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HOOKED ON HUMMUS!!!!
Never thought I'd say it but I am officially HOOKED ON HUMMUS!!!!! It's amazing really, the things that I would never have paid much attention to I now enjoy eating a great deal! My tastes have completely changed. I find myself excited at the the thought of a hummus and flax seed flat bread snack and 10 lightly salted almonds are like candy!!! It's crazy!!
This past weekend I enjoyed my first ever turkey dinner since my surgery and it was wonderful. I had such an amazing time spending special moments in the kitchen preparing the meal and desserts with my mom...and the best part of all was that I was not preoccupied the whole time with eating or tasting as I went or licking the beaters!!! I just really enjoyed my time with my mom "doing" something together surrounding food but not obsessed by it. When it came time to eat that evening, I was definitely hungry and enjoy a cup full of dark turkey meat, whipped potatoes, squash, dressing, broccoli, cranberry sauce and of course, mom's traditional gravy!! It was the best meal I had ever tasted....everything came alive in my mouth as I chewed each bite and the flavour was even more savory than I had anticipated. When I had finished my plate of carefully measured food, I was not even tempted to go back for seconds. I knew that I could have more another time. I even resisted my mom's amazing peanut butter pie!!! I just had no desire to have it. I had a little taste on the end of my fork and I was satisfied. A very good feeling!
The rest of the weekend was filled with activity and I very much enjoyed doing things again that I hadn't done in a long time. I was able to walk up the country road I grew up on with my kids and didn't have to worry about being breathless or not able to keep up with them. Instead, we sauntered along up the road to visit with the neighbor's horses. Later in the weekend i was able to enjoy taking David and Ruthie for a little ride on out friend's pony and again, it was wonderful to active and outside and most of, comfortable doing it and not in pain or needing to sit and rest. I walked and walked and walked around and around with the kids on the pony.
To end the weekend, we enjoyed a campfire in the back yard for supper around the little campsite that the kids and my dad and Ed had built on Saturday. I ate my first hotdog cooked over the fire....it was delicious and again full of flavour! Once again, I was satisfied with just the one hot dog and wasn't tempted in the least to overstuff. I was even able to enjoy a roasted marshmallow too!! It was a good time.
I was able to weigh in this week for an update on my loss and I found that I had lost another 17lbs over the past few weeks. This brings my total weight loss since August 1st to 97lbs. I am so very happy and feel better and better every day. I don't regret my decision to do this and everyday I am excited for my new future and all the amazing things I have left to do in my life...dreams that I now have the opportunity to realize!!! Just keepin on keepin on...movin forward everyday...despite even silly, ridiculous, unexpected setbacks like breaking my craxy foot last night....it just makes me even more determined to persevere and press on FORWARD!!!!
Never thought I'd say it but I am officially HOOKED ON HUMMUS!!!!! It's amazing really, the things that I would never have paid much attention to I now enjoy eating a great deal! My tastes have completely changed. I find myself excited at the the thought of a hummus and flax seed flat bread snack and 10 lightly salted almonds are like candy!!! It's crazy!!
This past weekend I enjoyed my first ever turkey dinner since my surgery and it was wonderful. I had such an amazing time spending special moments in the kitchen preparing the meal and desserts with my mom...and the best part of all was that I was not preoccupied the whole time with eating or tasting as I went or licking the beaters!!! I just really enjoyed my time with my mom "doing" something together surrounding food but not obsessed by it. When it came time to eat that evening, I was definitely hungry and enjoy a cup full of dark turkey meat, whipped potatoes, squash, dressing, broccoli, cranberry sauce and of course, mom's traditional gravy!! It was the best meal I had ever tasted....everything came alive in my mouth as I chewed each bite and the flavour was even more savory than I had anticipated. When I had finished my plate of carefully measured food, I was not even tempted to go back for seconds. I knew that I could have more another time. I even resisted my mom's amazing peanut butter pie!!! I just had no desire to have it. I had a little taste on the end of my fork and I was satisfied. A very good feeling!
The rest of the weekend was filled with activity and I very much enjoyed doing things again that I hadn't done in a long time. I was able to walk up the country road I grew up on with my kids and didn't have to worry about being breathless or not able to keep up with them. Instead, we sauntered along up the road to visit with the neighbor's horses. Later in the weekend i was able to enjoy taking David and Ruthie for a little ride on out friend's pony and again, it was wonderful to active and outside and most of, comfortable doing it and not in pain or needing to sit and rest. I walked and walked and walked around and around with the kids on the pony.
To end the weekend, we enjoyed a campfire in the back yard for supper around the little campsite that the kids and my dad and Ed had built on Saturday. I ate my first hotdog cooked over the fire....it was delicious and again full of flavour! Once again, I was satisfied with just the one hot dog and wasn't tempted in the least to overstuff. I was even able to enjoy a roasted marshmallow too!! It was a good time.
I was able to weigh in this week for an update on my loss and I found that I had lost another 17lbs over the past few weeks. This brings my total weight loss since August 1st to 97lbs. I am so very happy and feel better and better every day. I don't regret my decision to do this and everyday I am excited for my new future and all the amazing things I have left to do in my life...dreams that I now have the opportunity to realize!!! Just keepin on keepin on...movin forward everyday...despite even silly, ridiculous, unexpected setbacks like breaking my craxy foot last night....it just makes me even more determined to persevere and press on FORWARD!!!!
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