Going back to regular eating comes with its own challenges. Intentional eating, I have to keep reminding myself, sometimes after the fact. Take the day, I went to a breakfast meeting. The only thing on the menu I could eat was fruits, a fruit bowl with six different fruit (strawberry, cantaloupe, pineapple, mango, blueberry, honey dew). Instead of putting one or two fruit in the cup, I had them all (small portion, of course) and paid for it, with a tightness in my rib and breast cage. And now I don’t know which is the culprit. Woe is me! When will I learn!! The truth though, is it has been a good week. I am even back to eating Jamaican, having reintroduced ackee and saltfish, and to my delight, it went down well. I also had tastes of small amounts of rice and peas and escovitched fish. I made beef pumpkin soup with beef bone and that also went down well.
My body has gotten used to not eating after 6pm, even if I have had only two meals for the day. I bring lunch to work and try to keep a regular eating schedule, but one day when my schedule was thrown off and I didn’t eat lunch until I got home at 4, I planned to have dinner at 8, but that wasn’t to be. I wasn’t hungry and didn’t want to eat.
My blood pressure has been elevated and I had to go back on BP meds. I haven’t been able to figure out why.
This Wednesday, I will have my first meeting with the surgeon post surgery (my first appointment was canceled because he was called into surgery). I will weigh in and post the results next week.
I am so happy for this week’s summer temperature. I will get to wear clothes that will not fit next summer and are now fitting properly, with a swing and not tight and rolling up on me. In my back closet, I have items with size 18 tags, which I bought over the years with plans to lose weight and fit into them. The time is almost here.
I am getting such favorable comments, not just about the weight loss which is more noticeable in my upper area, but my demeanor. I am peppy. I don’t slouch and wear that pain scowl from my once constant back pain.
Barber not available so I gave myself a haircut.
My face is more elongated and my triple chin is down to double
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