A Reality Check

Ok by now you know that I had my surgery last Wednesday...

And recovery is going really well.

But I had a little real life reality check yesterday that I wanted to share. It gave me a view of my old habits, up close and personal as they say.

Yesterday I had to deliver a treat of some kind to my church for an event there. I wasn't going to cook, so swung into our nicest local grocery store and picked up 3 packs of mini-cookies from the bakery. I got them to church, put them on a plate, and realized there were too many, given the other things that would be served.

Now in the old days, you know what I would have done. Tucked the extras into my bag for later. Eaten 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 of these cookies before the plate ever left the kitchen. Eaten more cookies (plus other sweets) when the refreshments were served. Eaten more during cleanup. Pulled out those extras for the drive home. I'll confess here that I probably would have eaten a whole package of cookies before I was done. You all know what I am talking about. My obesity didn't just happen.

But...I gave the extras to our missionaries to take home.

I stayed for the main part of the program, then had a glass of lemon water.

I excused myself before the cleanup began (after all, I'm recovering from surgery).

Great job! You handled that perfectly! And you know what - the missionaries and their families will be grateful and will enjoy the cookies!

Liz

Congratulations!! This is a great post and one I'm sure most of us can relate to in recogizing old habits and how much we didn't realize what we were eating in the past. You're going to do great on your journey because you're starting out the right way.

It is amazing how much you realize when you are going through this process.

Congrats on being able to recognize this so early out, and continuing to move forward!

Wow, if that wasn't a reality check for me as well, I don't know what would have been! I love "aha" moments that make you realize why we've done what we've done in order to help correct our old/bad habits.

Thanks for sharing that.

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Just so I don't look 100% virtuous...

I struggle with not having a diet pepsi at my side every time I get in the car. (It went great with those cookies, back in the day.) Working on letting Crystal Light take its place...

Bravo Lynn good for you.  Right attitude and great adjustment on your part.  I can remember when I used to sample the cold cuts from the deli at the supermarket and after my surgery I mean like a week later I found myself ordering for hubby and daughter and almost asked for a sample and said to myself "what are you doing?  You can't do that now. So old habits do die hard but congrads for your wonderful beginning.

It just keeps happening. Yesterday, we had drizzly weather and by the end of the day, I hadn't walked enough. DH wanted to run to Costco for an item or two, so I rode along and figured a walk around Costco would be a good thing.

Now, we are Costco afficionados. Our tradition has been to finish shopping, then grab dinner (or whatever) at the snack bar at Costco. So after we got through the checkout, DH picked up a salad for himself. I got a flavored water out of the vending machine.

But...how wierd was THAT? It just felt....different! Again, I can say that I would typically get the salad too, and sometimes I would. But I've consumed my share of pizza and frozen yogurt at those tables too.

Is it that we realize, when there is no option to fall into those patterns, exactly what they are?

No there are no options just a whole brand new way of life we have to adapt to since we made the choice to do what is right for us but keep in mind the further you are out the more of a menu you can have so like certain things you can have but in certain ways I know I just confused you but for example ice cream they make certain flavors sugar-free.  Where do you live I can give you some helpful info and PM them to you and I know it will make more sense?