I've gotta say I think it is much easier to be a man!! Typically, they get to sit back and just eat what is served to them. They are not the ones who have to put together meals, holiday feasts, and Superbowl spreads!! It's just a little frustrating when the hostess with the mostess (me) cooks up everyone's favorites and lays out a virtual smorgasboard of game day goodies, but I can't partake!!

I am only THREE MORE DAYS away from being banded, and there is no way I am going to cheat. The last thing I want is to be the cause of my own complications in surgery; how stupid would that be?? So the alternative, I have actually had to leave the room and shut myself in my office while I sip on my protein shake pretending it is all my favorites.

I read in someone's blog recently that 'nothing tastes as good as skinny feels', and I keep repeating that to myself. The first two days of the pre-op diet were tough, but after that, I thought I had it down . . . until now. I actually wondered why I was being banded when it was so easy to diet. Now I remember why!! I will get through this, because there is no alternative, but it does help a little to have a place to come and vent. :-)

GO STEELERS ! ! ! ! !