Today was a tough day. I went to Covent Garden in London with Marcus and my two daughters. We were shopping for running shoes. Marcus is running the London Marathon at the end of April.

Covent Garden is full of food!!! People were eating everywhere. The smells were fantastic. I am on day two of a milk only diet :thumbup: Then Marcus had a cheese and bacon pasty which smelled like heaven, I had a latte. Later we ended up in the Battersea Pie shop where Marcus had a beef pie and No1 daughter had steak and ale pie and mashed potatoes. No 2 daughter had paella. I had another latte. :thumbup:

I have to get through days like this as they are not going to stop eating just because I have but boy it was hard. I am glad to be home "safe" away from temptation.

I miss food though. Will that ever go away????

I know the feeling xx

Good Job!!!!

Well, congrats on not losing control and eating everything your family was eating. I'm finding that when I'm hungry for real food, I cook a lot!! My husband is loving it, but he's going to gain what I'm losing if I'm not careful. It helps me to at least see food.

I've never heard of a milk diet. It's funny how each surgeon has a different diet for their patients. I'm aloud cream soups, pudding, applesauce, instant carnation breakfast, slim fast as long as I stay within 800-900 cal. range each day. So far, I've lost 6.5 lbs. in a week.

Wow tsmrdh is that your pre op diet? I was given the choice of a very restricted food diet but I found that harder than having just milk.

I agree about the cooking. I am not cooking any meals as I have two teenage daughters who have kindly taken over while I do this but I am baking instead. Its weird I just need some contact with food and it gives me satisfaction to see others eating my creations.

Other half would get fat except he is training for a marathon so runs it off.

I keep making enough to feed everyone in the office as well. I'm going to make someone fat if it kills me ha ha. But its not a conscious decision, weird!

Well done on your weight loss! Thats a very satisfying amout to lose in a week