"Real Food" at Last

I made it through the liquid phase of the postop diet!!! I jumped the gun by a day and a half and went to "real food" albeit baby-food consistency. Last night I had pureed tuna fish and low-fat mayo in the Mini Cuisinart to the consistency of a pate and ate it with crackers. Food never tasted so good! Today I've added cottage cheese to my regimen. I measured 1/4 cup of cottage cheese, about 2 tablespoons of the tuna fish and 3 whole wheat crackers. That should fill me up.

I am having very little pain two weeks out unless I overdo, which I am tending to do -- I have so much energy after losing only 15 pounds!

I have had so much energy I haven't gotten the reading done I've wanted to :-( We had our granddaughter, Kyra with us Saturday and took her to the Farmer's Market, to the famous Aldrich's Market, to the playground, to Henery's Garden Center to get seeds and plants for our garden, and finally to North Beach just a mile from our home.

After we took her to her Daddy's on Sunday John and I went to the historic village of Port Gamble and took a long walk there as well as visiting some of the shops.

Today I cleaned and organized our office - trying not to overdo, but it was nearly impossible -- it had gone neglected far to long! I finally relaxed while driving to Bainbridge Island to pick Kyra up -- this time alone, using the solitary hour-long drive as my "Artist's Date" for the week as I listened to CDs on "Ten Simple Ways to Raise Your Joy Meter" that I very much enjoyed; so much so that I need to listen again, this time when I can take notes.

So anyway, so far, so good. I made it through the first two weeks which are sometimes called "Bandster Hell" but since I didn't focus on that, in fact, didn't even think about it, instead kept thinking my mantra "my eye is on the prize" and it all went smoothly. That's not to say there won't be some down times (in fact, I nearly grabbed some samples of cheese at the Farmer's Market before I thought about it) but I am saying it isn't as hard as I thought it might be. I am wearing clothes that I haven't been able to wear for a while and others are getting so large I can't wear them. Tops are sliding off my shoulders, and bras are no longer supportive. Pants that were once tight are now loose. Those things are enough to keep me motivated!