Is it almost over?

OMG!!!  I can't wait to see the end of the Easter season!!  Everywhere I turn there is crap calling my name!!!  I think I see chocolate bunnies in my sleep!!!  Have totaly fallen off the wagon!!!  As sad as this makes me, I am happy to say I am still diet pepsi free (5 weeks today!).  It has been a struggle.  Things are so very stressful at work these days and I think I miss the "comfort" of sitting back with a glass of pop at the end of a long day.  Once Monday gets here, I hope things will be better.  I am trying so hard not to get discouraged but it certainly is not easy.  I think the weather is supposed to be nice this week so hopefully that will help.  DH is working all next weekend so the little one and I are heading to Fall River, NS to visit my Mom and Dad.  I just need to take it one day at a time right?

One day at a time - one minute at a time.  In the beginning I took it one food at a time.  For me it wasn't pop it was Perrier.  I had a serious Perrier addiction and so that was the one thing I tackled first. 

Another thing I focused on early on was to eat from smaller plates and with smaller utensils.  And I limited myself to one serving.  The rule of thumb was to feed yourself in quality and quantity as you would a 2 year old.  It worked for me.   I also started not drinking anything with my meals.  Only 30 minutes before and one hour after.  Only after I had mastered those things did I truly start worrying about what I was eating calorically.  If I wanted ice cream I had it.  Just not the entire container.  Its all about the little things that can add up to major changes when you are just preparing yourself for the surgery.

Keep on trying - that is all you can do.  As long as you are trying you are not quitting.

Ann

So nice to see your smiling face again, Ann!

Hey Charline,

Still lurking and loving all of you.  Struggling - fill this month - it will have been 6 months since the last one - I have some serious things to discuss with them about how I am feeling, my experience, my disappointment in my aftercare.  I hope to see the Doctor - I haven't seen him for nearly a year.  I stressed to Nathalie that I want to see him and have him listen to my concerns.  We shall see how it goes. 

In the meantime I lurk and pay attention to the inspirational things and try so hard to hang on until I can get into the clinic.

Ann