Ah Monday night football! It's enough to give you gas . . . and all the time I thought it was the tuna salad I had for dinner. My beloved Broncos are playing like they are possessed - by aliens from outer space who are just learning what football is. I'm crying in my sugar free pudding.

Well, tomorrow is two weeks post-op. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood and I have lost 33 pounds since 9/26 Fourteen pounds lost prior to surgery and 19 pounds afterwards. I feel good, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah - like I know I should feel now, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah! Ah yes, a little James Brown foot shuffling goin' on - cuz I do feel good.

I'm having to relearn how to eat and it's a brand new experience. Can't believe it took me a half hour this morning to eat one scrambled egg. Wow. My stomach does not like hummus for lunch so I traded it out for string cheese - yeah, really yummy. And then, tuna salad for dinner. Fat free no less - wasn't that special. Reminded me of processed cardboard with a little mayo. That tuna salad is going the way of the DoDo Bird. I've been drinking most of my protein which is having an interesting cleansing effect - didn't expect that, but no biggee.

So, I've got to eat slower, with itty, bitty bites and savor the taste. Well, there's more food to experiment with tomorrow. Got to figure out what is doable to carry me through to the week of Christmas when I get to eat solid foods again - just in time to enjoy miniscule bites of Christmas dinner with family and friends - oh yeah! My mom was disappointed I would not join them for Thanksgiving but somehow eating Gerber baby food turkey with gravy just does not do it for me, ya know? Not while everyone else is slammin' down the chow! So I passed. I'll sit and watch the Macy's Parade, eat a little of this and a little of that and thank God for His many blessings in my life to include a successful VSG which is giving me a new lease on life. He and I will spend the day together in solitude and it will be a good day.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and may you be able to give thanks for the blessings in your life.