Tomorrow I go back to work….woohoo! I have a busy week ahead, but only doing 8 hour shifts for the first week back. I work Monday thru Friday this week so that is not too bad and I get next weekend off! That is good cause 10,000 BC is playing at our little local movie house and I want to see it.

I had a busy weekend getting ready to go back to work. Busy week actually. I got my hair cut and colored, my nails done, my teeth cleaned and I also cleaned out my closets!

I have so many clothes that I don’t wear, that I always say “some day” So I decided that anything I have not worn for a year or longer was gone. I had so many different sizes. Skinny clothes, fat clothes and in between clothes. I threw all my clothes over size 12 in the give away bag cause I am NOT going to grow back into them. I threw away all the skinny clothes I used to wear cause when I get that skinny again, I will buy NEW ONES. I did keep a really cute pair of shorts as incentive thou. I ended up with about 4 huge bags that I gave to the Salvation Army. That made me feel really good. I also cleaned up my DH clothes as well and gave away all the clothes he SAYS he will get back into some day. He has been telling me that for 3 years :) And if he ever does get back to a 32 inch waist, I will buy him NEW ONES.

I also cleaned out the bathroom cabinets, the linen closets, and all my junk drawers! I got a lot done this weekend. I have a miserable cold but am taking Air Borne and Zicam to shake it fast, and am trying to ignore how miserable a cold is by doing all the cleaning. Sent DH out golfing and just went to town on the cleaning.

Now I can sit back and feel like I accomplished something. :)

Weight and diet wise not so good. I am still on the sugar crave and still eating the licorice Goodies :( I am still only eating 1/3 to 1/2 of what I used to eat, but I have gained 5 pounds. My DH says it is because I lost so much weight after surgery cause I could not eat anything for two weeks and then just soft diet for over a month. He figures any food would put weight on me after I started eating normal food. And with my abdomen still being so swollen, my size 12s are tight. I am still doing the elastic waistband or draw string waist band cause I cannot stand anything on my waist. Buttons or zippers kill me. Still cannot wear anything but a sports bra cause the incision is so high that the bra rests right on it and it hurts, and so low that the buttons hurt.  I feel like I have been filleted like a fish, my scar is from my pubic bone to my breast bone.  No bikinis for me.  :)  Good thing my scrubs are drawstring and baggy. I also have to wear the abdominal brace for another 4 weeks and that is hot and sweaty.

Tomorrow is my first day back at work and I have set that as the goal date that I am giving up my sugar. NO more Goodies. If I can give up coffee and sodas, I can do this too….I hope :)

Sigh!