Saturday our friends Greg and Mike hosted a game night. Our friends Dave and Marc also attended. It was a lot of fun. We spent the evening playing Wii games, mostly bowling. Wii is so much fun. We’ve played it numerous times at Square in Highland Square where they project it on a huge screen. I remain on my diet. It is hard with nights…
1 down and 5 to go
I made it through my first week of my 6 week Optifast diet. It is easier than I thought. Once you get into the routine, it falls into place. I was surprised that I was never really hungry between meals. I am down 10.5 pounds to 247.5. There are challenges everywhere. Thinking of that, there are always challenges when it comes to food and diet….
kitchen project underway
I’ve been so obsessed with my diet and surgery that I haven’t blogged about our latest home improvement project. We are updating our kitchen to a more current higher end look. Well, not us personally. We hired the contractor we used to finish our basement. He is such a thorough and quality builder. We are installing granite counter tops. Stainless steel appliances. Wood floor throughout…
my tower of flowers
The photo on the let is one of the two towers of flower pots that sit on my front porch. Last year while visiting our friends Al and Keith in Chicago we went to the Chicago Flower Show. A vendor had these supports that you put in flower pots and could stack them to make one of these towers. I wanted them but didn’t want…
the countdown begins today
Today I start my weight loss countdown. I have to chose a point in time from which to base my goals. Today seemed logical. It is the first day of my 6 week pre-op liquid diet. I will weigh myself every Tuesday morning and report it in this blog. I hope to see this number counting down in the coming weeks. Speaking of the Optifast…
My diet of self-denial
Tomorrow morning I start my 6 week pre-op liquid diet. It is sort of my own private Lent. I will be abstaining from the sinful pleasures of delicious and appealing food for the next 42 days. That’s two days more than Lent. My primary food source is Optifast: 3 shakes, 2 nutrition bars and 2 bowls of soup. The photo on the left is a…
my fat meal
On Tuesday I start on a pre-surgery Optifast liquid diet for 6 weeks. I decided I wanted to say good –bye to my bad eating habits with a “last fat dinner”. LOL. I gave it some thought over the past month or so. I wanted to choose something so memorable and so yummy for that last big bite. The possibilities were many. I chose the…
Habitat for Humanity
Today I worked on a Habitat for Humanity house with my coworkers. Habitat is a corporate focus of my employer. We had the day off to work on the house. The company provided t-shirts and box lunches. It was a coincidence that the house was the Thrivent Builds home that my Thirvent chapter is sponsoring. So, I got to work with some fellow Lutherans and…