Well it's official. Today was a horror/gong show. Daycare was closed till 12 pm today, so naturally I took the day off to spend time with my two lovely daughters. Wow. Intense. Imogene was good today, except for her annoying tendency to question every move I made - literally. Anaïse on the other hand, felt that she would do the exact opposite of what I asked, if I said put on a sweater she didn't want to. If I said that's fine, don't put on the sweater, she screamed and cried to put on the sweater. That's how she was all day, no matter what. I really thanked god all day for daycare, and daycare providers.
The point of this story is that I tried out three of the recipes I was hunting for on Sunday. So today between 12:30 and 5:30 I made ratatouille, potato/kale cakes and a lime-chili talapia. It was all delicious. I love ratatouille, but holy F*@K it's time consuming to make! Thankfully I was able to freeze three 1L jars of it for use later on. This is the kind of meal I want to be eating, but it took 5 hours to make. Shiiiiit. That's a lot of prepping, and really difficult to manage after work. How can I eat delicious food like this and work? One of my major problems is not being able to eat much. So if it takes 5 hours to make a meal, we won't be eating till 9pm, 10 pm if I'm realistic. That is clearly not going to work. Random thought here, but can you freeze lentils? I actually froze all the extra potato/kale cakes to make at a later date.
Today was a weird day food wise. I find that when I am at work, I am famished but can't eat much due to the am restrictions. I can't eat anything solid till around lunch time. All I really have in the morning is a Grande, non-fat, no foam, vanilla latte. A yogurt around 10:30 and a piece of soft cheese if I am hungry before lunch. On and off I have been making a "smoothie" to drink on my way to work (remind me to tell you all about the protein I now add, yay). But even that is hard to swallow. Apparently I am still to swollen post sleep (everybody swells during sleep, did you know that???). Then it's lunch and as we know, I am limited in what I can actually eat. But while at work, I am much more conscious of food and the want there of.
This morning, I had a nice cup of tea (seems to un-swell my insides), 2 pieces of cheese and 2 crackers (the crackers ended up blocking, but it passed with no puking). Then the girls and I went outside for a walk and to play in the park. When we came back in, they had a half sandwhich with some cream of mushroom soup. I had roughly 1 cup of soup. Then dinner (which you have already heard all about). It just seems like so little. I don't know. I really have no idea how much I should be consuming. I ask the doctor and all he says is that what is important is that I am reducing my portions and feeling satiated. He doesn't seem to like to commit to a detail. He's very vague.
Today my ring seems to spin around my finger. I guess that's a good thing, however I really hope it's just that the cold. I know the ring will have to get sized eventually, but I am not ready for that to happen now. I mean how many times will I have to do that? It can't be good for the ring. I really want to be able to go further before I have to start that whole rigmarole.
This post seems very spastic and schyzophrenic (I can't believe that isn't a word!). But there it is. I have nothing else to say.
Okay, I lied. I am super excited to be going out tomorrow night for dinner. Will let you know how it goes.
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