Monday, May 10th

I'm down 39 lbs today! I know I shouldn't, but I weigh everyday. It's falling off so fast right now that I'm too anxious to wait several days. Weekends are really hard for me to get in all my protein and fluids. I sometimes don't get started till early afternoon and I just can't eat or drink enough in that amount of time. I really need to work harder at getting started earlier. Saturday was hard because I was out running errands most of the day, and then I was spring cleaning my den Saturday evening. We are preparing for Brock's graduation party and I'm working on trying to get the inside and outside work done. I wish I could be guaranteed of no rain that Friday, but since I can't I have to be prepared to have the party inside in case of rain. It's really good though because Lord knows my entire house is a mess and needs to be cleaned desperately. As I look at my house, I realize how badly the entire house needs to updated and redecorated. I am excited about getting this weight off so I will feel like doing some necessary painting and redecorating. Amazing how weight affects every aspect of our lives. I went to my first support group meeting Saturday and learned some new information. I didn't realize that the body can only absorb 25 mg of protein at a time, so when I was having my shakes that were 38 gms, and counting those toward my 70 gms for the day, I was waisting 13 gms, and not meeting my daily requirement. I had egg w/ cheese on toast this morning and it took me an hour to eat it. I heated it up twice before I got finished w/ it. Before surgery my usual breakfast consisted of 2 boiled eggs, two pieces of toast, yogurt and a banana, and I ate in about 10 minutes or less.