I keep forgetting to weigh on Fridays! Probably because every day feels like it SHOULD be Friday to me, then it ends up being a surprise when it finally is! Here it is, Saturday, and I'm just now seeing this thread.
I haven't weighed, but I'm not thinking it would be good. I'm really hoping that the hospital/surgery diet will help me out with the pigging out at Christmas dinner.
Actually, about that Christmas dinner... It's been a major source of stress for me. You see, my family ALWAYS has the same meal for Christmas and I look forward to it every year (carbs be damned!). Well, since I'll be in the hospital I asked my aunt if she would prepare the meal (I did it last year, so apparently that means I get to do it every year hereafter). Well, she doesn't want to do it and said people would just have to deal with not getting to have the traditional meal this year and we can go out to eat instead. Well that thoroughly irritated me. I did not want the traditional meal to be skipped just because I will be in the hospital. She said "It's not just because of you. The whole year has been stressful for me and it doesn't even feel like it should be Christmas. I'd rather just pretend it wasn't and do it some other time. We can have it in January." I realize that I'm crazy stressed because of the surgery and impending holiday, but this really really didn't sit well with me.
Well, I've also been dealing with trying to figure out how to tell my mother that I don't need her to stay the night with me in the hospital. After crying to DH for a good 20 minutes about Christmas being "ruined" because of my surgery, I came up with a solution. I asked my mom if she would prepare the meal at MY house so that everyone can still have Christmas the way it's supposed to be. I told her it would make me feel better. Giving her a job to do I think has helped. I am hoping to be home from the hospital on Christmas Eve (which is when we have our traditional meal), but if I'm not I've given my husband instructions that he is to attend in my place, then bring food to me. Plus, the leftovers will be at my house so I can have them when I do come home. This is the time for comfort food, and darn it, I'm going to have it one way or another!
I called my aunt to tell her I had it taken care of, just in case she started feeling guilty and went to buy the stuff. Well, I had to leave a message and when she called me back I said "It's taken care of. Don't worry about it." She said "You mean you've already bought everything even though you have a million other things to do today?" (I was actually AT the grocery store when she called, but I told her yes) "But we already made reservations." I said "Well, reservations can be cancelled." She said "Now you're making me feel guilty." I feel a tiny bit bad, but not overly. Family is SO stressful!
Gotta go do more cleaning before they start arriving tomorrow...
