Never gets old...

As I sat this morning working on my day's menu, I started thinking about the past week and how my eating habits were so calibrated and measured. I wondered if this would always be the case and then thought, GUESS THEY BETTER BE! I am really happy that I discovered this morning that my Realize website has a menu planner which actually takes all the guess work out of whether or not I get my proteins in. I can go on in the morning and plan exactly how much and when I am going to eat and after entering my product info, it calculates the proteins, exactly! What I realized is that eating solids only every two to three hours left me a bit shy of protein, so I fell back on my old friend...

The 50 Gram Slam! Man, do I love this stuff. It's the best tasting protein drink, by far, and I'm happy to say, it also tastes great! It's like a thick chocolate milk shake, and as a matter of fact, I'm going to start experimenting with it to see how it freezes and maybe I can even make some chocolate popsicles from it! LOADED WITH PROTEIN! I know, it's pretty sad that this kind of thing makes me terribly excited...

I also decided this morning that I was going to make Thursdays my weigh in days, as that was my surgery day. I am going to try my hardest not to weigh in but once a week, as that is what they say you should do, rather than the every day that I was since surgery.

I've already had more than a productive day! I got up and did all my diet management stuff, ran an errand for Good Samaritan, the pet adoption group I foster for, and now I'm home so I can eat some lunch before I head to the grocery store to get the few things on my list, like smoothies (another food alternative), and various other household items. Then I may try to only take a one hour nap, if that, and work on my school stuff for my online class. I still feel great, although a bit full, after already having 16 oz of water, cottage cheese and yogurt. Lunch? REFRIED BEANS! I'm surprised I'm not gassing off something fierce with those things in my system, but all is well.

The incisions are still a bit tender, but healing every day. I have no difficulty getting in or out of the Jeep, in or out of bed, or up and down from the chair, so that's fabulous. I'm a little surprised I'm not peeing more, with all this liquid, but so far so good. Oh, and I've actually sneezed a few times, too, with very little discomfort. I would say, out of 100% healed, I feel as though I've topped 80% at this point.