Temptation

There is a bottle of Root Beer in my kitchen, and it's calling my name. I'm ignoring it for now, if it doesn't shut up I'm going to pour it down the drain. Now, normally we do not have soda in the house. If it's not here we don't drink it and I have even been doing really good for over a month now of ordering water or unsweetened tea when we are out. But we bought Root Beer for the kids for Memorial Day and then forgot to open it for them.

So now it is sitting there talking to me.

I figure this is a good test. Right now, to have carbonated soda would just be a disappointment in myself, after surgery carbonated anything could be VERY painful. I'm trying to act just like I will have to after the surgery. I need to know I can stick to this and I need to show Dr. Simon that I have the determination to follow through. Therefore, no soda or carbonated anything from now on.

I need to get better about the exercise thing. I think after dinner I will drag my family out on a walk. I did that last night but we only got around the block before it started to rain. Sky looks alot clearer tonight so we'll try to go the long way around and up on the college campus. We all can use the exercise and The Boy likes to be outside. I need to encourage that and keep exercise fun for him. I want him to grow up liking exercise.

I made a chicken pot pie for dinner with fillo dough for the crust with corn, peas, broccoli, onions, garlic and the left over chicken from the roasted chicken the other night. I'm also trying to get better about using up leftovers instead of just aging them in the fridge before throwing them away. I would love to have a salad to go with it but my mouth just isn't up to that kind of chewing yet (see root canal post).

Next on the eating rules to get in the habit of, stop drinking 30 minutes before a meal and nothing to drink for an hour after. I have mastered eating without something to drink at the table with my meal, now to get used to watching the clock and stop sipping my tea 30 min before dinner. Which now that I mention it is about now. Good thing my glass is almost empty.

The Boy is currently "cleaning" some dishes, I'd better go rescue my kitchen.

Root Canal

So on Thursday I went to the dentist for what I thought was going to be a filling.... Surprise! Root Canal! I'm still in pain. I can't eat anything that requires chewing. And I don't think this is what they had in mind when they told me to try to lose 5% of my weight. I bought some of the high protein shakes that I will need after the surgery and figured now was a good time to try out a few and see which ones I like. Muscle Milk-Chocolate and Pure Protein-Cookies & Cream. They are about the same. I may just go back to my Isagenix. I think I still have a canister of that around.

Saw a picture of C. holding a picture of herself from 2000. WOW! The contrast is amazing. I knew we were heavy, how could you not know, but the difference in her face! I always thought she was beautiful. She's gorgeous now that her face has thinned out.

Thursday, no exercise, lots of pain medication. Friday, I took my son to the zoo. We walked around the whole thing twice and I was good.... no fried food! :) Had a wonderful time just me and The Boy.

Today, I didn't go out and exercise but I did spend about 2 hours rearranging furniture and cleaning. That totally counts toward exercise! I only had help in one room with the really heavy stuff. I did the toy room/living room all by myself. That was a lot of bending over picking up all the toys, sweeping and them moving furniture around.

Hopefully there will be no rain in the morning and we will walk up to The Purple Salamander for our usual Sunday family breakfast.

So excited to finish this month and see Dr. Simon on July 1st. Then off toward Arizona for a month! YEAH! Finally, some hot weather!