silly questions

ok i threw away the scale batteries and i'm dying. LOL. if i had replacement ones they would be in already.
i have a question about grocery shopping when u are on a liquid diet. do u go or make a list and make someone else go? to torement would seem too extreme for me. but ive always done the shopping so it may not be something i can get out of.  what did u do?

also about the story i am writing for gabby? i am sending it back to my cousin tomrrow and need to get some more ideas. how would u distract a guard? no violent..... and how would you defeat a wizard that was actually a cat operating a robot with a wizard hat on and the power he had came from the wizard hat and it had to involve something with a magic cloak, ruby slippers, and long hair? well maybe the battle can use those pieces and not the final winning thing. yes i just said winning thing and i am a writer. LOL. any advice or suggestions would be great. we are almost done with her story that it is a secret for her. i am going to save it until the night before i have surgery and start reading it to her then. its all about her , a big fairtytale combining her favorite stories, and shes the hero, meets a prince charming but has to go back to her area instead where she gets crowned a princess for saving the real princess. thats the basic storyline. in the middle of it she saves two worlds in one battle. okay any ideas? we are at the end of the story. the distration, the battle, the defeat, magic tea party, using ruby slippers to get home, returning the princess, parade in gabby's honor, and she gets turned into a princess too. we might put a spin ending on it that a someone was actually writing a book the whole time but i dont know if we will or if we can get away with it since itll be almost 100 6x9 pages when we are done. another option is she could be reading a book, daydreaming, etc. my cousin is better at the spin things and those are just some of the ideas shes mentioned if we do it as a spin. i almost would rather not distract from the fairytale.

Congrats on losing those scale batteries. You can become a slave to the scale. I did the shopping before surgery, knowing that I was not going to be eating some of the things that I bought. My liquid diet was pretty simple, same thing 5 times a day for 3 weeks before surgery and 2 weeks after surgery.

Best of luck on the story writing. No brilliant ideas from this neck of the woods. Happy New Year

I'm a single mom, so I did the shopping throughout my pre-op liquid diet.  I went a couple of days ago and bought what I *think* is everything we'll need for the next week (surgery is tomorrow), so my daughter will have what she needs and I won't have to worry about walking down to the store (or, more accurately, about carrying things back when I can't lift).

I'll need to shop again next weekend, but I'll figure that out when I get there.  The store is across the street, so the real issue is how I'm going to carry my bags home and up the stairs to my apartment. 

-Lisa

Oh boy you are so creative! I wish I could contribute ideas, but I just wouldn't know where to begin. My creativity is more in the crafting arena. But it sounds really cool!

The seperation anxiety from the scale will pass..lol. Just be sure that you are doing all the things you should be, and when you once again weigh in, you should be pleasantly suprised! Go Girl!!!!!!

Good for you to avoid the scale.. I cant say the same about me.. hubby went and got me batteries..HAHA... one thing I am having the hardest time getting past.. I dont eat junk food, or smake cigarettes( anymore 03-07-2007)  and I dont drink or party.. so darn it.. let me have my scale addiction! LOL...

I think you should go shopping.. it will not hurt you to get out in the mix if things.. it will help you.. and you learn to re think your shopping and routines as before was just shopping..now its thinking and shopping and you can see there is more you can use than you think..since you are to look for the needed foods and drinks now..before.. we didnt pay attention to.. :)
and preop.. I had no liquid diets to follow.. 2 days before.. light eating..and night before surgery.. nothing but clear liquids , after surgery.. my husband bought my a list of what I needed til I could function in a store..which was 4 days.. I was out in a scooter..and shopping for more of what I thought I wanted or to try.. half I actually ate.. other half gave to kids..lol.. but the shopping.. really opened my eyes..and I am glad I got out in the stores and shopped.. and amazing how lil spent on just what I needed as before..

I think its nice and creative your writing a story, but I do not know what to add to help.. Im sorry :(

Good luck!

Thank you everyone! Its ok the story is hard to write and i sent it back to my cousin for her to do the dirty work. we are writing it together and going to make a book for gabby but i said that already i think. i had to buy the batteries. i was feeling bloated and just felt so huge. i was afraid that i wasnt making good choices and it went to my head. i have bad anxiety and i have some control over my life and that is the scale. i agree with you and i dont see why we cant have a scale addiction. its a self esteem killer to have it though. going since thurs w/o weighing has really changed my mind. even tho i have an urge to weigh and am and forever will be addicted to the scale, i have more self control now and it shouldnt be too hard to only weigh 2x a week. tuesday and friday are the days i think i am going to do. thank you all for writing back. :)