Well almost near. In five days’ time, I’ll either have been operated on or very close to being operated on. It’s scary, but I *hope* it’s for the best. The kids are supportive even though they think I’m making a grave irreversible error. I, of course, am hoping the opposite, but it’s nice to know they’ll be there for me if things *do* go a little sideways.
Yesterday, as said in advance, I went off for the evening with my daughters and Izzy for a meal. Ate way too much of course, some stuffed mushrooms followed by an “Australiano” Burger (just means it had pineapple and beetroot in it, as Australian burgers do), both of which were beautiful. As a ‘last meal’ it was okay, but it’ll be a long time before I can even attempt to eat one. In fact, the size would mean that it would be four meals!!
Oddly, the huge meal didn’t have as much of a dramatic effect on my weight as it might have. I ok, I *did* increase the weight from 149.4 to 149.8 but it could have been *much* worse! It wasn’t such a huge rise tho, considering what I ate. This was probably due to the fact I ate nothing else all day, restricting myself to 2 litres of orange cordial and several of my large cups of tea. On a theme, I really ought to measure how large the cup actually is to get an idea of how much additional liquid I’m taking in!
So, today will be difficult because I stretched my stomach again with the burger but, as these are my last few days, I’m going to have to make a real, concerted effort to keep away from solid food… not even an evening meal… to make a last run for the line. I hope I make it. Just four days of restraint to go… then the *real* struggle begins!!
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