School's starting soon...

It has been 5.5 weeks since surgery.  I have lost 30% of what I want to lose.  I am still eating pureed foods, though I will admit that I am eating some soft food too without pureeing it.  As I mentioned before, I made the 3 pureed recipes that were suggested in the book.  Other things I have pureed are roast beef (made by Teri), chicken with lowfat mushroom soup and non-fat gravy, and chili.  Almost every day I scramble one egg.  Sometimes I put cheese on it, and I have tried broccoli, mushrooms, and spinach.  I have also eaten hummus (sometimes with fat-free feta cheese sprinkled on it), guacamole, refried beans, baked beans, watermelon, and about a teaspoon of potato casserole.  The last three items were at the Guzik family reunion.  We went to the Armada Fair, which was going to be a challenge.  I did not want to take food with me.  I did end up packing an applesauce and two string cheeses.  I was hoping they'd have baked beans and watermelon at one of the little stands.  I couldn't find anything, but then finally one new vendor was selling barbecued pork and stuff like that (like Famous Dave's), and they had baked beans for only $1!  They were good because it wasn't a lot, but it did have some meat in it too.  I also bought some turkey lunchmeat and I roll up one piece with some light Laughing Cow cheese as a roll-up.  I do not miss desserts at all, but I am craving eating something crunchy and salty.  For some reason, drinking plain water makes me queasy now, but I drink as much other things as I can:  K20 protein water, Crystal Light, kool-aid made with Stevia, diet cranberry juice (surprisingly good!), and occasionally iced tea and decaf coffee.

I started going back to the pool for water aerobics, but I will admit that exercising every day has not been happening for me.  Sometimes I clean a lot and that feels like a workout, but specifically "working out," no.  I do need to continue to go to water aerobics, then also walk outside or on the treadmill other days. 

I will be working again soon and I am curious if it's going to make things harder or easier.  I am hoping I'll be less tired, and I will get on an eating routine and a plan for making lunches and dinners during the week.  We also have to save money because we are doing a 3-day Cedar Point trip in October, and also Disney World in June.  I am really excited about the Disney trip, and am hoping my health is good and that I will have reached my goals by then to have a really enjoyable, comfortable trip!