well, we made it through the Thanksgiving trip to visit my parents in Georgia.While we where there, I told them about my impending surgery plans. The both said the same thing "I just wish you wouldn't do this." Later my mom apoligized for not being supportive. My dad never spoke of it again. Actually, my dad really didn't speak to me that much at all after I told him. It was kinda weird. It was also weird when my 5 ft 7 in, 175 pound Mom asked if she should have WLS too? OMG! I told her she wouldn't qualify.
I found out that out of the eight siblings of my mother, six of them has or has died from diabetes-type I and type II.
I noticed something interesting while I was there. My mother eats ALL of the TIME! She just grazes and grazes. She eats while she is cooking, then eats the meal, then snacks on the clean up and then states, "I really need something sweet to eat." I also realized that there are literally more obese people in the area I grew up than there are healthy weight people. It has to be the fact that everything they eat is fried! My mother says that my dad will not eat meat that isn't fried. I told her that if she doesn't make it (and this is a fact!), he won't eat it. He scoffed at my green beans and broccoli that I made with a pasta dish while I was there. He walked off only with pasta in his belly. Frankly, he'd starve at our house.
So now we are on our way home. I feel like I've had a huge mental set-back because the longer we where there the more I ate. I did good on Thanksgiving day but it was the following days that didn't help me. It's time to get back to reality and get myself in order.
It will be easier a coast away from my family.
~mo
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Temecula, CA
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28.2
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Surgery
03/10/2010
Surgery Date
May 13, 2009
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