Visit with the surgeon

I went to the surgeon's office yesterday for my "1-week" checkup (although it was more like 12 days because that's as soon as they could get me in). Everything's fine, going as well as can be. Except I want to EAT!! : )

But the wise old man, who I'm quite sure has never in his life had a weight problem, had some very good advice (which sadly I probably won't follow, at least for now).

He asked me if I "was a weigher." Huh? I thought he asked if I "was aware." LOL, anyway, he meant "did I weigh myself a lot, like daily, hourly, etc." I told him just in the mornings. He said to stop. His advice was that "the scale can do nothing good for us. As long as you're doing what you're supposed to be doing and following the program, everything will work and you have no need to weigh yourself. The scale can be evil, if you don't lose weight you just get angry at it and depressed and want to give up, if you do lose weight you might think you deserve a treat and go easier on yourself and get off track. So just don't use it."

Hmm. Ok. Makes perfect sense to me. But this morning it said I'd lost another pound. : )

I can't just stop. At this point it's too much fun. I don't think the doc really understands the love/hate relationship we have with our scales (well, maybe he does, but...)

I got some more protein shakes and unflavored protein yesterday to add to my not-yet-pureed-food diet (meaning I can have things like pudding, strained cream soups, etc.). I'll give that a try today. I really am so sick of drinking my food, I can't tell ya. I know it's gonna get a LOT better in just a few weeks, but this seems like it's been going on forEVER.

Yesterday while driving back from the surgeon's, I was keenly aware of how many restaurants there are everywhere. It was all I could see! And if it wasn't a restaurant in my view, it was a billboard for a restaurant. I'm not really obsessed, I just was highly aware! And the radio...it's like every other ad was for some kind of food or restaurant, not to mention tv ads. Good thing I don't watch a lot of tv! It's no wonder so many of us are overweight, really, if you open your eyes and ears to how much food pushing is going on in America, it's truly amazing.