Almost There....

I am very lucky. Both my parents are being very supportive. Mentally and financially. The insurance not going through put me in a rough patch but I am digging out of it. I have talked to some finance people and both of the folks. I am almost there. I just have to organze it all.

I need to take measurments to track my progress. I need to start on my exercises and treadmill again. I need to organize and clean the house so I don't have to worry about that while I am working through all this. I have started on that already. I have a few food staples to get: broth, low sodium V-8, low carb soy milk.

I bought the first round of protein shakes from Unjury. I have started using them to get more protien and start "eating" breakfast again. I drink them when I haven't eaten to get something in my system. They only thing I need to do now is get off of 2% milk. This will be hard. It was one thing I wouldn't give up while dieting. I love milk and I love 2%. More to the point I hate skim. I have some Hood Calorie Countdown to get used to and I may try some soy milk. I can tolerate that stuff. Its a consistency issue.

I have been very good about not falling into the "Last Supper" trap. Although I have been induldging in things I don't think I will be eating for awhile but not to any excess. While doing that I have been practicing eating protien first, then "good carbs" veggies and some fruit. Been chewing thoroughly. In doing so I eat slower and get full faster. I had to keep eating "well" because I was afriad I wouldn't be able to afford the surgery so I have been keeping down the "diet" path (for lack of a better word).

My next move is trying to figure out what I need to eat in a day (calorie, protien, fat and carb wise) and how to sort all that out and come up with a schedule that will work for me. I have to plan plan plan.